Laura G. Lape
Associate Professor of Law
College of Law
Syracuse University
Biography:
A.B., Smith College
M.A., J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor Lape graduated with highest honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She practiced as an associate in the probate department at a leading Boston law firm before beginning a teaching career. She taught at Temple University and at UNC at Chapel Hill before coming to Syracuse. She writes on copyright law. Professor Lape teaches copyright, property, and intellectual property. Her research interests lie in the area of copyright law.
Publications:
Articles:
A Narrow View of Creative Cooperation: The Current State of Joint
Work Doctrine, 61ALB. L. REV. 43 (1997).
Transforming Fair Use: The Productive Use Factor in Fair Use
Doctrine, 58 ALB. L. REV. 677 (1995).
The Metaphysics of the Law: Bringing Substantial Similarity Down to
Earth, 27 INTELL. PROP. L. REV. 425 (1995) (Reprint).
Ownership of Copyrightable Works of University Professors: The
Interplay Between the Copyright Act and the University Copyright
Policies, 37 VILL. L. REV. 223 (1992).
Estoppel and Foreign Divorce, 63 N.C.L. REV. 1189 (1985).