Sarah Fackrell

@design_law
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Art major turned law professor. Teaching at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Researching & writing about #DesignPatents. Currently thinking a lot about the #ScheduleA phenomenon.

Trying to make #PatentFedi happen.

Coauthor of Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook https://patentlawcasebook.com/

When I'm not thinking about law, I'm usually studying languages (#español, #français & #svenska), reading novels, or watching Netflix.

Bluesky bridge: @design-law.bsky.social

#tfr

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Sarah FackrellFeb 2
Sarah FackrellFeb 2
Curious about #ScheduleA litigation? I'll be giving a very short introduction at this event next week (which, by the way, is FREE for all law students).
Sarah FackrellDec 29
Sarah FackrellDec 29
Over the years, I've wondered if I should do a "Top 10 of the Year" list for design patents (like other people do for different areas of IP). But there were never enough DP developments to fill a list. This year in #ScheduleA, though, there's been so much going on that I struggled to pick just ten.

Schedule A: Ten Notable Develo...
Schedule A: Ten Notable Developments in 2025 (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

By Sarah Fackrell, Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law It’s been a busy year on the Schedule A beat. In reflecting on the year, I’ve put together this quick round-up of ten of the top developments, in (rough)...

Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Sarah FackrellDec 29
Eric GoldmanDec 29

Prof. @design_law provides a roundup of the top 10 SAD Scheme developments in 2025

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/12/schedule-a-ten-notable-developments-in-2025-guest-blog-post.htm

#StopTheSADScheme

Schedule A: Ten Notable Developments in 2025 (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

By Sarah Fackrell, Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law It’s been a busy year on the Schedule A beat. In reflecting on the year, I’ve put together this quick round-up of ten of the top developments, in (rough)...

Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Sarah FackrellDec 19
Sarah FackrellDec 19
Delighted to share that my article "The Counterfeit Sham" has been republished in a special issue of The Trademark Reporter: www.inta.org/resources/th...
Sarah FackrellDec 3
Sarah FackrellDec 3
"A 2023 A-CAPP Center Consumer Survey noted that, in the U.S., 22% of online shoppers were injured or harmed and another 19% experienced negative health effects from counterfeit goods they had purchased." - papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... No, it didn't. a-capp.msu.edu/wp-content/u...
Sarah FackrellOct 16

The Chicago-Kent, Illinois Tech IP Program cordially invites you to: "What’s the Skinny? Drug Labels and Patent Infringement," 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

Sarah FackrellOct 12

Just checking in from Chicago to say: This city is not a "war zone."

At least, it wasn't before our own federal government invaded. All the purported justifications are nonsense. Pure lies.

It's utterly bizarre to see how normal and peaceful most of the city is, while knowing that horrible things are being done to our neighbors.

Sarah FackrellSep 2, 2025

You are cordially invited to the Fall 2025 Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium, "Unsealing Schedule A."

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

Sarah FackrellJul 16, 2025
When you're learning Swedish as a native English speaker, "semester" is the falsest false cognate.
Sarah FackrellJul 9, 2025
Eric GoldmanJul 9, 2025

Guest Blog Post: Analyzing the Lululemon v. Costco Dupe Suit

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/07/analyzing-the-lululemon-v-costco-dupe-suit-guest-blog-post.htm

by @design_law & @lexlanham