SUMMER 2025 ISSUE
E-COMMERCE TRANSFORMATION AND THE DEFINITION OF RELEVANT MARKETS IN ONLINE RETAIL: DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE IN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF COMPETITION
Caio Mario da Silva Pereira Neto, Ricardo Ferreira Pastore, and Antonio Bloch Belizario
Professor of Law at FGV Direito SP, São Paulo, Brazil, LLM (2002) and JSD (2005) Yale Law School; LL.M. Stanford Law School (2012); LL.B. FGV Direito SP.
LESSONS LEARNED? REGULATING BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY AFTER THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
Kristina Lorch
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law; M.P.A., Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
STORM CLOUDS ARE BUILDING: SURVEILLANCE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND STATE INTERESTS
Johan David Michels, Christopher Millard, and Ian Walden
Researcher and PhD candidate, Queen Mary University of London; Professor of Privacy and Information Law and Principal Investigator, Queen Mary University of London; Professor of Information and Communications Law and Principal Investigator, Queen Mary University of London and solicitor
Privacy Law & Social Science
CHILLING EFFECTS
FEBRUARY 20, 2026 - VIRTUAL
Professor Jonathon W. Penney (Osgood Hall Law School and Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society)—a legal scholar and social scientist—is known for his research at the intersection of law, technology, and human rights, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary empirical methods and emerging technologies. His award-winning research on privacy, technology, and human rights has received national and international attention. Professor Penney’s book, Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age (Cambridge University Press, 2025), explores the growing weaponization of censorship, surveillance, and technology to control and repress. This symposium discussion will celebrate Penney’s book, allowing scholars to come together and consider its implications.
Purchase the book here: https://tinyurl.com/33S8MVWA
Watch the symposium here: https://lnkd.in/eZhVuzc6
A special symposium issue compiling comments from over ten scholars is forthcoming Summer 2026.
Intellectual Property, Contract, and Procurement Law
IP RIGHTS & GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
APRIL 17, 2026
This symposium addresses critical gaps in legal scholarship on intellectual property rights in government contracting, where national security, constitutional protections, and private innovation intersect. As government reliance on private contractors increases, fundamental questions arise, such as: how do government agencies and private contractors share intellectual property rights? When do IP protections obstruct transparency in technologies affecting rights to repair critical equipment or constitutional rights? This symposium assembles distinguished legal academics and military acquisition experts to explore these complex challenges and inform the public discourse on government contracting and transparency.
Hosted by Professor Elizabeth Rowe at the University of Virginia School of Law
Co-Sponsored by the Center on Intellectual Property
Purchase the print version of the symposium volume here.
Foreword
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING: PERSPECTIVES ON A CRITICAL AND UNDEREXAMINED SUBJECT
Elizabeth A. Rowe
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law, Co-Director Center on Intellectual Property, University of Virginia School of Law
Article
TRADE SECRECY & THE GOVERNMENT’S RIGHT TO REPAIR
Elizabeth A. Rowe & Harrison E. Kearby
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law, Co-Director Center on Intellectual Property, University of Virginia School of Law; J.D. Candidate 2026, University of Virginia School of Law
Article
THE (ANTI-) DEFICIENT RIGHT TO REPAIR: HOW DATA-AS-A-SERVICE FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR APPROPRIATIONS LAW
Jason Floyd
Judge Advocate and Associate Professor at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS)
Article
A LOOK BACK ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NEW ERA OF “AMERICA FIRST IP'“ IDEOLOGY, POLICY, AND LEGISLATION
Danielle M. Conway
Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law and Penn State School of International Affairs
Article
FREEDOM TO TINKER WITH TRADE SECRETS
David S. Levine
Professor of Law, Elon University School of Law
Article
INNOVATION INTERRUPTED: LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RISKS OF UNDERMINING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Jennifer S. Fan & Xuan-Thao Nguyen
Therese Maynard Chair in Business Law and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, LMU Loyola Law School, Los Angeles; Pendleton Miller Chair in Law, University of Washington School of Law
Article
PROSPECTING FOR PROGRESS
Andrea M. Matwyshyn
Professor of Law and Engineering Policy at Penn State Dickinson Law, Professor in SEDI at Penn State Engineering, Founding Director of the Penn State Policy Innovation Lab of Tomorrow
Article
A PUBLIC TRUST THEORY OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Sharon K.Sandeen
Professor of Law and Robins Kaplan LLC Distinguished Professor of IP Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law