Jeanne Fromer
@jeannefromer.bsky.social
@NYULaw.bsky.social Vice Dean & Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Co-Director, @NYUEngelberg.org Center on Innovation Law & Policy
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Jeanne Fromer
@jeannefromer.bsky.social
· Aug 31
Amazon’s Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System — California Law Review
Amazon’s dominance as a platform is widely documented. But one aspect of that dominance has not received sufficient attention—the Amazon Brand Registry’s sweeping influence on firm behavior, particula...
www.californialawreview.org
Thrilled that my article with @markpmckenna.bsky.social on "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" is now out in the California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social
What a treat to be there for Justice Breyer to receive the NYU Law David Boies Prize
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
What a treat to be there for Justice Breyer to receive the NYU Law David Boies Prize
Great @jotwell.bsky.social piece by @rtushnet.bsky.social reviewing Dustin Marlan's piece on trade dress in the Supreme Court (and the mysterious tertium quid) cyber.jotwell.com/distinguishi...
Distinguishing Marks - Technology Law
Dustin Marlan, Servicing Trade Dress: Demystifying the Tertium Quid, 58 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1513 (2025).Rebecca TushnetIt is rare in legal scholarship to be both novel and clearly correct at the same t...
cyber.jotwell.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Great @jotwell.bsky.social piece by @rtushnet.bsky.social reviewing Dustin Marlan's piece on trade dress in the Supreme Court (and the mysterious tertium quid) cyber.jotwell.com/distinguishi...
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Congratulations to @jeannefromer.bsky.social for being named Vice Dean of University Partnerships at NYU Law!
Fear not Engelverse, that new title won't stop her from being a Center Co-Director as well
Fear not Engelverse, that new title won't stop her from being a Center Co-Director as well
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Congratulations to @jeannefromer.bsky.social for being named Vice Dean of University Partnerships at NYU Law!
Fear not Engelverse, that new title won't stop her from being a Center Co-Director as well
Fear not Engelverse, that new title won't stop her from being a Center Co-Director as well
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Should Inspectors General be moved to the Legislative Branch?
Jason Powell from @citizensforethics.org makes the case for why doing so may be the only way to protect independent oversight.
www.justsecurity.org/122832/shoul...
Jason Powell from @citizensforethics.org makes the case for why doing so may be the only way to protect independent oversight.
www.justsecurity.org/122832/shoul...
Should Inspectors General be Moved to the Legislative Branch?
Almost immediately upon taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump unlawfully fired 17 inspectors general (IGs), and over the course of this year has taken actions to demote and replace...
www.justsecurity.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Should Inspectors General be moved to the Legislative Branch?
Jason Powell from @citizensforethics.org makes the case for why doing so may be the only way to protect independent oversight.
www.justsecurity.org/122832/shoul...
Jason Powell from @citizensforethics.org makes the case for why doing so may be the only way to protect independent oversight.
www.justsecurity.org/122832/shoul...
First time I’m seeing a Spotify playlist put together for a law review article (here, on jazz and the § 115 compulsory music reproduction license). Can this become a trend? scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcont...
scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
First time I’m seeing a Spotify playlist put together for a law review article (here, on jazz and the § 115 compulsory music reproduction license). Can this become a trend? scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Thrilled for the next 2 days with @nyulaw.bsky.social @nyuengelberg.org Engelberg Center, exploring the consumer across IP, antitrust, and tech law, including sustainability, the consumer scientist, IP rights as signal to consumers, AI, fair use, and competition www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...
Conspicuous Consumers: An Engelberg Center Symposium
Over exposed and under explored, consumers play critical roles across a range of legal doctrines. We're giving them their due.
www.eventbrite.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thrilled for the next 2 days with @nyulaw.bsky.social @nyuengelberg.org Engelberg Center, exploring the consumer across IP, antitrust, and tech law, including sustainability, the consumer scientist, IP rights as signal to consumers, AI, fair use, and competition www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...
Excited 2B at Penn for the annual Trademark & Unfair Competition Scholarship Roundtable, where I’m sharing new work w/ Barton Beebe & Stein on “Trademark Law’s Theory of the Image: A Computational & Empirical Analysis.” Thanks to @profrothman.bsky.social @rtushnet.bsky.social & Barton 4 organizing!
