Lee A. Hollaar

Professor of Computer Science

Professor Hollaar's interests include text handling and retrieval, distributed systems and data communications, and intellectual property and computer law. He is the author of "Legal Protection of Digital Information," which covers copyrights and patents for computer software and other digital works, published by BNA Books and available on the Internet at no cost. He is currently expanding it to cover database protection, trade secrets, trademarks, and licenses.

He played major roles in adding two words to the vocabulary of intellectual property law:

• "Inducement" was recognized by the Supreme Court in its unanimous Grokster opinion. The concept of liability for inducement of copyright infringement was revitalized in his paper Sony Revisited: A new look at contributory copyright infringement, and refined in his amicus brief in the case. The paper also led to the introduction of the Induce Act in the 108th Congress.
• "Foreseeability" as a limit on doctrine of equivalents in patent law is the heart of the Supreme Court's Festo opinion. It was proposed in the amicus brief whose filing he supervised as chair of IEEE-USA's intellectual property committee.

His current papers on computer and intellectual property law are available here,.

For more information about Professor Hollaar, see his short biography. For his current addresses, phone numbers, and schedule, see his .plan file.