Innovation Policy Colloquium: Christine Haight Farley
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2-8-2024
Conference / Event Title
The Innovation Policy Colloquium
Conference / Event Location
NYU Law School
Abstract
The Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity, invention, and new technology. This year, we will examine the topic of design in intellectual property law. Starting with theories of intellectual property law, we will go on to study the legal regimes that allow and/or restrain protection of aspects of design (copyright and its useful-articles doctrine; utility patent; design patent; trademark, trade dress, and their functionality doctrine; and sui generis protections); industries in which design is important (such as fashion, industrial design, and marketing generally); the value of design in society and legal and non-legal incentives to produce valuable designs; the role of norms in design; and issues of competition as they relate to design. We will draw on legal sources as well as related work in economics, sociology, history, and disciplines in which design is particularly important, such as engineering, fashion, home furnishings, and marketing.
Christine Haight Farley, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law.
Recommended Citation
Farley, Christine Haight, "Innovation Policy Colloquium: Christine Haight Farley" (2024). Presentations. 992.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_presentations/992