Dr. Sharon Bar-Ziv

Areas of interest

• Law & Technology
• Intellectual Property
• Information Law
• Cyber Law
• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• R&D Policy
• Computational Legal Studies

Teaching

• Legal Research and Writing
• Legal Innovation & Entrepreneurship Practice
• DATA GOVERNANCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: PRIVACY, REGULATION AND INNOVATION
• Law and Technology in the AI Era
• Intellectual Property Law
• Law, Technology & Information

Dr. Bar-Ziv's areas of research are Law & Technology issues, Intellectual Property Law, Information Law, Cyber Law, Science and R&D Policy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 

She regularly participates in international conferences and teaches courses and seminars in her areas of expertise.

• Goldenberg Prize for best IP paper (2018).
• Visiting Grant, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin (2017).
• Research Grant, Center for Empirical Studies of Intellectual Property, Chicago-Kent University, Chicago (2016).
• Research Scholarship, LINKS – The Israeli Center of Research Excellence (2014-2016).
• Post-Doctoral Scholarship, Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, University of Haifa, Faculty of Law (2014-2015).
• Doctoral Scholarship, Yuval Ne’eman Scholarship, the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (2009-2012).
• Visiting Scholarship, ETH - Professorship for Intellectual Property, Zurich, Switzerland (2009).
• Visiting Scholarship, the Haifa Center for German & European Studies, the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich, Germany (2008).
• President of the University of Haifa Scholarship (2007-2009).

Peer-Reviewed Journals:

• Bar-Ziv, S., Bregman-Eschet, Y., Ponchek, T., & Elkin-Koren, N. (2015). The Correlation between R&D Policy and Patents – an Empirical Analysis of Stem Cells Research. Hebrew University Law Review (Mishpatim), 44, 973–1022. [HEBREW]
• Bar-Ziv, S., & Elkin-Koren, N. (2019). Between Two Arenas: Empirical Study of Online Copyright Enforcement. Hebrew University Law Review (Mishpatim), 48, 411-463. [HEBREW] (Best IP paper, 2018).
• Bar-Ziv, S., Zarsky, T. (2019). Privacy’s “Identity” Crisis: Regulatory Strategies in the Age of De-Identification. Law, Society & Culture 2, 125 (2019). [HEBREW]
• Bar-Ziv, S., Marcowitz-Bitton, M., Fischman-Afori, O. (2022). An Empirical Study of the Gender Gap in Academic Patenting in Israel. 5 Heth Academic Center for Research of Competition and Regulation [HEBREW].
• Bar-Ziv, S. (2022). A Holistic Approach to Government Data-Driven-Innovation. 34(3) Law Studies – Bar-Ilan Law Review [HEBREW]. 
• Bar-Ziv, S., Marcowitz-Bitton, M., Fischman-Afori, O. (2023). Academia-Industry Relations at a Crossroads. 35(3) Law Studies - Bar-Ilan Law Review [HEBREW].

Scholarly Journals:

• Bar-Ziv, S., & Elkin-Koren, N. (2017). Behind the Scenes of the Notice & Takedown Regime: Empirical Evidence on Online Copyright Enforcement. Connecticut Law Review 50 (2018).
• Bregman-Eschet, Y., Bar-Ziv, S., Ponchek, T. & Elkin-Koren, N. (2015). The Ripple Effect of Intellectual Property Policy: Empirical Evidence from Stem Cell Research and Development. Journal of Technology Law and Policy, 19, 227–270.

• Bar-Ziv, S., Fischman-Afori, O., Marcowitz-Bitton, M. (2022). Where the Gender Gap Meets Academic Patenting: an Empirical Study. 18 Ohio State Technology Law Journal (forthcoming).

Book Chapters:

• Bar-Ziv, S. (2015). Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights in the Government Research and Development: Does It Serve Sector Objectives?. In M. Marcowitz-Bitton & L. Zemer (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Analyses of Intellectual Property Law (pp. 659–683). Zafririm, Israel: Nevo. [HEBREW]
• Bar-Ziv, S., (2021). Content Analysis Approach to Copyright Law. In Irene Caboli & Maria Lillà Montagnani (Eds.), Approaches and Methodologies in Intellectual Property Research: Lenses, Methods and Perspectives. Oxford University Press. 

