From Sacred Places to Playing Fields: The Long Struggle for Dignity and Respect
Suzan Shown Harjo Delivers the 9th Annual Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property. Read more
Intellectual Property Justice for Traditional Culture and Traditional Communities
Members of the faculty have published important legal and empirical studies on the question of how domestic and international IP law might offer appropriate affirmative protection to cultural interests of native and indigenous peoples, and PIJIP has organized conferences and workshops on the topic. Faculty also have been in the forefront of the struggle to combat “mascotting” and other disparaging references to native and traditional communities in sports team branding.
Publications
- Victoria Phillips, Beyond Trademark: The Washington Redskins Case and the Search for Dignity, 92 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1065 (2017).
- Victoria Phillips & Ryan Van Olst, The Longstanding Pro Bono Battle Challenging the Washington Football Team’s Trademarks, ABA Landslide Mag. (Jan./Feb. 2016).
- Christine Haight Farley. Registering Offense: the Prohibition of Slurs as Trademarks, in Diversity in Intellectual Property. (Cambridge University Press, Irene Calboli & Srividhya Ragavan, eds. 2015).
- Peter Jaszi. Legal Protection for Indonesian Traditional Arts in Transitions, in Diversity in Intellectual Property. (Cambridge University Press, Irene Calboli & Srividhya Ragavan, eds. 2015).
- Victoria Phillips and Erik Stegman. Missing the Point – The Real Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth. Center for American Progress, July 2014.
- Peter Jaszi. Traditional Culture: A Step Forward for Protection in Indonesia. Ford Foundation, May 2010; American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2010-16.
9th Annual Peter A. Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property
SUZAN SHOWN HARJO: From Sacred Places to Playing Fields — The Long Struggle for Dignity and Respect. October 12, 2020. VIDEO.