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Legal Briefs, White Papers, Op-Eds & Other Publications

  • “Innovation and Leviathan: The Patent System Is Assimilated into the Growing Administrative State,” Heritage Foundation (April 5, 2022), https://www.heritage.org/economic-and-property-rights/report/innovation-and-leviathan-the-patent-system-assimilated-the
  • “China Ignores Rule of Law to Dominate Global Telecommunications,” RealClearPolicy (March 25, 2022), https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2022/03/24/china_ignores_rule_of_law_to_dominate_global_telecommunications_823355.html
  • “FTC enforcement stifles biotech innovation,” NY Daily News (Jan. 30, 2022), https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-ftc-enforcement-stifles-biotech-innovation-20220130-mxwc6gixdfavdjfuod54yl42sa-story.html (with Richard A. Epstein)
  • “Unreliable Data Have Infected the Policy Debates Over Drug Patents,” Hudson Institute (January 19, 2022), https://www.hudson.org/research/17484-unreliable-data-have-infected-the-policy-debates-over-drug-patents
  • “Google’s loss to Sonos settles it: Big Tech has an IP piracy problem,” Tech Crunch (Jan. 13, 2022), https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/13/googles-loss-to-sonos-settles-it-big-tech-has-an-ip-piracy-problem/
  • “The COVID-19 Intellectual Property Waiver: Threats to U.S. Innovation, Economic Growth, and National Security,” Heritage Foundation (Sep. 17, 2021), https://www.heritage.org/economic-and-property-rights/report/the-covid-19-intellectual-property-waiver-threats-us-innovation
  • Amicus Brief of 4 Law Professors in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari, AbbVie Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, April 19, 2021)
  • Amicus Brief of 13 Law, Business, and Political Science Professors in Support of Appelle, Ericsson Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Fed. Cir., April 9, 2021)
  • “Waiving vaccine patents would imperil public health,” Virginian Pilot (Apr. 14, 2021), https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/columns/vp-ed-column-mossoff-0414-20210413-krqhjk7zhfgyxjm4kyvjivitym-story.html
  • “The Constitutional Protection of Intellectual Property,” Heritage Foundation (March 8, 2021), https://www.heritage.org/economic-and-property-rights/report/the-constitutional-protection-intellectual-property
  • “Trump’s final act on drug prices put foreign IP thieves before American patients,” Northwest Indiana Times (Jan. 3, 2021), https://www.nwitimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-trumps-final-act-on-drug-prices-put-foreign-ip-thieves-before-american-patients/article_7b715017-8b4e-5599-9202-cce78ba72b69.html.
  • “5G Technological Leadership,” Hudson Institute (Dec. 2020), https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.hudson.org/Hudson_5G%20Technological%20Leadership.pdf.
  • “Business Methods Patents: A Key Part of American Patents from 1790 to Today,” Conservatives for Property Rights (Dec. 22, 2020), https://www.property-rts.org/post/business-methods-patents-a-key-part-of-american-patents-from-1790-to-today.
  • “US Should Not Confiscate Gilead’s Remdesivir Patent,” Law360 (Aug. 21, 2020), https://www.law360.com/articles/1303214/us-should-not-confiscate-gilead-s-remdesivir-patent.
  • “Big Tech’s Opposition to Section 101 Reform: Policy Rhetoric versus Economic Reality,” IPWatchdog (June 22, 2020), https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2020/06/22/big-techs-opposition-section-101-reform-policy-rhetoric-versus-economic-reality/id=122709/
  • “Amidst Chinese Aggression, U.S. Cannot Afford to Dilute Its IP Laws,” Newsweek (June 24, 2020), https://www.newsweek.com/amidst-chinese-aggression-us-cannot-afford-dilute-its-ip-laws-opinion-1512863
  • “Gutting Patent Protections Won’t Cure COVID-19,” Townhall (May 23, 2020), https://townhall.com/columnists/adammossoff/2020/05/23/gutting-patent-protections-wont-cure-covid19-n2569308 (syndicated in over 15 newspapers).
