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Christa Laser serves as Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She joined the faculty in fall 2020 after nearly a decade of practice experience at prominent law firms WilmerHale and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she specialized in intellectual property litigation for leading life sciences and technology companies.
Her educational background includes a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School (where she won the World Championship of the International & North American Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition) and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Arizona State University's Barrett Honors College (as a Beckman Scholar).
Professor Laser's research focuses on intellectual property systems that support innovation across technology areas, with particular expertise in patents, trademarks, copyrights, false advertising, pharmaceutical litigation, and technology law. Her scholarly work envisions intellectual property frameworks that balance investment, competition, and innovation. She has published influential scholarship that has been cited by scholars, judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Her recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory from traditional intellectual property law toward emerging technology areas, with increasing focus on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs. This evolution reflects both her scholarly adaptability and the rapidly changing technological landscape that demands new legal frameworks.
- World Champion of the Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition
- Beckman Scholar during undergraduate studies
- Biochemistry Award recipient
As Director of the Intellectual Property Law Center, Professor Laser founded and co-chairs the annual CSU Law IP+ Conference, featuring prominent speakers including Federal Circuit judges and corporate legal executives. Under her leadership, CSU Law rose 55 ranks in the US News specialty rankings for intellectual property law. She previously participated in Antonin Scalia Law School's prestigious Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship and has presented at intellectual property conferences nationwide.
Professor Laser also maintains connections to scientific research, having worked at Arizona State University's BioDesign Institute prior to law school, where her work on protein dynamics of photosynthesis was published in the journal Science.
