Office Details
Administrative Assistant: Latosha Davis, 410.837.4689
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 1006
Education
J.D., Yale Law School
B.A., University of Virginia
Areas of Expertise
Intellectual Property
Antitrust
Privacy
Property
Civil Procedure
Biography
Sipe joined the faculty in 2020 and teaches courses in Intellectual Property, Antitrust, Property, and Civil Procedure. His research focuses on the relationship among law, innovation, and ownership. His work has been published in academic journals such as the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Wisconsin Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, and the North Carolina Law Review.
Prior to joining the faculty, Sipe taught at George Washington University Law School as the Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor in Intellectual Property. His previous position was at the U.S. Supreme Court, serving an appointment as a Supreme Court Fellow. Sipe received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor and author for the Yale Law Journal and the Yale Journal on Regulation. Following law school, he clerked for Judge Kathleen O'Malley, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and Judge Samuel Mays, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics from the University of Virginia, where he was honored with residency on the Lawn.
Trademasks, 104 N.C. L. REV. (forthcoming 2025), https://ssrn.com/abstract=5112345
Patent Law 101: I Know It When I See It 37 HARV. J.L. & TECH. 447 (2024), https://ssrn.com/abstract=4524529
Covering Prying Eyes with an Invisible Hand: Privacy, Antitrust, and the New Brandeis Movement, 36 HARV. J.L. & TECH. 359 (2023), https://ssrn.com/abstract=4124372
A Fragility Theory of Trademark Functionality, 169 U. PA. L. REV. 1825 (2021) https://ssrn.com/abstract=3623386
Patent Law 101: The View from the Bench, 88 GEO. WASH. L. REV. ARGUENDO 21 (2020) https://www.gwlr.org/patent-law-101-the-view-from-the-bench/
Patent Law’s Philosophical Fault Line, 2019 WIS. L. REV. 1033 (2019) https://ssrn.com/abstract=3322703
Experts, Generalists, Laypeople—and the Federal Circuit, 32 HARV. J.L. & TECH. 575 (2019) https://ssrn.com/abstract=3228585
The Sherman Act and Avoiding Void-for-Vagueness, 45 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 709 (2018) https://ssrn.com/abstract=2968933
Patents v. Antitrust: Preempting Conflict, 66 AM. U. L. REV. 415 (2017) https://ssrn.com/abstract=2743701
Patent Privateers and Antitrust Fears, 22 MICH. TELECOMM. & TECH. L. REV. 191 (2016) https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959575