Clark D. Asay

Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School

Professor of Law

540 JRCB

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

United States

  • Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School

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1.

A Case for the Public Domain

74 Ohio State Law Journal 753 (2013), Penn State Law Research Paper No. 8-2013
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2018
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads 594 (91,356)
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intellectual property, public domain, open source, free software, Creative Commons

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Artificial Stupidity

61 William & Mary Law Review 1187 (2020), BYU Law Research Paper No. 20-03
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2020
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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AI, artificial intelligence, machine learning, intellectual property, patent, copyright, trade secrecy, theory of the firm, antitrust

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An Empirical Study of Copyright's Substantial Similarity Test

13 UC Irvine Law Review 35 (2022), BYU Law Research Paper No. 24-08
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 26 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2024
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright, substantial similarity, empirical

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Is Transformative Use Eating the World?

61 Boston College Law Review 905 (2020), BYU Law Research Paper No. 19-06
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2020
Clark D. Asay, Arielle Sloan and Dean Sobczak
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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copyright, fair use, transformative use, intellectual property

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Software's Copyright Anticommons

66 Emory Law Journal 265 (2017), BYU Law Research Paper No. 16-08
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 30 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2017
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright, anticommons, fair use, software, innovation, intellectual property, open source, free software, Oracle, Google, Android, Java

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Enabling Patentless Innovation

74 Maryland Law Review 431 (2015), Penn State Law Research Paper No. 28-2013
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 05 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2015
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads 304 (198,280)
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Patents, open source, innovation, intellectual property, patent trolls

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Independent Creation in a World of AI

FIU Law Review (2020, Forthcoming), BYU Law Research Paper No. 20-04
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2020
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads 267 (226,523)
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artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, copyright, copyright infringement, intellectual property, independent creation

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Kirtsaeng and the First-Sale Doctrine's Digital Problem

Stanford Law Review Online, Vol. 66, pp. 17-23, 2013, Penn State Law Research Paper No. 29-2013
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 May 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2015
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright, Kirtsaeng, first-sale doctrine, first-sale rights, digital copyright

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The Informational Value of Patents

31 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 259 (2016), BYU Law Research Paper No. 15-19
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 22 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2016
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Patents, patent pledge, innovation, Tesla, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, intellectual property, Nautilus, Alice, CLS Bank

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Saving Software's Fair Use Future

Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Forthcoming, BYU Law Research Paper No. 18-19
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2018
Pamela Samuelson and Clark D. Asay
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads 206 (291,114)
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Oracle v. Google appeal, copyright, fair use, good faith, transformative, functionality

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Patent Pacifism

85 George Washington Law Review 645 (2017), BYU Law Research Paper No. 16-23
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2017
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Patents, Patent Trolls, Patent Assertion Entities, Non-Practicing Entities, Software, Biotechnology, Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Patent Litigation, Patent Assertion

12.

Intellectual Property Law Hybridization

87 University of Colorado Law Review 65 (2016), BYU Law Research Paper No. 15-01
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 10 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2016
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Patent, copyright, innovation, fair use, injunctive relief

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Does Innovation Mean Patent Licensing Demands?

101 Iowa Law Review Online 74 (2016), BYU Law Research Paper No. 16-11
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2016
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Patent, Patents, Patent Licensing, Innovation, Patent Trolls

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Copyright's Technological Interdependencies

18 Stanford Technology Law Review 189 (2015)
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2019
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright, innovation, technology, IP, intellectual property

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Innovation in Adversity

49 Florida State University Law Review 825 (2022), BYU Law Research Paper No. 21-08
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Clark D. Asay and Stephanie Plamondon
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
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innovation, intellectual property, COVID, adversity, patents, creativity

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Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc., Brief of Amici Curiae 42 Intellectual Property Law Professors in Support of Defendant-Cross Appellant Google Inc.

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Jun 2017
Pamela Samuelson and Clark D. Asay
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads 170 (346,185)
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Oracle v. Google appeal, copyright, fair use, good faith, transformative, functionality

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The General Public License Version 3.0: Making or Breaking the FOSS Movement?

14 Mich. Telecomm. Tech. L. Rev. 265 (2008)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Sep 2012
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Open Source, Free Software, General Public License, GPL

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Transformative Use in Software

70 Stanford Law Review Online 9 (2017), BYU Law Research Paper No. 17-18
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2017
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright, fair use, transformative use, Java, Android, Google, Oracle

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Patenting Elasticities

91 Southern California Law Review 1 (2017), BYU Law Research Paper No. 17-19
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 May 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2018
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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patent, copyright, trademark, trade secrecy, intellectual property, Defend Trade Secrets Act, America Invents Act, Supreme Court

20.

Consumer Information Privacy and the Problem(s) of Third-Party Disclosures

11 Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 321 (2013), Penn State Law Research Paper No. 19-2013
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2015
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Information privacy, consumers

21.

An Empirical Study of the DMCA's Anti-Circumvention Provisions

51 Florida State University Law Review 703 (2024), BYU Law Research Paper No. 23-04
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 31 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2024
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Copyright, DMCA, Section 1201

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The Informational Effects of Patent Pledges

PATENT PLEDGES - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON PATENT LAW'S PRIVATE ORDERING FRONTIER (Jorge L. Contreras and Meredith Jacob, eds., New York: Edward Elgar, 2016 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 May 2015 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2015
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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patents, patent, pledges, innovation

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Ex Post Incentives and IP in Garcia v. Google and Beyond

67 Stanford Law Review Online 37 (2014)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2015
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Copyright; patent trolls; intellectual property theory

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Extra-Legal Uses of TM

NYU Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law, Forthcoming, BYU Law Research Paper No. 24-14
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Mar 2024
Clark D. Asay, LaReina Hingson and Stephanie Plamondon
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
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trademark, intellectual property, linguistics

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COVID-19 and Its Impact(s) on Innovation

2021 Utah Law Review 805 (2021), BYU Law Research Paper No. 22-04
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
Clark D. Asay and Stephanie Plamondon
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
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COVID-19, Innovation, Adversity, Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Patents, Research, Bayh-Dole

26.

Rethinking Copyright Harmonization

Indiana Law Journal (2021 Forthcoming), BYU Law Research Paper No. 20-11
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 31 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2020
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright, intellectual property, innovation

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Brief of 44 Intellectual Property Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in SAS Institute Inc. v. World Programming Limited, No. 2021-1542 (Fed. Cir.)

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Sep 2021
Erik Stallman, Pamela Samuelson, Clark D. Asay and Charles Duan
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and American University Washington College of Law
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copyright, copyrightability, software copyright, nonliteral elements, nonliteral infringement, abstraction-filtration-comparison,

28.

Patent Schisms

104 Iowa Law Review 45 (2018), BYU Law Research Paper No. 18-03
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2018
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Patents, property, intellectual property, IP, innovation

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Software's Legal Future

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Aug 2022
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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software, patents, copyright, artificial intelligence, AI, trade secrets, trade secrecy

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Risk Taking and Rights Balancing in Intellectual Property Law

53 Akron Law Review 873 (2020), BYU Law Research Paper No. 20-05
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2020
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright, intellectual property, innovation, risk, uncertainty, trademark

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Keeping Low Sanctions Low

Florida Law Review Forum, Vol. 66, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 16 Jan 2015
Clark D. Asay
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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copyright; technology; infringement; sanctions

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Copyright Law at the Federal Circuit

Number of pages: 51
Clark D. Asay and Dan Ankenman
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and BYU Law School
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copyright, federal circuit