Adam Mossoff

Chair, Forum for Intellectual Property and Senior Fellow

Adam Mossoff

At A Glance:

Adam Mossoff is senior fellow and chair of Hudson Institute's Forum for Intellectual Property. He is also professor of law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and his scholarship has been cited in the US Supreme Court. 

Biography

Adam Mossoff is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and chairs Hudson's Forum for Intellectual Property.

He is also professor of law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, where he teaches courses in intellectual property, property, and internet law. His extensive research explains why intellectual property rights, such as patents and copyrights, are private property rights that serve the same function as all property rights in driving an innovation economy and in creating a flourishing society.

His scholarship has been cited by the US Supreme Court, by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and by numerous federal agencies. Professor Mossoff has been invited to testify numerous times before the Senate and the House of Representatives on patent policy, and he has spoken at numerous congressional staff briefings and academic conferences, as well as at the US Patent & Trademark Office, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. He has been published on topics in patent policy in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, The Hill, Politico, and in other media outlets.

Professor Mossoff is a visiting intellectual property fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and is a former chair and current member of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Practice Group of the Federalist Society.  He is chair of the Intellectual Property Working Group of the Regulatory Transparency Project at the Federalist Society. He also is a member of the Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee of ANSI, the Intellectual Property Committee of the IEEE-USA, and the Academic Advisory Committee of the Copyright Alliance.

Professor Mossoff graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a research assistant to Richard A. Epstein and received a Bradley Governance Fellowship. Following law school, he was a John M. Olin fellow in law and visiting lecturer at Northwestern University School of Law. He clerked for the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Events
08
October 2024
Past Event
Do Drug Patents Cause High Drug Prices?
Featured Speakers:
Adam Mossoff
Erika Lietzan
Corey A. Salsberg
Moderator:
Devlin Hartline
Prescription drugs are displayed at NYC Discount Pharmacy in Manhattan on July 23, 2024. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
08
October 2024
Past Event
Do Drug Patents Cause High Drug Prices?

Join Hudson for an expert discussion on the state of play concerning the empirical evidence on the connection between drug patents and drug prices and whether officials are engaging in evidence-based policymaking on this pressing concern.

Prescription drugs are displayed at NYC Discount Pharmacy in Manhattan on July 23, 2024. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Adam Mossoff
Erika Lietzan
Corey A. Salsberg
Moderator:
Devlin Hartline
14
June 2024
Past Event
The Evidence and Significance of Predatory Infringement of Patents
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Barnett
Kristen Osenga
Urška Petrovčič
Moderator:
Adam Mossoff
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14
June 2024
Past Event
The Evidence and Significance of Predatory Infringement of Patents

A panel of experts will explain the legal developments in patent law, the economic impact of predatory infringement, and the evidence-based reforms that could restore the US patent system’s historical status as the global gold standard.

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Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Barnett
Kristen Osenga
Urška Petrovčič
Moderator:
Adam Mossoff
05
December 2022
Past Event
Licensing and the Internet of Things
Featured Speakers:
Bowman Heiden
Monica Magnusson
Richard Varey
Moderator:
Adam Mossoff
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05
December 2022
Past Event
Licensing and the Internet of Things
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Featured Speakers:
Bowman Heiden
Monica Magnusson
Richard Varey
Moderator:
Adam Mossoff
02
November 2022
Past Event
Intellectual Property and the Right-To-Repair Movement
Featured Speakers:
Devlin Hartline
Kevin Madigan
Moderator:
Adam Mossoff
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02
November 2022
Past Event
Intellectual Property and the Right-To-Repair Movement

The right-to-repair movement has grown in recent years as proponents argue that consumers’ repair of their electronic devices is necessarily in the public interest.

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Featured Speakers:
Devlin Hartline
Kevin Madigan
Moderator:
Adam Mossoff