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Barton Beebe is the John M. Desmarais Professor of Intellectual Property Law at New York University School of Law, where he also serves as Co-Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy and the Co-Director of the Competition, Innovation, and Information Law LLM Program. He holds a JD from Yale Law School (2001), a PhD from Princeton University (1998), and a BA from the University of Chicago (1992). His research focuses on intellectual property law, with particular emphasis on trademark law, copyright law, and globalization's impact on legal frameworks. He has held visiting professorships at Yale, Columbia, and Stanford Law Schools, among others, and has taught globally in institutions like the Université de Strasbourg and the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center.
Professor Beebe’s work emphasizes empirical studies, including machine-learning applications in trademark analysis and experimental investigations into consumer perception. He authored Trademark Law: An Open-Source Casebook, a widely adopted free digital resource used in over 80 law schools. His research spans trademark dilution, copyright fair use, and the intersection of IP law with cultural and economic globalization. He received the NYU School of Law Podell Distinguished Teaching Award in 2020 for his pedagogical contributions.
His scholarly contributions include groundbreaking studies such as Automating Abercrombie (2024), which applies AI to trademark distinctiveness analysis, and Testing for Trademark Dilution (2019), blending courtroom and experimental methodologies. His work also explores global IP challenges, including multilingual trademark systems and EU harmonization efforts.
