Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC) Presents
CLIC for Social Justice: Unethical Patents and Inadvertent Signals
What are the moral obligations of US patent law?
Should the USPTO deny patents that rely on data from unethical experiments on human subjects, including those that are too dangerous and those conducted without adequate consent?
And if patents can provide potential evidence of legal violations, should regulators require more extensive disclosures that enable them to identify and act on that evidence?
Professor Freilich's “Unethical Experiments in Patents” and Professor Simon's “Inadvertent Patent Signals” explore these questions and more.
Join us for presentations and discussion at the intersection of intellectual property and social justice.
Speakers:
Janet Freilich
Professor of Law, Boston University
David Simon
Associate Professor of Law, Northeastern University
Co-Director, Amy J. Reed Medical Device Safety Collaborative
Moderator:
Alexandra J. Roberts
Professor of Law and Media
Faculty Director, Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC), Northeastern University
Lunch will be provided.
Questions?
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Mar 30, 2026
11:15 am to 1:15 pm