Lynda Oswald

Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professor of Business and Law

Education
PhD University of London 2016
JD University of Michigan 1986
MBA University of Michigan 1986
AB University of Michigan 1982
Biography

Lynda J. Oswald is the Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professor of Business and Law  at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where she teaches and researches in the fields of intellectual and real property law. Her primary research focus is on patent and trade secret law, including issues relating to the impact of court specialization on intellectual property doctrine.

Professor Oswald has received numerous awards for her research, including the Hoeber Memorial Award and the Holmes-Cardozo Award for Research Excellence from the American Business Law Journal.  She was a recipient of a Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business in 2020. Her work has been cited by numerous courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court in United States vs. Bestfoods. She authored a book entitled The Law of Marketing, and co-edited The Changing Face of American Patent Law and Its Impact on Business Strategy with Professor Dan Cahoy and Managing the Legal Nexus Between Intellectual Property and Employees: Domestic and Global Contexts, with Professor Marisa A. Pagnattaro.

Professor Oswald was named the 2022-23 Charles M. Hewitt / McGrawHill Master Teacher by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. 

Professor Oswald served as the Editor of the Michigan Real Property Review for fifteen years. She  also served as a Contributing Editor to the Real Estate Law Journal and as a special editor for the American Business Law Journal and the Journal of Legal Studies Education. Professor Oswald is a Past President of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and served on its Executive Committee from 2003-2008. She also served as the Area Chair of Business Law at the Ross School from 2013-2020 and as interim Area Chair in 2021-22.

Professor Oswald has been a visiting professor at the University of Florida Law School, the University of Michigan Law School, China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, L'viv State University in Ukraine, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in Nanjing, China, the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, Victoria University Faculty of Law in Wellington, New Zealand, and  the University of Sydney in Australia.

 

Latest Faculty News & Research
A Serendipitous Experiment in Percolation of U.S. Intellectual Property Doctrine
Authors
Cahoy, D. & Oswald, L.
Published Date
2020
Authors
Cahoy, D. & Oswald, L.
Source
Indiana Law Journal
Volume
95
Issue
1
Pages
39-86
The Role of "Commercial Morality" in Trade Secret Doctrine
Authors
Oswald, L.
Published Date
2020
Authors
Oswald, L.
Source
Notre Dame Law Review
Volume
96
Issue
1
Pages
125-170
Improving Federal Circuit Doctrine Through Increased Cross-Pollination
Authors
Lynda J. Oswald
Published Date
2017
Authors
Lynda J. Oswald
Source
American Business Law Journal
Volume
54
Issue
2
Pages
247
The "Strict Liability" of Direct Patent Infringement
Authors
Oswald, Lynda J.
Published Date
2017
Authors
Oswald, Lynda J.
Source
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Volume
19
Issue
4
Pages
993-1025
Are Trade Secrets a a Weak Link in your Supply Chain?
Authors
Cahoy, Daniel R. & Oswald, Lynda J.
Published Date
2016
Authors
Cahoy, Daniel R. & Oswald, Lynda J.
Source
Inside Supply Management
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
10-11
The Divergence of Corporate Officer Liability Doctrine under Patent and Copyright Law
Authors
Oswald, L.
Published Date
2015
Authors
Oswald, L.
Source
American Business Law Journal
Volume
52
Issue
4
Pages
557-619
Akamai: Is the Answer in the Common Law?
Authors
Oswald, L.
Published Date
2014
Authors
Oswald, L.
Source
3 NTUT Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Management
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
184-187
Simplifying Multi-Actor Patent Infringement Cases through Proper Application of Common Law Doctrine
Authors
Oswald, L.
Published Date
2014
Authors
Oswald, L.
Source
American Business Law Journal
Volume
51
Issue
1
Pages
1-69
The Evolving Role of Patent Counsel in Federal Circuit Cases
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Published Date
2012
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Source
IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
1-29
The Role of Deference in Judicial Review of Public Use Determinations
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Published Date
2012
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Source
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Volume
39
Necessity and Excess Condemnation Under Eminent Domain
Authors
Lynda J. Oswald and Robert C. Bird
Published Date
2009
Authors
Lynda J. Oswald and Robert C. Bird
Source
Real Estate Law Journal
Volume
38
Pages
304-323
Necessity as a Check on State Eminent Domain Power
Authors
Lynda J. Oswald & Robert C. Bird
Published Date
2009
Authors
Lynda J. Oswald & Robert C. Bird
Source
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Volume
12
Pages
99-141
Managing the Legal Nexus Between Intellectual Property and Employees: Domestic and Global Contexts
Authors
Oswald, L. & Pagnattaro, M.
Published Date
2015
Authors
Oswald, L. & Pagnattaro, M.
Source
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
978 78347 925 2
The Changing Face of American Patent Law and Its Impact on Business Strategy
Authors
Lynda Oswald & Daniel Cahoy
Published Date
2013
Authors
Lynda Oswald & Daniel Cahoy
Source
Edward Elgar
Managing the Legal Nexus Between Intellectual Property and Employees: Domestic and Global Contexts
Authors
Oswald, L.
Published Date
2015
Authors
Oswald, L.
Source
Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages
15-43
The Individual Liability of Corporate Officers Under Patent and Copyright Law
Oswald, L. & Pagnattaro, M.
The Changing Face of American Patent Law and Its Impact on Business Strategy
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Published Date
2013
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Source
Edward Elgar
Pages
131-158
Unintended Hazards of a Specialized Patent Court: Lessons from Joint Infringement Doctrine
Daniel R. Cahoy & Lynda J. Oswald
International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Published Date
2009
Authors
Lynda Oswald
Source
Edward Elgar Publishing Co.
Pages
37
Secondary Liability for Intellectual Property Law Infringement in the International Arena: Framing the Dialogue
Robert C. Bird & Subhash C. Jain