Clark Asay

Interested in some pro bono work. Former tech trans attorney @ WSGR & Amazon w experience in open source, contracts, product counseling & IP generally (not patent prosecution). If you or someone you know has needs in these areas but no means, DM me & we'll see if we're a match.

I and my coauthors just posted, "Examining the Examiners: An Empirical Analysis of Gender Bias in Trademark Prosecution." Interesting findings include female examiners don't tend to favor other women but do tend to be more rigorous TM examiners papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Check out my colleagues @williamsxlucy' and @dcarolinanunez's essay on @jackbalkin's blog about their birthright citizenship article: balkin.blogspot.com/2026/05/birthr…

Very insightful essay: Repairing the Ruins: Why AI Can’t Replace Education | National Catholic Register ncregister.com/commentaries/s…

Had a great time at @BerkeleyTechLJ and @ColumbiaLaw Kernochan Center's symposium on the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Copyright Act. Thanks to @PamelaSamuelson, Peter Menell, @mollysvh, @ErikStallman, Richard Fisk, and others for a great event!