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Sarah Fackrell

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<p>Art major turned law professor. Teaching at Chicago-Kent College of Law.</p><p>Researching &amp; writing about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesignPatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DesignPatents</span></a>. Currently thinking a lot about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScheduleA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScheduleA</span></a> phenomenon. </p><p>Trying to make <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatentFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PatentFedi</span></a> happen.</p><p>Coauthor of Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook <a href="https://patentlawcasebook.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">patentlawcasebook.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span><

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    Check out this post by my coauthor @three_body_problem, which includes a great explanation of the &amp;quot;patent mills&amp;quot; problem as well as more examples of ridiculous design registrations: https://reeserichardson.blog/2025/02/24/patently-fraudulent/

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    Funny: I never even thought, for a moment, that it might be risky to specialize in an extremely American form of IP. I am actually reasonably familiar with EU design law. I also, somewhat randomly, know a bit about Australian design law. And I&amp;#39;ve started doing some research on Nordic design/law. You know, just in case that&amp;#39;s relevant to anyone out there.

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    Save the date: The Chicago-Kent IP Law Society is planning to host a panel on #ScheduleA litigation at 5 pm on Wednesday, April 2. Everyone is welcome to attend. I&amp;#39;m honored that these students have asked me to be a panelist &amp;amp; proud that they&amp;#39;re taking on this important issue. #ChicagoKentIP

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    @SADLady: If you&amp;#39;re still around, thought you might be interested in this

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    Next Wednesday, April 2, at 5 pm: The Chicago-Kent IP Law Society will hold a panel on #ScheduleA litigation. The event will be free &amp;amp; open to all. I’m honored that these students have asked me to be a panelist &amp;amp; proud of them for taking on this important and timely subject. I hope you can join us! Register (for free) here: bit.ly/CKScheduleA

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    When you&amp;#39;re learning Swedish as a native English speaker, &amp;quot;semester&amp;quot; is the falsest false cognate.

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    You are cordially invited to the Fall 2025 Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium, &amp;quot;Unsealing Schedule A.&amp;quot; The conference will be held via Zoom on Friday, Sept. 26. Registration is free and open to the public: https://studentorgs.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/symposium/unsealing-schedule-a/ We hope you can join us! #ScheduleA #LegalScholarship #LawProfs

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    The Chicago-Kent, Illinois Tech IP Program cordially invites you to: &amp;quot;What’s the Skinny? Drug Labels and Patent Infringement,&amp;quot; Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 12-1 pm. The panel is open to the public but please RSVP in advance here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=PmWQ2gIeCEK2imIkiRvqY8xhr_pJbc1Al3p_hu9NUt1URURONDdTQjdPNUQ0RU9PUENFS1VCTFlJRi4u

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    Don&amp;#39;t listen to anyone who says &amp;quot;likes don&amp;#39;t matter&amp;quot; on here. Yes, it&amp;#39;s true that there&amp;#39;s no algorithm for them to feed. But letting people you know that you like what they&amp;#39;re sharing, that you agree with them, that they&amp;#39;re not just shouting into an empty abyss? That matters.