Lisa Pondrom RamseyUniversity of San DiegoSchool of Law5998 Alcala ParkSan Diego, CA 92110-2492619-260-7977lramsey@sandiego.edu
Twitter: @LPRamsey
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor of Law, 2009 to present; Associate Professor of Law, 2006 to 2009; Assistant Professor of Law, 2004 to 2006
San Diego, CA - 2003 to 2004
Associate in Intellectual Property Litigation Group
San Diego, CA - 1997 to 2002
Judicial Law Clerk for the Hon. Rebecca Beach Smith
Norfolk, VA - 1996 to 1997
EDUCATION
UCLA School of Law
J.D. 1996
Order of the Coif, UCLA Law Review, Moot Court Honors Program
UCLA
B.A. 1993
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, UCLA Advertising Club
Protectable Trademark Subject Matter in Common Law Countries and the Problem with Flexibility, in The Cambridge Handbook of International and Comparative Trademark Law 193-208 (Irene Calboli & Jane Ginsburg eds., Cambridge University Press 2020)
Using Failure to Function Doctrine to Protect Free Speech and Competition in Trademark Law, 104 Iowa Law Review Online 70 (2020)
Non-Traditional Trademarks and Inherently Valuable Expression, in The Protection of Non-Traditional Trademarks: Critical Perspectives 337 (Irene Calboli & Martin Senftleben eds., Oxford University Press 2018)
Free Speech Challenges to Trademark Law After Matal v. Tam, 56 Houston Law Review 401 (2018)
The First Amendment Protects Offensive Trademarks, The Regulatory Review (July 25, 2017) (published by the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School)
A Free Speech Right to Trademark Protection? 106 Trademark Reporter 797 (2016)
- Cited by Advocate General Michal Bobek in his Opinion in Constantin Film Produktion GmbH v. European Union Intellectual Property Office, Case C-240/18.
- Reprinted in 36 Intellectual Property Law Review 271 (Karen B. Tripp ed., 2004) and judged by the editor of the Intellectual Property Law Review to be one of the best intellectual property law articles of 2003.
- Presentation, Faculty Colloquium, University of San Diego School of Law (Sept. 20, 2019)
- Presentation, 38th Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN (Aug. 27, 2019)
- Presentation, Eighth Annual International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Florida State University College of Law (March 8, 2019)
- Presentation, 2019 Works-In-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX (Feb. 9, 2019)
- Presentation, University of Houston Law Center's IPIL National Conference on Trademark Law, Santa Fe, NM (June 2, 2018)
- Presentation, Law Offices of Procopio, San Diego, CA (May 29, 2018)
- Presentation, Trademark Scholars Symposium, International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (May 22, 2018)
- Presentation, Faculty Colloquium, University of San Diego School of Law (May 11, 2018)
- Presentation, IP Speaker Series, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA (April 9, 2018)
- Presentation, IP in the Trees Workshop, Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR (Feb. 15, 2018)
Commentator, Seventh Annual International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Duke Law School, Durham, NC (April 26-27, 2018)
- Presentation, 16th Annual Recent Developments in IP Law and Policy Conference, Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA (Feb. 23, 2018)
- Presentation, 36th Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Oct. 24, 2017)
- Presentation, Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH (Oct. 6, 2017)
- Presentation, Sixth Annual International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, New York University School of Law (April 7, 2017)
- Presentation, The Protection of Non-Traditional Marks: Critical Perspectives Roundtable, Singapore Management University (Jan. 27, 2017)
Presentation, Trademarks and Freedom of Expression, New Zealand Intellectual Property Office, Wellington, New Zealand (Oct. 19, 2017)
Invited Participant, Trademark Scholars Roundtable, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL (March 23-24, 2017)
- Presentation, Intellectual Property Colloquium, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington (Nov. 3, 2016)
- Presentation, Faculty Colloquium, University of San Diego School of Law (Sept. 2, 2016)
- Presentation, Sixteenth Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA (Aug. 11, 2016)
- Presentation, Intellectual Property in All the New Places Symposium, Texas A&M School of Law, Fort Worth, TX (April 15, 2016)
- Presentation, Fifth Annual International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (April 9, 2016)
Moderator, Nontraditional Trademarks, Innovation, and Competition: Friends or Foes? International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (May 23, 2016)
- Presentation, Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Texas A&M School of Law, Fort Worth, TX (Oct. 10, 2015)
- Presentation, Trademark Scholarship Symposium, International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (May 4, 2015)
- Presentation, Fourth International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Duke Law School, Durham, NC (April 30, 2015)
- Presentation, Whittier Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law, Costa Mesa, CA (March 24, 2015)
- Presentation, 2015 Works-In-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA (Feb. 6, 2015)
- Presentation, Fourteenth Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, UC Berkeley School of Law (Aug. 8, 2014)
- Presentation, Third International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, IL (May 1, 2014)
- Junior Faculty Workshop, University of San Diego School of Law (Feb. 3, 2014)
- Presentation, Thirteenth Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, New York, NY (Aug. 9, 2013)
- Presentation, 32nd Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), University of Oxford, United Kingdom (June 25, 2013)
