Deven R. Desai

Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business

Associate Professor

800 West Peachtree St.

Atlanta, GA 30308

United States

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Patents, Meet Napster: 3D Printing and the Digitization of Things

102 Geo. L.J. 1691 (2014), Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Research Paper No. 2013-37, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 2338067
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai and Gerard N. Magliocca
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Brands, Competition and the Law

Brigham Young University Law Review, 2010, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 1545893, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Research Paper No. 2010-003
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai and Spencer Weber Waller
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law - Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
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Brands, Goodwill, Trademarks, Dilution, Confusion, Aftermarkets, Entry, Product Differentiation, Price Discrimination, Entry Barriers, Antitrust, Mergers, Market Definition, Market Power, Edward Chamberlin, Frank Schechter, Monopolistic Competition, Vertical Restraints, Resale Price Maintenance

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A Brand Theory of Trademark Law

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A Brand Theory of Trademark Law

Florida Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 4, p. 981, 2012, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 1585327
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Trademark, Brands, Confusion, Law and Economics, Marketing

From Trademarks to Brands

Florida Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 4, p. 981, 2012, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 2137766
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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brands, trademarks, information, search costs, co-creation of value, brand strategy, marketing

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Trust But Verify: A Guide to Algorithms and the Law

Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Forthcoming, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 17-19
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2018
Deven R. Desai and Joshua A. Kroll
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Information
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algorithms, governance, accountability, internet, cyber, technology, bias, discrimination, computational methods, law, big data, computer science, code, transparency, machine learning

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Have Your Cake and Eat it Too: A Proposal for a Layered Approach to Regulating Private Military Companies

University of San Francisco Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 4, p. 825, 2005, TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 893857
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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contract, private military, legislation, Abu Grahib, mercenary, regulation, international law, privatization, torture

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Copyright's Hidden Assumption: A Critical Analysis of the Foundations of Descendible Copyright

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Copyright's Hidden Assumption: A Critical Analysis of the Foundations of Descendible Copyright

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 2, p. 219, 2011, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 1353746
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 27 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Copyright, Legal History, Victor Hugo, Infrastructure, Inheritance, Heirs, Eldred, CTEA, Extension, Copyright Term, Public Domain

The Life and Death of Copyright

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 2, p. 219, 2011, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 2137795
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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copyright, inheritance, property, copyright history, intellectual property, public domain, Victor Hugo, Berne Convention, Inheritance, Heirs, Eldred, CTEA, Extension, Copyright Term

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The New Steam: On Digitization, Decentralization, and Disruption

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 65, No. 6, 2014
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Oct 2014
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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digitization, industrial revolution, intellectual property, innovation, disruption, copyright, patent, trademark

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Confronting the Genericism Conundrum

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 4, p. 1789, 2007, TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 934620
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 03 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai and Sandra L. Rierson
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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trademark, intellectual property, expression, linguistics, competition

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Beyond Location: Data Security in the 21st Century

Communications of the ACM, Vol. 56, January 2013
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 24 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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data security, privacy, Data Protection Directive, General Data Protection Regulation, cloud computing, data breach, jurisdiction, distributed computing, computer science

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Property, Persona, and Preservation

Temple Law Review, Vol. 81, No. 1, p. 67, 2008, TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1101648
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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copyright, attention economics, email, digital property, inheritance, spillovers, access to knowledge, preservation

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Brands, Competition Law and IP

Cambridge University Press (2015) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 26 Mar 2015
Deven R. Desai, Ioannis Lianos and Spencer Weber Waller
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University College London - Faculty of Laws and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law - Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
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antitrust, trademarks, competition, brands, branding, price theory

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Constitutional Limits on Surveillance: Associational Freedom in the Age of Data Hoarding

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, p. 579, 2014
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Fourth Amendment, Prism, NSA, First Amendment, surveillance, privacy, data, data hoard

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Exploration and Exploitation: An Essay on (Machine) Learning, Algorithms, and Information Provision

47 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, 541 (2015), Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. WP44
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2016
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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machine learnng, filter bubble, exploration, exploitation, competition, net neutrality, information cascades, herding, information provision, search, social media, competition, news, media, echo chamber

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Individual Branding: How the Rise of Individual Creation and Distribution of Cultural Products Confuses the Intellectual Property System

CREATIVITY, LAW, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Shubha Ghosh and Robin Malloy, eds., Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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attention, reputation, attribution, branding, Wealth of Networks, Netflix, social production

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Speech, Citizenry, and the Market: A Corporate Public Figure Doctrine

98 Minnesota Law Review 455 (2013)
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Citizens United, Times v. Sullivan, First Amendment, public figure, trademark law, dilution, corporate reputation, free speech

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Property, Persona, and Publicity

TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1008541
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 31 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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copyright, trademark, right of publicity, intellectual property, persona, property, duration, spillover

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An Information Approach to Trademarks

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 100, No. 6, (2012)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 31 Aug 2012
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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trademarks, brands, competition, information theory, Claude Shannon

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The Competitive Significance of Brands

CPI Antitrust Chronicle, July 2014 (2), Loyola University Chicago School of Law Research Paper No. 2014-18
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 28 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Deven R. Desai and Spencer Weber Waller
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law - Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies
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antitrust, trademarks, competition, brands, branding, price theory

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The Chicago School Trap in Trademark: The Co-Evolution of Corporate, Antitrust, and Trademark Law

37 Cardozo Law Review, 551 (2015), Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. WP46
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 27 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2016
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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Brands, Goodwill, Trademarks, Chicago School, classical economics, neoclassical economics, search costs, information and trademarks, antitrust, theory of the firm

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Privacy? Property?: Reflections on the Implications of a Post-Human World

Kansas Journal of Law & Pubic Policy, Vol. 18, No. 2, p. 174, 2009
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Nov 2011
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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singularity, privacy, property, persona, genetics

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Bounded by Brands: An Information Network Approach to Trademarks

47 UC Davis Law Review, 821 (2014), Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. WP45
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2016
Deven R. Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business
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trademarks, brands, bounded rationality, networks, information, search costs, cascades, herds, advertising, online advertising, competition, information theory