Phone: (434) 924-6331

E-mail: sprigman@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Antitrust law, Copyright, Intellectual property, Internet, Patent law, Telecommunications, Trademark law

All Courses: Intellectual Property: Copyright, Antitrust and Intellectual Property, Democratic Constitutionalism: A Comparative Perspective

Current Course(s): Intellectual Property: Copyright, Constitutional Law (C,J)

In the media:

• "Did eBay Start a Counterfeit Crackdown?" (New York Times, 07/18/2008)
• "Luxury Retailers Want eBay to Police for Knockoffs" (National Public Radio, 07/04/2008)
• "Law Professors File Brief in Support of Piracy Defendant" (Chronicle of Higher Education, 06/19/2008)
• "To Excerpt The Associated Press or Not" (author) (ACSBlog.com, 06/18/2008)
• "Fashion's Piracy Paradox" (Los Angeles Times, 10/10/2007)
• "The Piracy Paradox" (The New Yorker, 09/24/2007)
• "Thou Shalt Not Knock Off" (The American, 09/14/2007)
• "Why Knock-Offs are Good for Fashion" (Financial Times, 09/12/2007)
• "The Knockoff Won’t Be Knocked Off" (New York Times, 09/09/2007)
• “Appeals Court Finds Copyright Statute Burdens Free Speech” (Washington Internet Daily, 09/06/2007)
• "Fashion Victims: How Copyright Law Could Kill The Fashion Industry" (The New Republic, 08/14/2007)
• "In Web Uproar, Antipiracy Code Spreads Wildly" (New York Times, 05/03/2007)
• "Full Disclosure" (California Lawyer (Daily Journal), 05/01/2007)
• "Copying: A Trendy Bill Now On The Hill" (Condé Nast Portfolio.com., 04/26/2007)
• "Why That Hoodie Your Son Wears Isn’t Trademarked" (New York Times, 04/05/2007)
• "Sizing Up the Spat Over Red Carpet Copycats" (The Christian Science Monitor, 03/27/2007)
• "Appeals Court Shoots Down Copyright Challenge" (InformationWeek, 01/23/2007)
• "District Community Events Jan. 11-18, 2007/Fashion and Property Rights" (Washington Post, 01/11/2007)
• "Re: So I Died" (Foreign Policy, 01/03/2007)
• "Steal This Fashion Design" (Salon.com, 11/27/2006)
• "A Gem of a Name" (Roanoke Times, 10/14/2006)
• "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" (Columbia Daily Spectator, 09/28/2006)
• "Designers Fight Knockoffs/Designers Seek Copyright for Fashion but Some Say That Could Kill the Industry" (ABC News, 09/15/2006)
• "Can Fashion Be Copyrighted?/Designers Want to Halt Knockoffs But Some Say They Spur Sales; 'Few People Can Spend $4,000'" (Wall Street Journal, 09/11/2006)
• "Congress Considers Fashion's Copyrights" (Washington Times, 07/28/2006)
• "Fashion Police: Copyrighting Couture" (Reason, 07/01/2006)
• "Google Sued Over Digital Library" (The Stanford Daily, 10/25/2005)
• "New Google Digital Library Hits Copyright Roadblock" (The Stanford Daily, 09/21/2005)