- Presentation, Second International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, University of San Diego School of Law (April 19, 2013)
- Presentation, Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable on Intellectual Property and the Constitution, University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH (Sept. 29, 2012)
- Presentation, Twelfth Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA (Aug. 9, 2012)
- Presentation, Second Internet Law Works-in-Progress Symposium, New York Law School (March 23, 2012)
- Presentation, 2012 Works-In-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX (Feb. 20, 2012)
- Presentation, Trademark Works-in-Progress Colloquium, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C. (Sept. 7, 2012)
- Presentation, First International Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI (April 27, 2012)
Presentation, Trademark Year in Review, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Seminar, Torrey Pines, CA (June 10, 2012)
- Presentation, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia (March 22, 2011)
- Presentation, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (March 11, 2011)
- Presentation, Law Offices of Baker & McKenzie, Sydney, Australia (March 17, 2011)
- Presentation, Law Offices of Baker & McKenzie, Melbourne, Australia (March 15, 2011)
- Presentation, Boston Intellectual Property Colloquium, Boston College Law School (April 26, 2010)
- Presentation, Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable, Drake University Law School (March 27, 2010)
- Guest Speaker, IP Innovations in Science and Technology Seminar, University of Washington School of Law (Nov. 16, 2009)
- Presentation, Advertising and the Law Conference, co-sponsored by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and the University of Buffalo Law School (Nov. 13, 2009)
- Presentation, Ninth Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University (Aug. 6, 2009)
- Presentation, 2009 International Workshop on Copyright Industries and Intellectual Property, South China University of Technology School of Law, Guangzhou, China (June 15, 2009)
- Presentation, The Age of Digital Convergence: An East-West Dialogue on Law, Media and Technology, The University of Hong Kong (June 13, 2009)
- Faculty Colloquium, University of San Diego School of Law (April 17, 2009)
- Presentation, Seventh Annual Chicago Intellectual Property Colloquium, co-sponsored by Chicago-Kent College of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law (April 7, 2009)
- Presentation, 2008 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, Tulane Law School (Oct. 4, 2008)
- Presentation, Eighth Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School (Aug. 8, 2008)
- Faculty Colloquium, Hofstra Law School (April 14, 2008)
- Faculty Colloquium, University of San Diego School of Law (Feb. 8, 2008)
- Presentation, Trademark Dilution: Theoretical and Empirical Inquiries Symposium, Santa Clara University School of Law (Oct. 5, 2007)
- Presentation, 2007 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, Washington College of Law at American University (Sept. 28, 2007)
- Presentation, 2005 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium, co-sponsored by Washington University School of Law and St. Louis University School of Law (Oct. 7, 2005)
- Faculty Colloquium, University of San Diego School of Law (Sept. 23, 2005)
- Presentation, Fifth Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University (Aug. 12, 2005)
- Presentation, Second Annual Intellectual Property and Communications Law and Policy Scholars Roundtable, Michigan State University College of Law (Feb. 18, 2005)
WEBINARS, PODCASTS, BLOG POSTS, AND OTHER MEDIA APPEARANCES
Podcast interview of Lisa Ramsey by David Lizerbram, Professor Ramsey on Non-Traditional Trademarks, California Lawyers Association IP Law Section's Intangible Assets Podcast (March 3, 2020)
Podcast interview of Lisa Ramsey by Audrey Dauvet, When Freedom of Expression Takes on Trademark Laws: What's the Impact for Business and Intellectual Property Rights Holders? International Trademark Association's Brand & New Podcast (Feb. 11, 2020)
Webinar, Trademarks, the First Amendment, and the Implications of the Supreme Court's Brunetti Decision, California Lawyers Association (Aug. 6, 2019)
Podcast Interview of Lisa Ramsey by Brian Frye, Lisa Ramsey on Trademark Law and the First Amendment, Ipse Dixit, Season 1, Episode 298 (July 1, 2019)
Blog Post, Symposium: Increasing First Amendment scrutiny of trademark law after Matal v. Tam, SCOTUSblog (June 20, 2017)
Tim Ryan, Battle on Offensive Trademarks Hits High Court, Courthouse News (Jan. 17, 2017)
Shay Castle, Fight brewing over political ads in Colorado, Daily Camera (April 25, 2016)
Podcast Interview of Lisa Ramsey by Denise Howell, This Week in Law, Episode 329 (Dec. 4, 2015) (discussing current issues in trademark, right of publicity, and free speech law)
Trevor Hughes and William M. Welch, Feds fight over who owns national park trademark, USA Today (Jan. 8, 2015)
Radio Interview of Lisa Ramsey by Scott Shafter, Controversy Erupts Over Yosemite Naming Rights, Forum KQED Radio (Dec. 31, 2014)
M.L. Nestel, Big Tobacco Tries to Snuff Out T-Shirt Artist, Vocativ (June 26, 2014)
Lydia DePillis, The color purple: Not just for Cadbury anymore, Washington Post Wonkblog (Oct. 4, 2013)
Jeff John Roberts, Rupert Murdoch's Wife Won't Get Twitter Handle Back Any Time Soon, paidContent: The Economics of Digital Content (Jan. 4, 2012)
Social Work: How Can Brands Get The Most Out of Twitter, World Intellectual Property Review 12 (Sept/Oct 2011)
Jeff Roberts, Insurer sues Twitter imposter who cheers death, mayhem, Reuters (June 9, 2011)
Radio Interview by Damien Carrick, Brandjacking on Social Networks, The Law Report, ABC Radio National, Melbourne, Australia (March 29, 2011)