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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law

@christalaser.bsky.social
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A law professor helping you learn innovation law; author; former BigLaw IP litigator; speaker; moot court world champion. Www.Christalaser.com

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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
My paper, Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges, is finally published after years of data collection on the educational background of federal judges. I conclude that STEM majors are too much of a minority in the federal judiciary. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges
Should more judges have technical and scientific educations than is currently prevalent in the federal judiciary? This empirical study of the educational backgr
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Impeach for emoluments and bribery. He made the US government agree to not launch a stablecoin then his family launches a stablecoin, misleadingly titled after the US Dollar. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/t...
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Trump’s Crypto Venture Introduces New Digital Currency
World Liberty Financial, the crypto business created by President Trump and his sons, unveiled a cryptocurrency called a stablecoin, furthering his ties to an industry his administration regulates.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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a woman kneeling next to a white horse in a stream
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Literally busy making golfing deals with Saudis that NYT says benefits him personally, while he can't attend to foreign service officers and their families who are dying.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I'm enjoying this talk by @lessig.bsky.social re how AI will impact the world and politics. Prof. Lessig builds on work by David Runciman that corporations are analog AIs showing that nonhuman actors can overtake human goals. Directives of AI can shape the world. www.youtube.com/live/bF6rer0...
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What AI is doing to America's democracy | LSE Event
YouTube video by LSE
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I'm generally not very vocal on politics, but I feel strongly (1) those who favor limited government must enforce limitations of the power of the President even when politically inconvenient; (2) only Congress makes law, which the President should enforce; (3) Presidents should not take emoluments.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Apply anyway and let them deny before you deny yourself.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I've taken to having eggs and cottage cheese every morning for breakfast.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Those who are facing this, please connect with Legal Aid or lawyers in your area to evaluate a case for violations of the Civil Rights Act.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
All the lawsuits this administration is creating are unfortunately going to be paid out not by the administration but by the American public--damages awards against the government come from an unlimited appropriation from Treasury. www.fiscal.treasury.gov/judgment-fun...
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Judgment Fund - FAQs
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My latest research looks at STEM education among judges. A side finding was that STEM educated judges are more diverse / more diverse judges more often have that plus factor to their training and experience before they land in their roles.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Right. The military was a place where highly skilled people could be taken seriously without as many biases against minorities as can exist in the private sector. Private sector started catching the research that diverse teams improve problem solving & outcomes--some findings from military data.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I mentioned on another's post, but don't mess with Canadians. Canadians have a reputation for going straight to brutality in conflict. @ryankellycomedy.bsky.social knows.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If history is any indication, countries should not start disputes with Canadians--they have a reputation for unforgivingly cunning brutality (see WWI ham grenades).🍁 🇨🇦
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Congrats!
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Thanks for highlighting. As someone who has to deal with awful enough Schedule II requirements to help my family with care (eg can't pick up meds two days early, multiple dr. visits, need new auth every month), we need fewer not more barriers to access these necessary medicines.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
(And totally understand if this is a horrible way to pick your brain, but I figured others would love to follow your systems.) For me, I think in systems and processes so having a method that works to emulate is such a godsend.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I ask bc I'd love to improve my approach and impact. I often get an idea & don't convert it quickly enough to a format that I consider likely to be acceptable by law reviews, especially increasing length & background to match article length & citing each line. Multiple times missed the zeitgeist.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I really want to learn your personal system for writing. Do you have a database of notes for citations? Do you write your ideas first roughly then add the citations? With papers in draft form often starting short-ish, does that shift submission strategy or do you submit papers like this to all LR?
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Thanks! I am excited to check out several of your episodes!
