Why does IP law require a critical race lens today? A critical race lens can illustrate major gaps in traditional doctrinal and theoretical IP approaches. African-American creators have been disadvantaged as the “Invisible Men”–and women–of IP theory. These “race-neural” analyses fail to account for the many ways that IP law–from structural hostility to oral and […]
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April 14, 2017
We asked our plenary speakers to send in their thoughts on any three of the following five questions. Why does IP law require a critical race lens today? How do you hope to advance the discourse of race and IP through your work? How does your work contribute to re-imagining IP in the twenty first […]
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August 20, 2016
We are excited to announce a performance by Chinatown Dance Rock band and trademark renegades, The Slants! Portland’s The Slants are the first and only all-Asian American dance rock band in the world. They offer up catchy dance beats, strong hooks, and a bombastic live show that is “not to be missed” (The Westword). The […]
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