  • “Congress Plans to Steal the Coronavirus Vaccine,” RealClearPolicy (May 7, 2020), https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/05/07/congress_plans_to_steal_the_coronavirus_vaccine_490933.html (syndicated and published in over 10 newspapers).
  • “Patent Term Extensions Will Help Speed Up Development of Coronavirus Drugs,” Washington Times (March 13, 2020), https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/12/patent-term-extensions-will-help-speed-up-developm/.
  • Amicus Brief on behalf of 3 law professors in support of appellant, Association for Accessible Medicine v. Becerra (9th Cir., Feb. 6, 2020).
  • “Stop the States’ Copyright Plunder,” Wall Street Journal (Nov. 5, 2019), https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-the-states-copyright-plunder-11572909070.
  • Amicus Brief in support of petition for review, Olive Photography v. University of Houston (Supreme Court of Texas, filed Oct. 7, 2019),
  • “Huawei Is the Only Winner After the Qualcomm Decision,” RealClearMarkets (May 30, 2019), https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2019/05/30/huawei_is_the_only_winner_after_the_qualcomm_decision_103762.html
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 7 patent law scholars in support of petition for en banc rehearing, Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo Collaborative Services (Fed. Cir. filed April 22, 2019)
  • “Apple Pays for Its Infringement, But Important Legal Cases Remain,” IPWatchdog (March 19, 2019), https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2019/03/19/apple-pays-patent-infringement-important-legal-cases-continue/id=107425/.
  • “The FTC Joins Huawei Go on a Misguided Troll Hunt, Wall Street Journal (Jan. 27, 2019), https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ftc-joins-huawei-on-a-misguided-troll-hunt-11548624270.
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 12 patent law scholars in support of plaintiff-appellant, American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, Neapco Drivelines LLC (Fed. Cir. July 6, 2018).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 5 patent law scholars in support of plaintiff-appellant, Natural Alternatives International, Inc. v. Creative Compounds, LLC (Fed. Cir. Apr. 20, 2018).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 6 law professors in support of plaintiff-appellant, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland HeartLab, Inc. v. True Health Diagnostics, LLC (Fed. Cir. filed Feb. 28, 2018).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 7 law professors in support of petition for certiorari, RecogniCorp LLC v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court, filed Dec. 4, 2017).
  • “Patent Unfairness,” Real Clear Politics (Sep. 9, 2017), https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/09/patent_unfairness_134958.html
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 27 law professors in support of petitioner, Oil States Energy Services LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group LLC (U.S. Supreme Court, filed Aug. 31, 2017).
  • “Patents Are Property Rights, Not A ‘Bizarre Regulatory Lobby,’” Townhall (Mar. 13, 2017), https://townhall.com/columnists/adammossoff/2017/03/13/patents-are-property-rights-not-a-bizarre-regulatory-lobby-n2297903.
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 13 law professors in support of petition for hearing en banc, Cascades Projection v. Epson America & Sony Corp. (Fed. Cir., filed Mar. 1, 2017).
  • Amicus brief in support of Respondent, Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court, filed Feb. 24, 2017) (co-authored with Greg Dolin).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 15 law professors in support of Petition for Certiorari, TDE Petroleum Data Solutions, Inc. v. AKM Enterprises, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court, filed Feb. 16, 2017).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 11 law professors in support of Appellant in Converse v. International Trade Commission (Fed. Cir., filed Feb. 3, 2017) (co-authored with Mark Schultz).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 10 law professors in support of Plaintiff-Appellee in Trading Technologies v. CQG, Inc. (Fed. Cir., filed July 18, 2016) (co-authored with Robert Sachs).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 13 law professors in support of Petition for Certiorari, MCM Portfolio v. Hewlett-Packard Co. (U.S. Supreme Court, filed May 27, 2016).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 19 law professors in support of Petition for Certiorari, Sequenom, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics (U.S. Supreme Court, filed April 20, 2016) (co-authored with Dr. Kevin Noonan).
