Gideon Parchomovsky University of Pennsylvania Law School 3400 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 gparchom@law.upenn.edu Teaching University of Pennsylvania Law School July 2002-Present Robert G. Fuller, Jr. Professor of Law (2011-); Professor (2002-2011) Intellectual Property Law Internet Law Property Law A. Leo Levin Award for Best First Year Course teacher 2011, 2004 Fordham Law School 1998-June 2002 Associate Professor Property Law Copyright Law Yale Law School Visiting Lecturer Copyright Law Spring 2000 and 2002 The Impact of the Internet on Copyright and Patent Law Fall 2000 Education J.S.D., Yale Law School February 1998 Dissertation: An Economic Analysis of Markets for Copyrights (supervisor - Prof. Ian Ayres; readers - Prof. Alan Schwartz, Hon. Guido Calabresi) LL.M., Boalt Hall, University of California Berkeley May 1995 Thesis: Resolving the Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207) (supervisor Prof. Melvin Eisenberg) LL.B., cum laude, Hebrew University of Jerusalem June 1993 Distinctions President, Israeli Law and Economics Association 2008-2009 Vice President, Israeli Law and Economics Association 2007-2008 Editor, Theoretical Inquiries in Law 2005-2008 1
Awards Olin Fellow, University of Southern California Law School June 2001 Olin Fellow, University of Michigan Law School September 2001 Olin Foundation Research Grant 1998 Fulbright Fellowship 1994-96 Editorial Board, Mishpatim, Hebrew University Law Journal 1992-93 Dean s List 1990-92 Sam Friedman Scholarship for Best Moot Court 1992 Publications The Best Available Technology Standard, 111 COLUMBIA L. REV. (forthcoming 2012) (with Lital Helman) Partial Patents, 111 COLUMBIA L. REV. 207 (2011) (with Michael Mattioli) The Distortionary Effect of Evidence on Primary Behavior, 124 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 518 (2010) (with Alex Stein) The Hidden Function of Takings Compensation, 96 VIRGINIA L. REV. 1673 (2010) (with Abraham Bell) Beyond Fair Use, 96 CORNELL L. REV. 91 (2010) (with Phil Weiser) Originality, 95 VIRGINIA L. REV. 1505 (2009) (with Alex Stein) Law and the Boundaries of Technology Intensive Firms, 158 U. PENNSYLVANIA L. REV. 1649 (2009) (with Oren Bar Gill) Reconceptualizing Trespass, 103 NORTHWESTERN U. L. REV. 1823 (2009) (with Alex Stein) Torts and Innovation, 107 MICHIGAN L. REV. 285 (2008) (with Alex Stein) Reconfiguring Property in Three Dimensions, 75 U. CHICAGO. L. REV. 1015 (2008) (with Abraham Bell) Tradable Patent Rights, 60 STANFORD L. REV. 863 (2007) (with Ian Ayres) Safe Use Harbors, 93 VIRGINIA. L. REV. 1483 (2007) (with Kevin Goldman) Of Equal Wrongs and Half Rights, 82 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY L. REV. 738 (2007) (with Peter Siegelman & Steve Thel) Taking Compensation Private, 59 STANFORD L. REV. 871 (2006) (with Abraham Bell) 2
Conferences Organized The Useless of Public Use, 106 COLUM. L. REV. 1412 (2006) (with Abraham Bell). The Essential Role of Securities Regulation, 55 DUKE L. J. 711 (2006) (with Zohar Goshen) Of Property and Federalism, 115 YALE L. J. 72 (2005) (with Abraham Bell) A Theory of Property, 90 CORNELL L. REV. 531 (2005) (with Abraham Bell) Selling Mayberry: Communities and Individuals in Law and Economics, 92 CALIFORNIA L. REV. 75 (2004) (with Peter Siegelman). The Value of Giving Away Secrets, 89 VIRGINIA L. REV. 1857 (2003) (with Oren Bar-Gill). Of Property and Anti-Property, 102 MICHIGAN L. REV. 1 (2003) (with Abraham Bell). Towards an Integrated Theory of Intellectual Property, 88 VIRGINIA L. REV. 1455 (2002) (with Peter Siegelman). Pliability Rules, 101 MICHIGAN L. REV. 1 (2002) (with Abraham Bell). Givings, 111 YALE L. J. 547 (2001) (with Abraham Bell). On Insider Trading, Markets, and Negative Property Rights in Information, 88 VIRGINIA L. REV. 1229 (2001) (with Zohar Goshen). Takings Reassessed, 87 VIRGINIA L. REV. 277 (2001) (with Abraham Bell). On Trademarks, Domain Names and Internal Auctions, 2000 U. ILL. L. REV. 211 (2001). The Integration Game, 100 COLUMBIA L. REV. 1965 (2000) (with Abraham Bell). Publish or Perish, 98 MICHIGAN L. REV. 926 (2000). On Hate and Equality, 109 YALE L. J. 507 (1999) (with Alon Harel). Fair Use, Efficiency and Corrective Justice, 3 LEGAL THEORY 347 (1997) Annual Conference of the Israeli Law and Economics Association 2009 3
