Exciting news: Santa Clara Law's High Tech Law Institute (@scuhtli.bsky.social) will become the Datta Center for High Tech Law, thanks to an incredibly generous gift from alum Madhumita Datta! law.scu.edu/news-events/...

Christian Helmers and I have posted a new working paper that assesses Alice's impact on software startups. While we aren't the first to write in this area, our analysis advances the literature in several ways.

The SCU Leavey School of Business posted an article about the research Christian Helmers and I have been doing on ideologically motivated judge shopping at the district court level.

Yesterday's insightful thread from @adambonica.bsky.social spurred me to post a new related essay (with Christian Helmers) that uses Adam's ideology measure. We look at suits filed against the Trump admin and assess claims that they have been strategically directed to particularly liberal judges.

A Truly Global Event! 🌍 Participants traveled from all over the country and the world to present at Santa Clara Law's Internet Law Works-in-Progress. 16 US states/districts and 5 continents are represented. #InternetLawWIP25 #HTLI #SantaClaraLaw

In a new working paper, Christian Helmers, Louis-Daniel Pape, and I take a deep dive into the first Trump administration's impact on the ideology of US district courts. We focus on appointments to single-judge divisions and resulting opportunities for ideologically motivated judge shopping.

My paper (with Christian Helmers) comparing US SEP enforcement by NPEs vs. operating tech companies is now available in final published form in volume 77 of Oxford Economic Papers. academic.oup.com/oep/article/...

Feeling stressed by the end-of-semester crush or state of the world in general? HTLI is here help. Throughout the coming holiday season we'll be spreading cheer by sharing the results of some recent `The Office'-inspired faculty "portraiture." Stay tuned to see the results! You won't want to miss it

In a newly revised paper now forthcoming in IRLE, Christian Helmers and I assess whether 4 of the most significant US patent system reforms of the last 20 years (eBay, PTAB, Alice, and TC Heartland) had a measurable impact on innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Last day of class photo for SCU Law's summer abroad program in Singapore (held on the SMU campus). Next week students transition to externships in Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Happy to report that my study (w/ Christian Helmers) of SEP assertion by NPEs is forthcoming in Oxford Economic Papers. We compare opportunism across NPE & op-co cases & find NPEs more likely to leverage declaration process, lack of market transparency, & supply chain papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Could this policy apply to IP cases, which strictly speaking can lead to "nationwide orders"? I can't find the text, only a press release (www.uscourts.gov/news/2024/03... ) which says policy applies to cases that "seek to bar or mandate state or federal actions" www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/p...

WIPIP 2024 is underway! #WIPIP2024

My paper with Christian Helmers and Yassine Lefouili examining the frequency and determinants of opportunistic conduct in SEP assertion was published this week by the American Law & Economics Review academic.oup.com/aler/advance...

Happy Holidays from HTLI! 🎁

Remember, folks, there's only 50 shopping days remaining until WIPIP 2024! #GameOfDrones #WIPIPisComing

Coming soon to an office near me: Zahr Said and @edleeprof.bsky.social!!!