Research Reports & Other Publications:

• Getz, D., Eidelman, L., Asotsky, M., Zalmanovich, B., & Bar-Ziv, S. (2012). Intellectual Property in the Governmental Sector. Haifa, Israel: Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology. [HEBREW]
• Elkin-Koren, N. Getz, D., Bregman-Eshet, Y., Bar-Ziv, S., Ponchek, T. Sagiv, D., Even-Zohar, Y. (2013). Facilitating Collaboration in Stem Cell Research through Intellectual Property. Israel: Haifa Center for Law & Technology, University of Haifa, Faculty of Law & Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology. [HEBREW]
• Elkin-Koren, N., Bar-Ziv, S. (2014). Intellectual Property in the Governmental R&D Sector. Israel: Haifa Center for Law & Technology, University of Haifa, Faculty of Law. [HEBREW]
• Elkin-Koren, N., Bar-Ziv, S. (2015). Copyright Enforcement on the Internet: The Israeli Arena. Israel: Haifa Center for Law & Technology, University of Haifa, Faculty of Law. [HEBREW]
• Bar-Ziv, S., & Elkin-Koren, N. (2017) Studying the Digital Copyright Enforcement Arena. Research Report for the US Copyright Office.
• Bar-Ziv, S., (2019) Management of Intellectual Property Rights in the Governmental R&D Sector. Research Report for WIPO.
• Messer, H., Bar-Ziv, S., Fischman-Afori, O. (2023), E-letter. Data Blindness also affects Academia-Industry Technology Transfer. SCIENCE 378 (2023).

