Annual Nies Lecture

Overview Curriculum & Courses Annual Nies Lecture IP Colloquium Intellectual Property Law Review Intellectual Property Law Society Student Awards

Overview Curriculum & Courses Annual Nies Lecture IP Colloquium

Intellectual Property Law Review Intellectual Property Law Society Student Awards

Each year, a nationally recognized expert in intellectual property law presents a lecture on a cutting-edge intellectual property law issue.

2019 The Rise of Property and Decline of Equity in Trademark Law Mark P. McKenna, John P. Murphy Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Watch the Presentation
2018 Opting for Regulation When Patentability Is In Doubt by Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert & Barbara Luciano Professor of Law University of Michigan Law School Watch the Presentation
2017 A Cloud for Global Good: The Future of Technology—Issues for Wisconsin and the World by Brad Smith, President & Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft Corp. Watch the Presentation Article
2016 Innovation, Disruption, and Intellectual Property: A View from Silicon Valley by Ted Ullyot, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Watch the Presentation Article
2015 Semicommons in Fluid Resources by Henry E. Smith, Fessenden Professor of Law and Director of the Project on the Foundations of Private Law at Harvard Law School Watch the Presentation Article
2014 The Intensifying National Interest in Patent Litigation by Hon. Kathleen M. O'Malley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Watch the Presentation
2013 Patents, Markets, and Medicine in a Just Society by Arti K. Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law at Duke University Watch the Presentation
2012 The Author's Place in the Future of Copyright by Jane C. Ginsburg, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law and Faculty Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia University School of Law
2011 Can the Patent Office be Fixed by Professor Mark Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School Watch the Presentation
2010 Recovery and the Patent System by Professor John F. Duffy Watch the presentation
2009 Real Copyright Reform by Professor Jessica Litman, John F. Nickoll Professor of Law and Professor of Information, University of Michigan Watch the presentation Article
2008 The Uncertain Status of Clinical Trial Data in International Intellectual Property Law: From Private to Public Good? by Professor Jerome Reichman, Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law School; Durham, N.C. Listen to the Lecture Article
2007 Patent Law's Peerless Appellate Architecture by Craig A. Nard, Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Professor of Law; Co-Director of the Center for Law, Technology and the Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Law School; Cleveland, Ohio
2006 All Rights Reserved? Cultural Monopoly and the Troubles with Copyright by Dr. Michael Geist, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa Law School, Canada Article
2005 Hon. Richard A. Posner, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Article
2004 Professor Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Norman and Edna Freehling Scholar, Associate Dean and Program Director of Intellectual Property, Chicago-Kent College of Law Article
2003 Professor Dan L. Burk, Oppenheimer, Wolff and Donnelly Professorship in Law, University of Minnesota Law School Article
2002 Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Article
2001 Hon. Randall R. Rader, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Article
2000 Professor Sheldon W. Halpern, C. William O'Neill Professor of Law, and Judicial Administration; the Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University Article
1999 Professor Donald S. Chisum, Phil and Bobbie Sanfilippo Professor of Law, Santa Clara University of Law, California Article
1998 Professor Marshall A. Leaffer, Distinguished Scholar in Intellectual Property Law, and University Fellow, Indiana University School of Law Article