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@marklemley.bsky.social "One of the challenges that a lot of people have is they don't feel that they can speak up, because it's going to cost them personally. So I think it's all the more important for people who can bear that cost to do so." Love this quote.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 26/01/2025
Perplexity submits a new bid for TikTok
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Perplexity submits a new bid for TikTok
Perplexity AI has submitted a revised proposal to merge with TikTok, in an arrangement that would give the U.S. government up to 50 percent ownership of the new entity. The Associated Press first reported on the new proposal. A source with knowledge of…
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Those without pubic research experience don't understand that when you pause research, it often can't just pick back up at another time. Some studies happen over an extended period of time and need ongoing uninterrupted data collection. If a 20 year project pauses, we can lose that insight.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Which could be the path for the President's meme coins! 🤪 A good way to short the country.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
If we expect to compete internationally on innovation, which I understood to be a priority, we can't do that with a flailing patent office.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Agreed. Largely have not been impressed yet. But that's how we get to something impressive hopefully.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Hopeful news (as someone whose dad passed of Parkinson's): an existing cancer therapy is showing promise to stop the spread of Parkinson's disease. www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-d...
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Parkinson's Discovery Suggests We Could Already Have an FDA-Approved Treatment
Researchers have discovered how a cell surface protein called Aplp1 can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson's disease from cell-to-cell in the brain.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I think we need new laws to incentivize efficacious treatments for these diseases that are not subject to patent protection. A book project that I am working on now includes a chapter on treating Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases like Parkinson's more cheaply using existing drugs.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Oh I want to find this! Am I not in the beta set perhaps if I don't see it?
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Good points! I agree!
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I would love to see your thoughts!
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Thanks for sharing!
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
A ban on TikTok? I walk through the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the act requiring divestiture of TikTok on the grounds that there is no First Amendment protection here. Here is my three minute summary: www.youtube.com/shorts/SzMt2...
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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban: Lawyer Explains
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Proud of myself for doing this... A former coach. Fencing is so notorious for this issue. It's as bad as gymnastics. #metoo
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
To clarify, rise in ranks up to 82 from 137 four years ago.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Update on IP Program at CSU Law: 1) Our 2024 IP+ Conference w/ with Vaishali Udupa, Commissioner for Patents at USPTO, rocked. Video: youtu.be/5GSOMH0RQE4?... 2) CSU Law hired IP professor Mehtab Khan from Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center. 3) CSU rose nearly fifty ranks in US IP Specialty Ranking
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CSU Law: 2024 IP+ Conference: Commissioner of Patents, Health and IP Law, AI and the Law, and More
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Oh as a patent attorney, I can't wait to check this out. Pinning. I am working on a book about how IP law affects daily life and it would be fun to feature some interesting patents that deeply affected humanity.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our elementary school has a dress code stating no lewd language on clothing, which applies to both children and adults on campus. I believe they would be asked to leave.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I'm delighted to share that Ohio House legislators just passed Ohio's anti-SLAPP bill (allowing early dismissal of frivolous defamation claims). Thank you to all the state legislators who heard me out on the importance of safeguarding #FirstAmendment rights of survivors.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Sharing some oldies but goodies. While looking through my recordings for public speaking samples, I found this gem, my @Toastmasters Area 32 Winning Speech, A Little Deliccy: youtu.be/n9rEQFpZaIc?...
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A Little Delicacy - Toastmasters First Place Area 32 Speaking Contest
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
None of our works will endure endlessly, but somehow love feels like the most enduring and important thing that we can create in our short time on earth. Happy Thanksgiving. A poem I was reminded of this morning: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I'd love to get back into writing poetry.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This TEDx talk is a helpful reminder: people can choose the law; law is a program instructing society and corporations on how to operate. Kris Gledhill: Corporate law reform to save the world www.ted.com/talks/kris_g...
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Corporate law reform to save the world
Kris Gledhill reflects on the rules we have created for corporations. They focus on profits not stewardship. In light of many concerns around the overuse of resources, is this sensible? Kris suggests ...
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I have an IP law profs starter pack if you are interested in that. For AI, @edleeprof.bsky.social is a great follow.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I'd love to add more diverse profs to my list of intellectual property law scholars! If you know of any I missed, lmk!
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
What did it most help you with? When did you first read something that made you curious about it?
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
For me, my stepfather had Alzheimers disease, so supplements to treat that are a huge focus. Benfotiamine has been shown to improve symptoms dramatically.
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Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law @christalaser.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
IP Law Starter Pack to follow. Currently it's all IP professors I love! Which other IP profs are on the app? go.bsky.app/7vF5GAi
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