Edward Lee

Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology

Professor of Law, Director of Program in Intellectual Property Law

565 W. Adams St.

Chicago, IL 60661-3691

United States

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1.

Warming Up to User-Generated Content

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2008, No. 5, 2008
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 05 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2012
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 1,557 (12,105)
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user-generated content, copyright, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, Web 2.0, Obama girl, informal copyright practice, warming, chilling, First Amendment, social networking, Web 3.0

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The Right to Be Forgotten v. Free Speech

A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 820 (31,644)

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free speech, right to be forgotten, privacy, Google, FTC, First Amendment, EU

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Decoding the DMCA Safe Harbors

Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2012
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 744 (36,151)
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DMCA safe harbors, YouTube, MySpace, Veoh, Tiffany's, eBay, Lemley, Netcom, Internet service provider, red flag, loophole, statutory interpretation, copyright

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The Public's Domain: The Evolution of Legal Restraints on the Government's Power to Control Public Access Through Secrecy or Intellectual Property

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 55, November 2003
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 28 Jul 2003
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 467 (66,053)
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public domain, copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, intellectual property, First Amendment, evolution, FISA, enemy combatant, Internet, government secrecy, deportation hearing, public information, Bruce Ackerman, constitutional moment, September 11, 9/11, Eldred, Golan, public property, public ownership, espionage, right of access, FOIA, classified information, Copyright Clause, punctuated equilibrium, commons, DMCA, secret hearing, term extension, restored copyright

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Technological Fair Use

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 83, p. 797, 2010
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 12 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2012
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 456 (68,033)

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technological fair use, fair use, quasi-technologial fair use, copyright, speech technologies, Google Book Search, Amazon Kindle, text to speech, Free Press Clause, Copyright Clause, Framers, First Amendment, reverse engineering, thumbnail, Sony, Sega, Galoob, Kelly, antiplagiarism software

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Patent Trolls: Moral Panics, Motions in Limine, and Patent Reform

Stanford Technology Law Review, Vol. 19, 2016
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Apr 2016
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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patent troll, non-practicing entity, NPE, patent assertion entity, PAE, patent monetization entity, PME, patent aggregator, patent holding company, moral panics, motion in limine, Apple, Intellectual Ventures

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Digital Originality

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Vol. 14, No. 4, p. 919, 2012
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2012
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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copyright, originality, 3D printing, artificial intelligence

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Measuring TRIPS Compliance and Defiance: The WTO Compliance Scorecard

Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2011
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Feb 2011
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 328 (99,768)
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TRIPS Agreement, WTO, Scorecards, Transparency, Good Governance, GATT, Trade Agreements

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Freedom of the Press 2.0

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 97
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 Aug 2007
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 325 (100,811)
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Grokster, Copyright Clause, newspapers

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The Global Trade Mark

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Vol. 35, 2014
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2013
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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trademarks, Community Trade Mark, CTM, WTO, TRIPS, Berne, Paris, WIPO, international law

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Remixing Lessig

Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property, Science & Technology Research Paper No. 10-026
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 22 May 2010
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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Lessig, Remix, Creative Commons, Mashup, User-Generated Content, UGC, Copyright, Copyright Reform, PS22 Chorus, YouTube, Yelp, Hybrid Economy, Read Write

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The New Canon: Using or Misusing Foreign Law to Decide Domestic Intellectual Property Claims

Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 46, 2005
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 15 Sep 2004
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 248 (134,342)

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intellectual property, patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, Berne Convention, transnational, comparative law

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Recognizing Rights in Real Time: The Role of Google in the EU Right to Be Forgotten

UC Davis Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 226 (147,094)

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privacy, free speech, right to be forgotten, EU law, Google, Costeja, data privacy, administrative law, global governance, Weber, Coase

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Copyright, Death, and Taxes

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2012
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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TRIPS Agreement, Berne Convention, Creative Commons, copyright reform, tax, formalities, copyright term, open source

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Guns and Speech Technologies: How the Right to Bear Arms Affects Copyright Regulations of Speech Technologies

William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, May 2009
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2012
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 174 (187,021)
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Free Press, Second Amendment, First Amendment, Heller, Scalia, Stevens, Framers, original meaning, framing, speech technologies, Copyright Clause, copyright, history, constitutional law, broadcast flag, DMCA, anticircumvention, AHRA, Sony doctrine, guns, printing press

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International Intellectual Property: Problems, Cases, and Materials (Preface/Table of Contents)

International Intellectual Property: Problems, Cases, and Materials, West Academic Publishing, American Casebook Series, October 2017; ISBN 978-0314207623
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Nov 2017
Daniel C. K. Chow and Edward Lee
Ohio State University College of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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Brief of Intellectual Property Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellee and Affirmance in Omega S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Aug 2012
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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Fair Use Avoidance in Music Cases

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 6, 2018
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Aug 2018
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Downloads 86 (315,937)

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Fair Use, Copyright, Music, Borrowing, Empirical, Infringement

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Copyright-Exempt Nonprofits: A Simple Proposal to Spur Innovation

Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-08
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2014
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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Pinterest, copyright reform, Internet, curation, nonprofit, 501(c)(3), charitable purpose, user-generated content

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Can Copyright Law Protect People from Sexual Harassment?

Emory Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Apr 2019
Edward Lee
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
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#metoo, copyright, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, employment law, entertainment industry, Hollywood, Weinstein, Moonves, Lauer, O'Reilly

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Does Fair Use Matter? An Empirical Study of Music Cases

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, 2020
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
Edward Lee and Andrew Moshirnia
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology and Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation
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copyright, musical work, musical composition, music production, music, copyright clutter, inevitable similarity in music, infringement, fair use, experiment