Spring 2013

Professors Rochelle Dreyfuss and Harry First

Topic: To examine the use of criminal law to sanction unauthorized use of knowledge products. Starting with questions about what property interests should be protected by the criminal law, we will go on to study longstanding information crimes, such as insider trading and wire fraud, and then study newer crimes, including trademark counterfeiting, copyright piracy (including downloading), economic espionage of trade secrets, and computer hacking. We will consider the impact of criminalization on innovation, employee mobility, access to medicines, and developing economies.

Thursday, January 24

Adrian Johns, Allan Grant Maclear, The University of Chicago Department of History
Historicizing the Intellectual Property Police

Thursday, January 31

Stuart Green, Distinguished Professor of Law; Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar, Rutgers University School of Law-Newark
Is Illegal Downloading Really Stealing? The Problem of Intangible Property in the Law of Theft

Thursday, February 7

Christopher Buccafusco, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law 
Economic Analysis of Criminal Intellectual Property Law

Thursday, February 28

Tom Tyler, Macklin Fleming Professor of Law; Professor of Psychology, Yale Law School
Psychological Perspectives on Criminalizing Intellectual Property Use

Thursday, March 7

Frederick Abbott, Edward Ball Eminent Scholar, Florida State University College of Law
Global Medicines Supply Chains, Counterfeiting and Criminality: When Public Health and Greed Collide

Thursday, April 4

Mark McKenna, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame The Law School
Criminal Trademark Enforcement and the Problem of Inevitable Creep


The Colloquium meets at NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, room 208 from 4:00-6:00pm.

2 New York CLE Credits are available in the area of Professional Practice for each colloquia you attend.