A roundup of faculty appearances in news sources and media from the last week, 11/8 to 11/14.
11/11 – The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin highlighted a recent Chicago-Kent panel on trademark issues and the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba (“If Cuba trade embargo ever ends, trademark fights will likely result,” behind paywall). Professor Chris Buccafusco, who moderated the panel, was quoted in the article.
11/11 – Professor Lori Andrews was interviewed for a CNBC 60 Minutes segment about human gene patents. Watch a video of the interview here or read the transcript here.
11/12 – Clinical Professor Heather Harper was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on legal advice for startup companies (“Startups and the law: 5 key issues”).
11/14 – Professor Felice Batlan was featured in a Forbes article on whether Americans prefer male or female bosses (“Americans Still Prefer A Male Boss—But Far Less Than They Used To”). As the article notes, Batlan has done her own study on this issue, examining the preferences of legal secretaries.
11/14 – A new working paper by Professor David Schwartz was mentioned in a Legal Newsline article on the effects of patent litigation (“Patent litigation has chilling effect on innovation and services, says critic of Wifi case”). Click here to read more about Schwartz’s paper, titled Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) Under the Microscope: An Empirical Investigation of Patent Holders as Litigants (coauthored with C. Cotropia and J. Kesan), or download it from SSRN here.
Other news:
11/11 – Professor Sheldon Nahmod authored a new post on his blog, Nahmod Law (“Recent Statutes of Limitation Accrual Decisions in the Circuits ”).
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