Lisa L. Ouellette

@StanfordLaw Prof & physics PhD. Researching IP & innovation. Coauthor of free patent casebook:

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Pleased to announce the 4th ed of @jonathanmasur's and my free patent law casebook. So far it has been adopted at 70+ law schools, and students say they love its problem-centered approach and conceptual clarity. Plus it has saved them a lot of money! https://t.co/x19iCKH7PH

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Thank you @YaleJREG for excellent editing of my article with Maya Durvasula on why regulatory exclusivity is a better fit for pharma innovation than patents: https://t.co/tncCYBoyGJ

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Precedential USPTO decision reinstates double patenting rejection, citing amicus brief I filed with Mark Lemley (but of course spells my name wrong!)
Decision: https://t.co/jKYGTC4usR
Our brief: https://t.co/L7yWMX9Qjv

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Looking forward to welcoming 175 IP scholars from around the world to @StanfordLaw this week for the 26th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (IPSC). It was fun putting together an agenda with so many interesting presentations! #IPSC2026

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

I've submitted comments on OMB's proposal for political grant review:
https://t.co/KxDesj5wYl

These draw on my forthcoming article:
https://t.co/WFnnxVW3q7

Comment period is open until July 13!
https://t.co/LUlVspAYPJ

[Doron Dorfman @DorfmanDoron]

It’s a great opportunity! I had a fantastic experience a couple of years ago. Apply.

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Know a junior scholar who would benefit from the Junior Faculty Forum on Law and STEM at @StanfordLaw this fall (cosponsored with Christopher Yoo of @pennlaw and @ProfDSchwartz of @NorthwesternLaw)? Please encourage them to submit by June 15! https://t.co/Rd43wSNCkU

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

The Federal Circuit has an official theme song?! https://t.co/X0ShjcID7H

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Just posted two new articles:
– "Examining Patent Disclosures" (with @jason_reinecke) (forthcoming @ColumLRev)
https://t.co/KQNsQZlLsD
– "Government Research Funding and the First Amendment" (forthcoming @EmoryLawJournal)
https://t.co/WFnnxVW3q7
Comments welcome!

[Lucy Xiaolu Wang @LucyXiaolu_Wang]

Thank you, @PatentScholar, for featuring our work! @DennisByrski and I are both fan of your work and are grateful for your insights!! 🙏📝☺️Lots of cool things on @IReadJotwell 💡

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

New @IReadJotwell post on @DennisByrski & @LucyXiaolu_Wang's terrific work on clinical trial transparency and patent prior art: https://t.co/texQXefEBa

[Daniel Hemel @DanielJHemel]

New draft: "Patent as Promise" (forthcoming in @YJoLT): What underpins credible commitment in patent law? Asking that question leads to potentially counterintuitive conclusions--including that longer patent terms can lead to weaker innovation incentives. https://t.co/SeiwGdaDCa

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Tomorrow (4/29) is the first Supreme Court patent argument in 3 years! Wondering what it's all about?

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

The Supreme Court hears Hikma v. Amarin 4/29 on patent inducement for generic “skinny labels.” @StanfordLaw student Kaidi (KD) Zhang previews the case—including why neither side’s preferred standard solves the underlying pharma innovation policy problem: https://t.co/U5AHCo30PZ

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

@StanfordLaw @jsherkow @prgugliuzza And on the innovation policy issues, I love “Missing Markets for Innovation: Evidence from New Uses for Existing Drugs” by Eric Budish, Maya Durvasula, Benjamin Roin & @heidilwilliams_ https://t.co/5IpZ7fKps5

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

The Supreme Court hears Hikma v. Amarin 4/29 on patent inducement for generic “skinny labels.” @StanfordLaw student Kaidi (KD) Zhang previews the case—including why neither side’s preferred standard solves the underlying pharma innovation policy problem: https://t.co/U5AHCo30PZ

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

@StanfordLaw On the doctrinal framework, I highly recommend “Infringement by Drug Label” by @jsherkow & @prgugliuzza https://t.co/OaPoNJdM7h

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Thanks to Andrew Torrance & KU School of Law for hosting #PatCon 14! Agenda: https://t.co/F7tsFHDSFc

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

@MikeJShowalter @OrinKerr If you’ve read our essay and are seriously interested in learning more about plagiarism norms in academic scholarship, how they differ from legal practice, and the risks of AI-assisted scholarship, feel free to follow up by email

[Kate Reinmuth @KateReinmuth]

Excited to announce that my paper with @EmmaJRockall on inventor mobility and innovation is forthcoming in AEJ Applied!

This project started as a second-year paper, and we learned so much through the process of writing it. Thanks to everyone who provided comments along the way!

[Lisa L. Ouellette @PatentScholar]

Wow—congrats! Liz Magill was a fabulous dean at Stanford, and I think @GeorgetownLaw faculty & students are lucky to get her ❤️

[Anupam Chander @AnupamChander]

We now have the most spectacular leadership team at Georgetown Law possible: Eduardo Peñalver as University President, and now Liz Magill as Executive Vice President and Law Dean.