Adam Mossoff to Speak on Reconsidering the Patent ‘Privilege’ in Historical Context”

Assistant Professor Adam Mossoff of Michigan State University College of Law is speaking at a faculty forum on Thursday, March 16 from noon – 1:00 p.m. in the Strong Common Room in Bergin Hall. The topic of the forum is "Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought About Patents?: Reconsidering the Patent ‘Privilege’ in Historical Context." Adam Mossoff is an expert in patent law and property theory. He has published numerous law review articles and book reviews on topics in legal philosophy, patent law, and property law, including in law reviews at the University of Arizona and UC-Hastings, and in the interdisciplinary law journal, the University of Chicago Law School Roundtable. He was a visiting lecturer and John M. Olin Fellow in Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he taught a seminar on property theory. Immediately prior to coming to MSU College of Law, he clerked for the Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Mossoff graduated from the University of Chicago Law School with honors in 2001. He has a M.A. in philosophy from Columbia University, where he specialized in legal and political philosophy, and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Michigan, where he graduated magna cum laude and with high honors in philosophy. At MSU Law, he teaches patent law, property, trade secrets, jurisprudence, and estates and trusts.