2026 Mark A. Lemley: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	62	25	24	22	21	488	23271

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Mark A. Lemley is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on intellectual property law, medical imaging, and the intersection of law, artificial intelligence, and technology innovation.

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to various fields with a significant emphasis on medicine and legal studies related to technology. They have authored papers in notable venues and frequently explore complex topics such as intellectual property rights in the context of new technologies and biomedical ethics.

Recent papers by Mark A. Lemley include:

How Generative AI Turns Copyright Law on Its Head, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
Pledging Intellectual Property for COVID-19, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
Foundation Models and Fair Use, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
The Role of Antitrust in Preventing Patent Holdup, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

Piotr J. Slomka
Damini Dey
Paul Kavanagh
Giselle Ramirez
Aakash Shanbhag

Mark A. Lemley's work commonly appears in these publication venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Their main fields of study include:

Medicine

Subfields of research cover:

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Management of Technology and Innovation
Artificial Intelligence
Law
Economics and Econometrics

Key topics covered in their research are:

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Intellectual Property and Patents
Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
Intellectual Property Law
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Mark A. Lemley has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2018.

Best Publications

Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking

Mark A. Lemley;Carl Shapiro

1713
Citations
Rational Ignorance at the Patent Office

Mark A. Lemley

1528
Citations
Policy Levers in Patent Law

Dan L. Burk;Mark Lemley

1373
Citations
Policy Levers in Patent Law

Dan L. Burk;Mark A. Lemley

1372
Citations
Intellectual Property Rights and Standard-Setting Organizations

Mark A. Lemley

1118
Citations
Legal Implications of Network Economic Effects

Mark A. Lemley;David McGowan

1062
Citations
The Modern Lanham Act and the Death of Common Sense

Mark A. Lemley

773
Citations
Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age

Robert P. Merges;Peter Seth Menell;Mark A. Lemley

750
Citations
Ex Ante versus Ex Post Justifications for Intellectual Property

Mark A. Lemley

694
Citations
Freedom of Speech and Injunctions in Intellectual Property Cases

Mark A. Lemley;Eugene Volokh

680
Citations
The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It

Dan L. Burk;Mark A. Lemley

555
Citations
Probabilistic Patents

Unknown

544
Citations
Reducing Digital Copyright Infringement Without Restricting Innovation

Mark Lemley

541
Citations
Trademarks and Consumer Search Costs on the Internet

Stacey L. Dogan;Mark A. Lemley

438
Citations
IP and Antitrust: An Analysis of Antitrust Principles Applied to Intellectual Property Law

Herbert J. Hovenkamp;Mark D. Janis;Mark A. Lemley

363
Citations
Anticompetitive Settlement of Intellectual Property Disputes

Herbert J. Hovenkamp;Mark D. Janis;Mark A. Lemley

347
Citations
Life After Bilski

Mark A. Lemley;Michael Risch;Ted Sichelman;R. Polk Wagner

306
Citations
A Simple Approach to Setting Reasonable Royalties for Standard-Essential Patents

Mark A. Lemley;Carl Shapiro

303
Citations
Intellectual Property Rights and Standard-Setting Organizations

Unknown

279
Citations
Property, Intellectual Property, and Free Riding

Mark Lemley

214
Citations
Software and Internet Law

Mark A. Lemley;Peter S. Menell;Robert P. Merges;Pamela Samuelson

203
Citations
Empirical Evidence on the Validity of Litigated Patents

Mark Lemley

192
Citations
Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking

Mark A. Lemley;Carl Shapiro

190
Citations
The End of End-to-End: Preserving the Architecture of the Internet in the Broadband Era

Mark A. Lemley

181
Citations
Is the Patent Office a Rubber Stamp

Mark Lemley

117
Citations
The Economics of Improvement in Intellectual Property Law

Mark Lemley

115
Citations
Beyond Preemption: The Law and Policy of Intellectual Property Licensing

Mark A. Lemley

93
Citations
Ending Abuse of Patent Continuations

Mark A. Lemley;Kimberly A. Moore

92
Citations
Property, Intellectual Property, and Free Riding/Comment/Reply

Mark A. Lemley;John F. Duffy

80
Citations
Policy Levers in Patent Law

Mark A. Lemley;Dan L. Burk

79
Citations
Reconceiving Patents in the Age of Venture Capital

Mark Lemley

68
Citations
Patent Scope and Innovation in the Software Industry

Mark A. Lemley;Julie E. Cohen

62
Citations
Missing the Forest for the Trolls

Mark Lemley

30
Citations
Reducing Digital Copyright Infringement Without Restricting Innovation

Mark A. Lemley;R. Anthony Reese

27
Citations
Patent Quality and Settlement among Repeat Patent Litigants

John R. Allison;Joshua H. Walker;Mark A. Lemley

21
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert P. Merges University of California, Berkeley

Herbert J. Hovenkamp University of Pennsylvania

Pamela Samuelson University of California, Berkeley

Ronald J. Gilson Columbia University

Yochai Benkler Harvard University

Charles F. Sabel Columbia University

Robert D. Cooter University of California, Berkeley

Peter H. Schuck Yale University

Robert E. Scott Columbia University

Michael B. Eisen University of California, Berkeley

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