Foundations of Intellectual Property Reform, University of Pennsylvania Law School 2009 Stresa Lecture, Italy (co-sponsored by Atlantic Corridors, Roma III University and Novara University) 2005-11 Co-coordinator of the Penn Law and Economics Workshop 2008 Presentations George Washington University School of Law, April 2011 (The Best Available Technology Standard). University of Connecticut Law School, September 2010 (The Distortionary Effect of Evidence on Primary Behavior). Oslo University Faculty of Law, August 2010, Symposium on the theory and law of takings (two key presentations on the theory of eminent domain). American Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting, Princeton University, May 2010 (The Distortionary Effect of Evidence on Primary Behavior). American University School of Law, April 2010 (Beyond Fair Use). Illinois University, Law and Economics Workshop, February 2010 (The Distortionary Effect of Law and Economics on Primary Behavior). Novara University, Faculty Seminar, March 4 th 2009 (Torts and Innovation) Yale Law School, Ian Ayres Co-Authors Conference, February 20 th 2009 (Reconceptualizing Trespass) Gent University, Law and Economics Workshop, February 11 th 2009 (Reconceptualizing Trespass) University of Pennsylvania, Foundations of Intellectual Property Reform, January 16 th 2009 (Law and the Boundaries of Technology Intensive Firms) American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, San Diego University School of Law, May 15-16, 2009 (Reconceptualizing Trespass) American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, New York University Law School, May 5-6, 2005 (The Essential Role of Securities Regulation) 4
Boalt Hall School of Law, Law and Economics Seminar, April 11, 2005 (The Essential Role of Securities Regulation). UCLA Law School, Intellectual property Law and Faculty Workshop, April 1, 2005 (Patent Portfolios) Columbia Law School, Law and Economics Workshop, March 28, 2005 (Patent Portfolios) University of Maastricht Law School, Conference on Land Burdens, May 20, 2005 (Of Property and Anti-Property) The University of Illinois College of Law, Symposium: Intellectual Property Challenges in the Next Century, April 14, 2000 (On Trademarks, Domain Names, and Internal Auctions) University of Pennsylvania Law School, Faculty Workshop, March 2001 (Publish or Perish) American Law and Economics Association, Annual Meeting, Northwestern Law School, May 2004 (What Property Is) Georgetown University Law Center, Annual Conference of the American Law and Economics Association, May 12, 2001 (On Insider Trading, Markets, and Negative Property Rights in Information) University of Southern California School of Law, Center for Law, Economics & Organization Workshop, June 4, 2001 (Givings) University of Minnesota School of Law, Faculty Workshop, September 6, 2001 (Givings) University of Michigan Law School, Law and Economics Workshop, September 20, 2001 (Givings) Fordham University School of Law Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law and Policy, April 4-6, 2002 (Copyright Law, The Last Ten Years and a Look at What Lies Ahead, panelist) Harvard Law School, Annual Conference of the American Law and Economics Association, May 5, 2002 (Unappreciated Synergies in Intellectual Property Law) Yale Law School, Law Economics and Organization Workshop, May 9, 2002 (Towards An Integrated Theory of Intellectual Property) 5
Georgetown University Law Center, Intellectual Property Colloquium, October 24, 2002 (Towards An Integrated Theory of Intellectual Property) (forthcoming) Fordham Law School, presented 5 times: 3 times at the Fordham Business Law Seminar (Publish or Perish, On Insider Trading, Markets and Negative Property Rights in Information, Pliability Rules) and twice at the Faculty Speaker series (Givings, Towards an Integrated Theory of Intellectual Property). Legal Experience Israeli Bar, admitted 1994 Clerk, Honorable Eliahu Mazza, Justice, Supreme Court of Israel 1993-94 Articled Clerkship, Zeev Weil and Co. Attorneys at Law 1993 Research Assistant, Prof. Ian Ayres, Yale Law School 1996-97 Research and Teaching Assistant, Property Law, Prof. Joshua Weisman, Property Law, Hebrew University School of Law 1992-94 Teaching Fellow, Contract Law, Prof. Gabriella Shalev, Dr. Yoram Turbovitch, Ramot Mishpat College of Law 1993-94 Community Pro Bono Legal advice to the elderly 1993 Pro Bono Legal advice to immigrants from the former U.S.S.R. 1992-93 Pro Bono representation of students before disciplinary board 1992-93 Teaching children with special needs 1989-90 Managed project of providing the elderly with heating fuel 1985-86 Teaching Hebrew in Mishkan Israel Sunday School 1995-97 Military Special Forces Commander, IDF (compulsory Service) 1986-89 Languages Fluent in Hebrew, English and Russian; working knowledge of French 6