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Christine Haight Farley

Professor of Law

Office: Room 346
 Phone: 202-274-4171
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Professor Farley teaches courses in Intellectual Property Law, Trademark Law, International and Comparative Trademark Law, and Law and the Visual Arts. She has served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and as Co-Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. Professor Farley has been a visiting professor at the University of Puerto Rico, the University of Paris and Monash University (in Prato, Italy). Before joining the faculty, Professor Farley was an associate specializing in intellectual property litigation with Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman in New York. Professor Farley's scholarly work is in the areas of trademark law and art law.



Areas of Specialization

  • Art Law
  • Intellectual Property, Computers and Internet
  • International Intellectual Property
  • Trademark Law

Degrees & Universities

  • B.A., Binghamton University
  • J.D., University at Buffalo Law School
  • LL.M., Columbia Law School
  • J.S.D., Columbia Law School

  • Selected Publications

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  • + Selected Works in Progress

  • + Selected Presentations

    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentations, An Introduction to U.S. Intellectual Property Law (University of Havana, Cuba, Dec. 11, 2011).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, IP Hot Topics and Burning Issues (IP Hot Topics and Burning Issues, D.C., Sept. 24, 2011).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Know When to Hold ‘Em (INTA Trademarks and the Internet Conference, D.C., Sept. 22, 2011).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, The Myth of the Likelihood of Dilution (ABA Intellectual Property Law Annual Meeting, D.C., Apr. 8, 2011).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Trademark Bullying (Monash University, Melbourne, Austrl., Mar. 10, 2011).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Keynote Presentation, Insights into the Legal Developments of Online Trademark Infringement (2010 TechNet Intellectual Property Forum, N.Y.C., Nov. 2010).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Panelist, Protection for Indigenous Cultural Knowledge and Expression (IP Empowerment Summit, Howard University Law School, D.C., Nov. 5, 2010).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Green Trademarks (Korean government-sponsored program "Trade & Sustainable Development," at Sungkyunkwan University Law School, Seoul, S. Kor., Oct. 8-9, 2010).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Invited Paper, The Feminine Mystique of the Brand in Trademark Law (Faculty Speaker Series, Rutgers School of Law, Camden, N.J., Mar. 2010).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Resolving Objections to New gTLD Applications: What Role for Trademark Law (9th Annual Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Symposium, Duke University Law School, Durham, N.C., Feb. 20, 2010).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Paper Presentation, ICANN’s Trademark Law (Signifiers in Cyberspace: Domain Names and Online Trademarks, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 2009).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Trademark Bullying (Intellectual Property Panel of the Federal Court of Australia, Melbourne, Austrl., May 2009).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Paper Presentation, Art Photography as Legal Category (The Colloquium on Law, Photography and Other Recording Devices, University of Toronto, Toronto, Can., 2009).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, International Disputes Over Geographical Indications (University of the Pacific, Lima, Peru, Dec. 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Trademarks, Domain Names and Speech: The Convergence of Law and Technology (Information Convergence: At the Boundaries of Access, John Marshall Law School, Chi., Ill., Nov. 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Frank Schechter Was a Man Ahead of His Time, but Now He Is Dead (Trademark Dilution: Theoretical and Empirical Inquiries, Santa Clara Law School, Santa Clara, Cal., Oct. 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Hot Topics in US IP Law (Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Austrl., Aug. 9, 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Paper Presentation, The Feminine Mystique of the Brand in Trademark Law Today (University of Melbourne Faculty of Law, Melbourne, Austrl., Aug. 8, 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, New Top-level Domain Policy: Wrong on Trademark Law (ICANN Annual Meeting, San Juan, P.R., June 27, 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Harmonization of Intellectual Property Laws After NAFTA (A North American Legal System: Is it Possible? Desirable?, American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Feb. 16, 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, The Feminine Mystique of the Brand in Trademark Law Today (The Seventh Annual Women and the Law Conference, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, Cal., Feb, 9, 2007).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, Can I Use It?: Fair use of Copyrighted Works (District of Columbia Bar Association, Wash., D.C., Apr. 2006).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Presentation, What's Hot and What's Not On Capitol Hill? (District of Columbia Bar Association, Wash., D.C., Mar. 2006).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, The Artistic Expression Exception (Art Law Section AALS Annual Meeting, 1/06).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Trademark Dilution Law: Still Not Defined (Exploring the Limits: Recent Challenges to the Scope of IP Law, Fordham Law School, Nov. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Protection of Non-traditional Marks (United States Patent and Trademark Office and International Intellectual Property Institute Joint Workshop on Vietnam’s Draft Intellectual Property Legislation, Oct. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Search Engines as Third Party Trademark Infringers (Third Party Liability in Intellectual Property Law, Santa Clara University School of Law, Oct. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Intellectual Property Issues and Trade (Jordan Intellectual Property Association, Amman, Jor., June 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Intellectual Property on the Internet (Jordan Intellectual Property Association, Amman, Jor., Apr. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Trademark Fair Use (D.C. Bar IP Section, Wash., D.C., Apr. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Search Engines as Valuable Intermediaries, W(h)ither the Middleman (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., Apr. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Law and Aesthetics (Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, Austin, Tex., Mar. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Untitled: Artists Use of Trademarks in Titles (Art Law Section, AALS Annual Meeting, Jan. 2005).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, The Protection of Well-Known Marks in U.S. Law (Conflict Resolution in Industrial Property, Havana, Cuba, May 2004).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Due Process Problems in the DMCA (Peet-to-Peer Networking at the Crossroads, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., Apr. 2004).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Trademark Expansionism in Free Trade Agreements (Negotiating Intellectual Property Provisions in Free Trade Agreements, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., Nov. 2003).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, What is The World Intellectual Property Office Doing to Change Trademark Law and Why Is It Doing It? (Consumers International 2003 International Congress, Lisbon, Port., Oct. 2003).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, The Supreme Court's Decision in Dastar: Drawing a Line Between Copyright and Trademarks (Annual Meeting of the American Intellecutal Property Law Association, Oct. 2003).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, The Public Costs of the Madrid Protocol, (11th Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law & Policy, Fordham University School of Law, N.Y.C., N.Y., Apr. 2003).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Intellectual Property and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Organization of American States, Indian Rights Working Group, Dec. 2002).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Copyright Law's Response to the Invention of Photography (Faculty Workshop, Albany University School of Law, Albany, N.Y., Oct. 2002).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Old & New Media: The Impact of Technology (Columbia Law School, 75th Anniversary of Women, N.Y.C., N.Y., Oct. 2002).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Mock Supreme Court Argument on Anti-Dilution Law (International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, May 2002).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, The Appellate Body of the WTO on Trademarks (10th Annual Conference on International Intellectual Proptery Law & Policy, Fordham University School of Law, N.Y.C., N.Y., Apr. 2002).
    • Christine Haight Farley, Speech, Where Does the Public Belong in Public Art? (Art Law Section, AALS Annual Meeting, Jan. 2002).

  • + Selected Honors & Awards

    • Named Irish Legal 100 by Irish Voice Magazine ( 2011).
    • Named Irish Legal 100 by Irish Voice Magazine ( 2010).
    • Named Irish Legal 100 by Irish Voice Magazine ( 2009).
    • Selected as a Delegate for the International Association of Law Schools Conference in Canberra, Australia ( May 2009).
    • Certificate of Commendation, Monash University (for receiving student evaluations in the top 10% of the university, 2008).
    • Selected as a Delegate for the International Association of Law Schools Conference in Suzhou, China ( Oct. 2007).
    • Past Chair Art Law Section, Association of American Law Schools ( 2003).

  • + Selected Media Appearances