  • “Weighing the Patent System: It Is Time to Confront the Bias Against Patent Owners in Patent ‘Reform’ Legislation,” Washington Times (Mar. 24, 2016) (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/24/adam-mossoff-weighing-the-patent-system/).
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 23 law professors in support of a Petition for Rehearing En Banc Ethicon Endo-Surgery v. Covidien (Fed. Cir., filed March 14, 2016).
  • Amicus brief in support of a Petition for Certiorari, Cooper v. Lee (U.S. Supreme Court, filed Feb. 29, 2016).
  • Amicus brief in support of neither party, Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics (U.S. Supreme Court, filed Dec. 16, 2015). (co-authored with Matthew Dowd).
  • “Repetition of Junk Science & Epithets Does Not Make Them True,” IPWatchdog (Nov. 19, 2015), http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/11/19/repetition-of-make-them-true/id=63302/.
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 23 law professors in support of a Petition for Rehearing En Banc Ariosa v. Sequenom (Fed. Cir., filed August 27, 2015) (co-authored with Dr. Kevin Noonan).
  • “Don’t Pull Up the Ladder: Congressional Inventors Should Oppose Weakening Patents,” IPWatchdog (June 10, 2015), http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/06/10/congressional-inventors-should-oppose-weakening-patents/id=58525/ (with Mark Schultz).
  • “Why Intellectual Property Rights? A Lockean Justification,” Law & Liberty (April 2015) (invited essay at online scholarly website run by the Liberty Fund), http://www.libertylawsite.org/liberty-forum/why-intellectual-property-rights-a-lockean-justification/.
  • “Intellectual Property and Economic Prosperity: Friends or Foes?,” AEI Tech Policy Daily, August 27, 2014, http://www.techpolicydaily.com/technology/intellectual-property-economic-prosperity-friends-foes/ (with Mark Schultz).
  • “Tesla’s New Patent Policy: Long Live the Patent System!,” Investor’s Business Daily, June 19, 2014 (http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/061914-705435-tesla-exercising-its-patent-rights-in-giving-away-its-patents.htm).
  • “Thomas Edison was a ‘Patent Troll,’” Slate, May 19, 2014 (http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/history_of_innovation/2014/05/thomas_edison_charles_goodyear_and_elias_howe_jr_were_patent_trolls.html).
  • “The Sewing Machine Patent Wars,” Slate Future Tense, December 3, 2013 (http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/12/sewing_machine_patent_wars_of_the_1850s_what_they_tell_us_about_the_patent.single.html)
  • “A Brief History of Software Patents (and Why They’re Valid),” White Paper for the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, September 2013 (http://cpip.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/A-Brief-History-of-Software-Patents-Adam-Mossoff.pdf).
  • “A Century-Old Form of Patent,” New York Times Room for Debate, June 6, 2013 (http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/06/06/can-the-human-blueprint-have-owners/a-century-old-form-of-patent).
  • “Patented Innovation and Patent Wars: Some Historical Perspective,” IBM A Smarter Planet Blog, January 11, 2013 (http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2013/01/patented-innovation-and-patent-wars-some-historical-perspective.html).
  • “Policy Debates Should Focus on Facts, Not Rhetoric,” Forbes.com, December 18, 2012 (available at http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/12/18/policy-debates-on-patents-should-focus-on-facts-not-rhetoric/).
  • “Copyright Does Not Limit Online Speech,” Austin Statesman, September 16, 2012.
  • Guest Blogger, The Volokh Conspiracy, April – May 2009.
  • Amicus brief on behalf of 28 law professors in support of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Zoltek Corporation v. United States.
  • Amicus brief on behalf of Virginia Wineries Association in Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460 (2005) (co-authored with Daniel D. Barnhizer and ten law professors joined the brief, including Paul Finkelman and Richard Epstein).
  • “Michigan Prohibition on Interstate Shipment of Wine is Unconstitutional Discrimination,” Detroit Free Press, December 6, 2004 (with Daniel D. Barnhizer).