Fire of Genius

On this Episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney, and Karen sit down with Professor Yvonne Cripps to discuss biomedical technologies and the various legal fields surrounding this science.  Associates particularly ask about privacy law, contracts, and policy considerations in the adjudication and legislation on matters pertaining to biomedical science.

On this Episode of Fire of Genius, Graham, Rob, and Ahsan discuss the case  Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi , which is a case before the Supreme Court. The Associates discuss how the case will hopefully clarify the contours of the patent application on the requirement of “enablement.”

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam discuss the newest phishing scam that IP right holders are experiencing, resources available to IP right holders, and how to be vigilant for such attempted attacks.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler, and Associate, Rob Kessling, interview Laura Dolbow on her forthcoming publication entitled "Barring Judicial Review." They specifically address the Patent and Trademark's Office regulations and judicial bar on whether or not to instigate inter partes review. One case (Apple, et al. v. Vidal, et al.) that is discussed in...

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss Mickey's looming expiration date and the expiration of the Steam Boat Willy copyright. They also discuss trademark protection that Disney may depend on at their expiration.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Caroline, Taylor, and Maya discuss the litigation following the sale of NFTs featuring the famous Hermes Birkin Bag.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Graham, Rob, and Ahsan discuss abusive practices employed by big tech. They particularly focus on the case, Sonos v. Google, as an example of some of these practices.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney and Karen discuss patent eligibility issues deriving from precendent and American Axle v. Neapco, and possible methods to address the confusion felt by the patent-practicing community. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam Associates discuss the harsh repercussions against innocent infringers and compare that between copyright and patent infringements. *Please note this was formerly mis-titled as "Innocent Copies," but it (and the description of the episode) has been changed to better reflect the subject of discussion.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss Adidas's terminating of their relationship with Yeezy and speculate what will be in both parties' future with the "Yeezy" IP. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Caroline, Maya, and Taylor discuss the history and current developments of dog toy parody products and trademark infringement cases. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Megan Wheeler, Audio Editor, and Associate, Caroline McCord, sit down with Jordi Goodman to discuss her research on disparity among gender and race in the patent field, particularly on patent prosecution filings. Jordi is a assistant clinical professor of the BU/MIT Technology Law Clinic at the Boston University School of Law who visited our campus last semester....

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney, and Karen discuss the many implications associated with AI inventorship in patent conception that may occur in the future according to the decision in Thaler v. USPTO. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Rob, Graham, and Ahsan discuss the implications of the right of repair and anti-trust laws and how they impact patents and patent holders.  

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler, and Associate, Vanessa Wang, sit down with Ken Germain and Lou Sitler to discuss their Article which will be republished in IP Theory Volume 12 entitled, "The Constitution Commandeth: Thou Shalt Not Protect the Same Subject Matter Under Design Patent and Trade Dress Laws."  

In this episode of Fire of Genius, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam discuss tattoo art copyright issues in commercial material such as video games and movie posters. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss the impact of social media terms of service on user generated IP.  They further discuss their thoughts on addressing the conflict caused by granting a nonexclusive license to copyrightable works posted on social media. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler, and Associate, Sydney Schnur, sit down with Eyal Barash to discuss strategies for patenting of pharmaceuticals that may be repurposed.  Eyal has over two decades of experience as a patent lawyer. Prior to starting Barash Law in 2009, he was chief patent counsel to SSCI, the world’s leader in solid-state chemistry. Before w...

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Graham, Rob, and Ahsan discuss how the inter partes review (IRP) procedure contesting patentability of a pharmaceutical has created suspicions of stock shorting; the group predominantly uses Kyle Bass's recent IRP claims and resulting economics of his practices as a case study. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Caroline, Taylor, and Maya discuss the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's 'frightening' experience with fraudulent filings.  The Associates also discuss what measures are being considered in combatting these practices.    

On this week’s episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss the greatly followed case Warhol v. Goldsmith and whether the Prince Series prints infringe Goldsmith's copyright or whether they are transformative enough to be deemed preliminary social commentary to meet Fair Use Standards.

On this week’s episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney, and Karen discuss whether patents are property or private rights.

 On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Associates, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam, discuss the ways in which BIPOC creators are harmed or disadvantaged by Intellectual Property law (or lack thereof) and potential remedies to fix this inequity. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Associates, Caroline, Taylor, and Maya summarize and discuss Moderna's lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech, which claim that the pair violated Moderna's mRNA patents.  These lawsuits have been filed after Moderna formerly pledged not to bring suit against them during the pandemic crisis. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler, sits down with Josie Little, third year law student at University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, to discuss her article, McRussia: The Weaponization of Intellectual Property .  Josie shares updates in the aggressive policies and laws pertaining to copyright and trademark that Russia has been taking in response to san...