Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna

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Professor of Law
Notre Dame Presidential Fellow

Office: 3120 Eck Hall of Law
Phone: 574-631-9258
Email: markmckenna@nd.edu

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Areas of Expertise

Intellectual property, including patent, trademark, copyright, and the right of publicity, and torts

Mark P. McKenna teaches and writes in the area of intellectual property. He is widely recognized as a leading scholar in the trademark area, having published articles in leading law journals on the topic of trademark law. McKenna has also written about copyright law, the right of publicity, and the intersection of intellectual property rights regimes. Some of his latest projects deal with concerns about intergenerational equity in intellectual property and the role of the placebo effect in intellectual property policy.

IN THE NEWS

NPR—Court: Reselling Books Bought Abroad Isn’t A Copyright Violation

USA Today—Colin Kaepernick defends move to protect personal brand

ESPNNFL pressures man over trademarks

Gulf News—Reviving brands that aren’t forgotten such as Clearly Canadian

Wired—The Apple-Samsung Court Battles Expand to iPhone 5, Galaxy S III

Wired—Report: HTC Paying Apple up to $8 per Phone

USA Today—Samsung to fight Apple’s motion to ban smartphones

Washington Post—Samsung shares fall after Apple verdict

CNN Money—Apple vs. Samsung: Three possible outcomes

Associated Press—Apple jurors grappled with complex patent issues

Reuters—With Samsung win on Galaxy Tab, judge may reconsider U.S. ban

Bloomberg/Businessweek—Apple-Samsung Jury Foreman Says Google E-Mail Persuasive

Wired—Should Google Be Running Scared From Apple?

USA Today—Apple lists 8 Samsung products it wants banned

Fox News—Apple verdict could alter future of tablet, phone design

Computerworld—Apple v Samsung: Five experts, five questions

New York Times—Who Owns Crimson and White?

Slate—Kohler Co. steamed over Arizona firm’s name Salon school makes change to avoid trademark suit