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Excited 2B at Penn for the annual Trademark & Unfair Competition Scholarship Roundtable, where I’m sharing new work w/ Barton Beebe & Stein on “Trademark Law’s Theory of the Image: A Computational & Empirical Analysis.” Thanks to @profrothman.bsky.social @rtushnet.bsky.social & Barton 4 organizing!
Perhaps not surprising that 2 of these covers are at the center of well-known copyright infringement lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Perhaps not surprising that 2 of these covers are at the center of well-known copyright infringement lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...
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This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
Obsessed with Jodie Turner-Smith's Schiaparelli technology dress www.gofugyourself.com/tron-ares-ha...
Tron: Ares Has Arrived in Paris - Go Fug Yourself
Jodie Turner-Smith's dress is SO COOL.
www.gofugyourself.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Obsessed with Jodie Turner-Smith's Schiaparelli technology dress www.gofugyourself.com/tron-ares-ha...
Great Jotwell post by @graemedinwoodie.bsky.social on Michael Goodyear's article "Common-Law Notice and Takedown" ip.jotwell.com/the-future-o...
The Future of Notice and Takedown? - Intellectual Property
Michael Goodyear, Common Law Notice-and-Takedown, __ NYU J. Intell. Prop. & Ent. L. __ (forthcoming), available at SSRN (April 25, 2025).Graeme DinwoodieAs Michael Goodyear notes in Common Law Notice-...
ip.jotwell.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Great Jotwell post by @graemedinwoodie.bsky.social on Michael Goodyear's article "Common-Law Notice and Takedown" ip.jotwell.com/the-future-o...
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Professor Oren Bar-Gill rejoins the faculty at NYU Law this fall. Bar-Gill’s pioneering research explores how bounded rationality and cognitive biases shape contractual decision-making, particularly in consumer markets: ow.ly/jbcw50WXykF
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Professor Oren Bar-Gill rejoins the faculty at NYU Law this fall. Bar-Gill’s pioneering research explores how bounded rationality and cognitive biases shape contractual decision-making, particularly in consumer markets: ow.ly/jbcw50WXykF
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@cmorten.bsky.social returns to NYU Law this fall. He brings with him the Science, Health, and Information Clinic, which provides legal services to researchers, patients, consumer groups, and others in the health and science space: ow.ly/gcj550X1EkL
Need to Know
Christopher Morten ’15 acknowledges that becoming a law professor wasn’t his original ambition: he first planned to become a research scientist, investigating cures for cancer or infectious diseases—“...
ow.ly
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@cmorten.bsky.social returns to NYU Law this fall. He brings with him the Science, Health, and Information Clinic, which provides legal services to researchers, patients, consumer groups, and others in the health and science space: ow.ly/gcj550X1EkL
Was it even a question that I needed to buy this? I'm excited to build this for my office and have a working chocolate waterfall and mini Oompa-Loompas (and maybe write a 3rd piece of scholarship on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? 🤔First 2 pieces are linked below) www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 21360 | Ideas | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US
Fantastic Willy Wonka gift for movie lovers
www.lego.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Was it even a question that I needed to buy this? I'm excited to build this for my office and have a working chocolate waterfall and mini Oompa-Loompas (and maybe write a 3rd piece of scholarship on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? 🤔First 2 pieces are linked below) www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
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NERDS sues DWEEBS for trademark & trade dress infringement, dilution, & false advertising
ferrara, maker of nerds, owns registrations for not only the nerds word marks, logos, & packaging trade dress but also the "pebble design" of the candy itself
pdfserver.amlaw.com/legalradar/p...
ferrara, maker of nerds, owns registrations for not only the nerds word marks, logos, & packaging trade dress but also the "pebble design" of the candy itself
pdfserver.amlaw.com/legalradar/p...
