Author: A. Thomson

  • Cyberlaw

    The emergence of global digital networks, such as the Internet, and digital technologies that enhance human abilities to access, store, manipulate, and transmit vast amounts of information has brought with it a host of new legal issues that lawyers preparing to practice in the 21st century will need…

  • Digital Antitrust

    The topic will prepare students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia for for an antitrust practice in the digital economy, especially as it relates to intellectual property. Topics will include the IP/antitrust interface, net neutrality, search advertising, pricing strategies, platform competition…

  • Digital Markets

    The objective is to help prepare yourself for an IP or transactions practice in the digital world. The topics include (1) collective rights organizations, (2) technical protections of content, (3) two-sided markets, (4) the optimal design of online auctions for search engines, (5) the economics of c…

  • International Environmental Law

    This topic is a topic on the role of law in the management of international environmental issues. students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia will benefit from but need not have taken topics in international law and/or environmental law. The topic will include a brief overview of public internat…

  • Intellectual property rights

    Advanced IP: Innovation & Regulatory Policy for PharmaPatents, and intellectual property rights more generally, are central features of the “information economy” and pharmaceuticals are widely understood to be the sector for which strong patent protection is most justified as an innovation …

  • Intellectual Property

    Introduction to Intellectual PropertyThis topic is intended for students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia who are interested in a general overview of intellectual property. The topic begins with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property laws. It covers…

  • Food Law

    Food Law and PolicyThis opic explores a wide range of issues related to food law and policy. Topics will likely include food safety, food labeling and marketing, regulation and patenting of genetically-modified organisms, farm subsidies, treatment of livestock, farm labor, organic farming s…

  • Environmental Law

    This topic will focus on cutting-edge issues in environmental law scholarship, with students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia reading and commenting (in writing and in discussion) upon new and forthcoming articles by scholars here at Berkeley and elsewhere. Most sessions will include presentat…

  • Environment

    Development of the EnvironmentThe intersection of environmental, land use and natural resource law, on one hand, and the world of real estate development, on the other, is filled with complexities and trade-offs. Large-scale development projects almost always have measurable negative impact…

  • Energy Regulation

    Energy Regulation and the EnvironmentEnergy production and use drive the world's economies and offer hope for growth and prosperity. Yet, the extraction and use of fuels and the development of energy facilities are among the greatest threats to the global environment. This topic introduces …

  • Energy

    Energy and Cleantech ResearchGrowing concern for the effects of global climate change have focused public policy on promoting the development and diffusion of renewable and alternative energy technologies. This two-topic topic will explore the broad contours of this new era of environmental…

  • Biotechnology Law

    This topic will examine some of the legal issues encountered uniquely and frequently in the life science industry. Particular attention will be given to the legal and policy issues arising in connection with the patents, technology partnering transactions, and company formation involving biotechnolo…