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Gideon Parchomovsky
Professor of Law

Gideon Parchomovsky
Professor of Law

Tel: 215.898.1603
Email: gparchom@law.upenn.edu

Expertise

  • Information Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Property Law

Bio

Gideon Parchomovsky specializes in intellectual property, property law, and cyber law. [More]
Gideon Parchomovsky specializes in intellectual property, property law, and cyber law. Parchomovsky has already made significant contributions to the field through his wide-ranging scholarship, having written numerous articles for major law reviews on liability rules, insider trading, trademarks, domain names, internal auctions and the integration game. Most recently, he has been advocating the need for a comprehensive property theory and the need to introduce a value-oriented theory. Parchomovsky has also received the A. Leo Levin Award which is given to the best first year course teacher. [Hide]

Representative Professional Positions

Penn Law - Professor (2004 -)

Penn Law - Assistant Professor (2002-04)

Fordham Law - (1998-2002)

Visiting Professor - Yale (2000 & 2002)

Representative Publications

The Uselessness of Public Use, 106 COLUM. L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2006) (with Abraham Bell).
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Taking Compensation Private, 59 STAN. L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2006) (with Abraham Bell).
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The Essential Role of Securities Regulation, 55 DUKE. L.J. (forthcoming 2006) (with Zohar Goshen).
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A Marketplace for Ideas?, 84 TEXAS L. REV. (forthcoming 2006) (with Oren Bar Gill).

Of Property and Federalism, 115 YALE L.J. 72 (2005) (with Abraham Bell).
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Patent Portfolios, 154 U. PA. L. REV. 1 (2005) (with R. Polk Wagner).
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A Theory of Property, 90 CORNELL L. REV. 531 (2005) (with Abraham Bell).
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Selling Mayberry: Communities and Individuals in Law and Economics, 92 CAL. L. REV. 75 (2004) (with Peter Siegelman).
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The Value of Giving Away Secrets, 89 VA. L. REV. 1857 (2003) (with Oren Bar-Gill).
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Of Property and Anti-Property, 102 MICH. L. REV. 1 (2003) (with Abraham Bell).
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Pliability Rules, 101 MICH. L. REV. 1 (2002) (with Abraham Bell).
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Towards an Integrated Theory of Intellectual Property, 88 VA. L. REV. 1455 (2002) (with Peter Siegelman).
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Givings, 111 YALE L.J. 547 (2001) (with Abraham Bell).
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On Insider Trading, Markets, and 'Negative' Property Rights in Information, 87 VA. L. REV. 1229 (2001) (with Zohar Goshen).
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Takings Reassessed, 87 VA. L. REV. 277 (2001) (with Abraham Bell).
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On Trademarks, Domain Names and Internal Auctions, 2000 U. ILL. L. REV. 211 (2001).
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The Integration Game, 100 COLUM. L. REV. 1965 (2000) (with Abraham Bell).
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Publish or Perish, 98 MICH. L. REV. 926 (2000).
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Current & Recent Research

Current Working Papers

Of Equal Wrongs and Half Rights, (U of Penn, Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper 06-34, August 2006) (with Peter Siegelman and Steve Thel).

Intellectual Property Law and the Boundaries of the Firm, (U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper 05-10; NYU Law and Economics Research Paper 04-06, April 2005) (with Oren Bar-Gill).

 
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Education

  • J.S.D. - Yale - '98
  • LL.M. - Berkeley - '95
  • LL.B. - Hebrew University of Jerusalem - '93

Courses Taught

  • Property Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Impact of the Internet on Copyright and Patent Law

Research Areas

  • Intellectual Property
  • Property Law
  • Law and Economics

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