Professor Tom W. Bell teaches intellectual property, Internet,
entertainment, and commercial law courses at Chapman University. After
graduating from the University of Chicago School of Law in 1993, he
entered private practice in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.
Professor Bell joined the Program in Law and Technology at the
University of Dayton School of Law in 1996. While on academic leave
from Dayton, Tom served as Director of Telecommunications and
Technology Studies at the Cato Institute. He joined the Chapman faculty
in 1998.
Professor Bell's most recent publications include,
"Misunderestimating Dastar: How the Supreme Court Unwittingly
Revolutionized Copyright Preemption," 65 Maryland Law Review (2005) (forthcoming); "Treason, Technology, and Freedom of Expression," 7 Arizona State University Law Review 1 (2005) (forthcoming); “Authors' Welfare: Copyright as a Statutory Mechanism for Redistributing Rights,” 69 Brooklyn Law Review 229 (2003); and “Free Speech, Strict Scrutiny, and Self-Help: How Technology Upgrades Constitutional Jurisprudence,” 87 University of Minnesota Law Review 743 (2003).
His many other publications include, "The Common Law in Cyberspace,
Gambling for the Good, Trading for the Future: The Legality of Markets
in Science Claims," 5 Chapman Law Review (2002); "Escape from Copyright: Market Success vs. Statutory Failure in the Protection of Expressive Works," 69 University of Cincinnati Law Review 741 (2001); "The Common Law in Cyberspace," 97 Michigan Law Review
1746 (1999); "Internet Gambling: Popular, Inexorable, and (Eventually)
Legal," (Cato Institute, Policy Analysis # 336, 1999), and "Fair Use
vs. Fared Use: The Impact of Automated Rights Management on Copyright's
Fair Use Doctrine," 76 North Carolina Law Review 557 (1998).
His present research focuses on how self-help remedies interact with
freedom of expression and on the benefits and legality of setting up a
prediction market for legal conflicts.
Humane Studies Review Works
- Bibliographic Essay - "Polycentric Law," by Tom W. Bell