September 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
NERDS sues DWEEBS for trademark & trade dress infringement, dilution, & false advertising
ferrara, maker of nerds, owns registrations for not only the nerds word marks, logos, & packaging trade dress but also the "pebble design" of the candy itself
pdfserver.amlaw.com/legalradar/p...
ferrara, maker of nerds, owns registrations for not only the nerds word marks, logos, & packaging trade dress but also the "pebble design" of the candy itself
pdfserver.amlaw.com/legalradar/p...
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Thank you for visiting and sharing your knowledge with our students!
Excited to be at @umichlaw.bsky.social to present new work on “Trade Secret Societies” 🤐 Ⓜ️
September 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thank you for visiting and sharing your knowledge with our students!
Excited to be at @umichlaw.bsky.social to present new work on “Trade Secret Societies” 🤐 Ⓜ️
September 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Excited to be at @umichlaw.bsky.social to present new work on “Trade Secret Societies” 🤐 Ⓜ️
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Thrilled that my article with @markpmckenna.bsky.social on "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" is now out in the California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social
Amazon’s Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System — California Law Review
Amazon’s dominance as a platform is widely documented. But one aspect of that dominance has not received sufficient attention—the Amazon Brand Registry’s sweeping influence on firm behavior, particula...
www.californialawreview.org
August 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thrilled that my article with @markpmckenna.bsky.social on "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" is now out in the California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social
Anthropic is paying $1.5 billion to settle the copyright infringement lawsuit against it by authors, following Judge Alsup's fair use ruling this summer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Anthropic is paying $1.5 billion to settle the copyright infringement lawsuit against it by authors, following Judge Alsup's fair use ruling this summer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
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Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney for generating ‘countless’ copies of its characters
Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney for generating ‘countless’ copies of its characters
Hollywood’s battle with AI is heating up.
buff.ly
September 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Warner Bros. Discovery sues Midjourney for generating ‘countless’ copies of its characters
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Excited to announce an upcoming event w @nyuengelberg.org!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!
"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"
5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU
Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!
Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!
"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"
5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU
Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!
Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!
August 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Excited to announce an upcoming event w @nyuengelberg.org!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!
"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"
5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU
Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!
Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!
"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"
5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU
Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!
Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!
Thrilled that my article with @markpmckenna.bsky.social on "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" is now out in the California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social
Amazon’s Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System — California Law Review
Amazon’s dominance as a platform is widely documented. But one aspect of that dominance has not received sufficient attention—the Amazon Brand Registry’s sweeping influence on firm behavior, particula...
www.californialawreview.org
August 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thrilled that my article with @markpmckenna.bsky.social on "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" is now out in the California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social
In which I talk with NPR (as does Jennifer Jenkins) both about shaming for intellectual property uses and about how memes turn copyright law on its head www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
Politicians keep using songs on social media. What if an artist doesn't like it?
Having a song go viral is usually good news for an artist. But as politicians become more social media savvy and jump in on viral trends, how can musicians respond if they don't like the way a party o...
www.npr.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In which I talk with NPR (as does Jennifer Jenkins) both about shaming for intellectual property uses and about how memes turn copyright law on its head www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
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Chris Cotropia, @markpmckenna.bsky.social, @jnvictor.bsky.social, @rtushnet.bsky.social & @jeannefromer.bsky.social on "IP Rights as a Signal to Consumers" (a panel well represented on bluesky)
August 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Chris Cotropia, @markpmckenna.bsky.social, @jnvictor.bsky.social, @rtushnet.bsky.social & @jeannefromer.bsky.social on "IP Rights as a Signal to Consumers" (a panel well represented on bluesky)
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Consumers are all over the law: consumer welfare in antitrust, consumer confusion in TM, consumer understanding of art in copyright. But what is The Consumer, really?
On 10/16 and 17, we're going to dig in.....
www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...
On 10/16 and 17, we're going to dig in.....
www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...
Conspicuous Consumers: An Engelberg Center Symposium
Over exposed and under explored, consumers play critical roles across a range of legal doctrines. We're giving them their due.
www.eventbrite.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Consumers are all over the law: consumer welfare in antitrust, consumer confusion in TM, consumer understanding of art in copyright. But what is The Consumer, really?
On 10/16 and 17, we're going to dig in.....
www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...
On 10/16 and 17, we're going to dig in.....
www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...