All posts by Sean O'Connor

Sean O’Connor is Professor of Law at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. He is also Founding Director of the Innovation Law Clinic and Executive Director of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP). With a diverse background in music, technology, philosophy, history, business, and law, he specializes in legal issues and strategies for entrepreneurship and the commercialization of innovation in biotechnology, information technology, and new media/digital arts.

Reading the Fine Print: WikiLeaks, Twitter, and Website Terms of Service/Privacy Policies

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Sean O'Connor

Last week, Judge Liam O’Grady of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a ruling denying three individuals’ objections to an order permitting the U.S. Government to access information about internet protocol (IP) addresses and other … Continue reading →

Categories: Commerce, Commercial/Contract Law, Information Technology, Law, Services

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Fixing Law School: Teaching Students how to be Great Lawyers

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Sean O'Connor

Today’s New York Times has an excellent article on the flaws of many law schools and law professors by David Segal. I wholeheartedly agree with nearly all of the critiques. But I don’t like Segal’s failure to discover professors, programs, and classes … Continue reading →

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What Composers and Copyright Lawyers Can Teach Each Other (Updated Video Embeds)

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Sean O'Connor

In January 2010, I gave an unusual presentation at The Vera Project in Seattle, entitled What Composers and Copyright Lawyers Can Teach Each Other. Sponsored by Washington Lawyers for the Arts, it was based on demonstrations I have done with my … Continue reading →

Categories: Art, Creativity, Fine Arts, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Law, Methods

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The Aftermath of Stanford v. Roche: Which Law of Assignments Governs?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Sean O'Connor

Today, I’m reposting part two of the posts I wrote for the IPilogue on Stanford v. Roche. Yesterday, I posted a summary of the background issues involved in the United States Supreme Court case of Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University … Continue reading →

Categories: Commercial/Contract Law, Commercialization, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Law, Science, Technology, Technology Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, University to Industry

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Stanford v. Roche: A Case Study on Academic Inventors, Federal Funding, and the Bayh-Dole Act

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Sean O'Connor

Today I want to start introducing some more in-depth legal discussion on this blog. Below is a reposting of the first part of a post I did for the IPilogue blog hosted by IP Osgoode at Osgoode Law School (York … Continue reading →

Categories: Commercial/Contract Law, Commercialization, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Law, Science, Technology, Technology Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, University to Industry

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