Guy A. Rub is an expert in the intersection between intellectual property law, commercial law, the arts, and economic theory. Professor Rub’s scholarship explores how markets shape and are being shaped by intellectual property law. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Chicago Law Review, UCLA Law Review, Yale Law Journal Forum, NYU Law Review Online, Georgetown Law Journal, and Virginia Law Review, among others. He presented his work extensively both domestically and abroad.
Prior to joining the faculty at Temple University, Professor Rub held the Joanne Wharton Murphy/Class of 1965 and 1973 Professorship in Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he regularly taught Copyright Law, Trademark Law, Contracts, and Law and Economics. Before his academic role, Professor Rub was an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles. He worked as a software programmer and engineer prior to pursuing a career in law.
Professor Rub has served in various leadership roles within and outside The Ohio State University. He was twice elected as the chair of the university’s IP Committee. Under his leadership, the university rewrote its IP policy for the first time in 30 years. Professor Rub also formerly chaired the Intellectual Property Section of the American Association of Law Schools.