• Dependence of Academic Research on Third-Party Data: Policy Implications, European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP), Krakow, September 2023.
• The Impact of Data-Driven Research on Academy-Industry-Government Interrelations, Conference on Data Economy Law, Krems, June 2023.
• A Matrix of Data Regulation in the Age of AI, 7th Workshop on IP Rights, Szeged, May 2023.
• A Matrix of Data Regulation in the Age of AI, Conference on Innovation and Communication Law, Poznan, May 2023. 
• A Matrix of Data Regulation in the Age of AI, Works in Progress for IP Scholars (WIPIP) 2023, Suffolk Law School, February 2023. 
• The Gender Gap in Academic Patenting, The 8th Annual IP Mosaic Conference, Marquette University Law School, October 2022. 
• IP Strategies of Israeli SMEs, IP Statistics for Decision Makers, Warsaw, June 2022.
• The Impact of Data-Driven Research on Academy-Industry-Government Interrelations, Conference on Innovation and Communication Law, Danuba-University, Krems, May 2022.
• The Gender Gap in Academic Patenting in Israel, Heth Academic Center for Research of Competition and Regulation, The College of Management, October 2021.
• Intellectual Property Management in the Government Sector, Community of Practice on IP Management, Singapore, August 2021.
• The Gender Gap in Academic Patenting in Israel, Women in Business Law Forum, Reichman University, June 2021.
• Beyond the Books: Clinics & Practicum, AIPLA, Israel, October 2020.
• A Holistic Approach to Government Data Driven Innovation, IP Forum, The College of Management, October 2020. 
• Strategies for Copyright Enforcement - The Case of Photographers, IP Enforcement Strategies, Tel Aviv University, January 2020.
• Public-Private Collaborations - Can we Leverage the Best of Both Worlds? ATUM ASIA 2019, Israel, November 2019
• Management of IP Arising from Public Research, Big Data and Government Contracts, Heads of IP Offices Conference, Singapore, August 2019.
• Highlight IP cases in the Israeli Court in 2019, IP Forum, Tel Aviv University, October 2019.
• IP Issues in Managing Intellectual Property in Government Research Output, Management of IP Assets by the Governmental Sector, Geneva, May 2019.
• IP Policy Outcomes: Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights, IP Policies for Universities and IP Commercialization, Bucharest, December 2018. 
• Use of IP Policies at Universities: Objectives and Lessons Learned, IP Policies for Universities and IP Commercialization, Bucharest, December 2018. 
• Algorithmic Enforcement of Copyrights, AI and Legal Informatics Workshop, Budapest, November 2018.
• Beyond the DMCA: Online Copyright Enforcement in the AI Era, GIF Young Scientists’ Meeting, Potsdam, February 2018.
• Online Copyright Enforcement: DMCA and Beyond, Hebrew University, Faculty of Law, Guest Lecturer, January 2018.
• Digital Copyrights for Librarians, Sapir Academic Library, January 2018.
• Commercialization of Publicly Funded Intellectual Property Rights, Higher Education Forum, Tel Aviv University, November 2017.
• Beyond Online Copyright Enforcement: The Misuse of the Notice & Takedown Regime, Workshop on Algorithmic Decision Making and Human Rights Implications, The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, October 2017.
• Beyond Online Copyright Enforcement: The Misuse of the Notice & Takedown Regime, Internal Seminar, The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, August 2017.
• Promoting Innovation in Cybersecurity – Recalculating Route?, Law and Cyberspace Workshop, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 2017.
• Uncovering the Invisible: Studying Algorithmic Online Copyright Enforcement, Tilting Perspectives 2017, Tilburg University, Tilburg, May 2017.
• Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights originated from Governmental R&D, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, May 2017.
• Law & Technology Publications of Junior Scholars, IPScholars Asia, Singapore Management University, Singapore, February 2017.
• Empirical Learning from Content Analysis, Methodologies in IP Research and Scholarship, Singapore Management University, Singapore February 2017.
• Uncovering the Invisible: Studying Algorithmic Online Copyright Enforcement, International Research Forum, Gottingen, November 2016.
• Uncovering the Invisible: Studying Algorithmic Online Copyright Enforcement, Sixth Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics, Center for Digital Ethics and Policy, Loyola University, Chicago, November 2016.
• Between Two Arenas: The Enforcement of Copyright in Courts vs. Algorithmic Enforcement, Intellectual Property Forum, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem October 2016.
• Patent Analysis for Decision Making, Technicon Knowledge Center for Innovation, Haifa, May 2016.
• Between Two Arenas: The Enforcement of Copyright in Courts vs. Algorithmic Enforcement, Law, Society and Technology Colloquium, University of Haifa, Haifa, April 2016.
• Promoting Innovation in Cybersecurity – Recalculating Route? Cyberspace and Human Factor, The Hebrew University, March 2016.
• Promoting Innovation in Cybersecurity – Recalculating Route?, PatBase User Meeting, Tel-Aviv, February 2016.
• Between Two Arenas: The Enforcement of Copyright in Courts vs. Algorithmic Enforcement, Advance Research Seminar, The Haifa Center for Law & Technology, January 2016.
• Promoting Innovation in Cybersecurity – Recalculating Route? OUP IP Handbook Workshop, Tel Aviv University, December 2015.
• Between Two Arenas: The Enforcement of Copyright in Courts vs. Algorithmic Enforcement, Department Seminar, Sapir Academic College, December 2015.
• Uncovering the Invisible: Studying Algorithmic Online Copyright Enforcement (with Prof. Niva Elkin-Koren), 2015 Conference on Empirical Research on Copyright Issues, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, November 2015.
• Between Two Arenas: The Enforcement of Copyright in Courts vs. Algorithmic Enforcement, Early Stage Researchers Colloquium - The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, September 2015.
• iLINC Best Practice Sharing Event, iLINC - The European Network of ICT Law Incubators, Amsterdam, October 2014.
• Cyber Legal Regime This Year in the Israeli law, Haifa, October 2014.
• The Ripple Effect of Intellectual Property Policy: Empirical Evidence from Stem Cell R&D, International Scholars Conference on Intellectual Property Law, Vienna, September 2014.
• Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights in the Israeli Public R&D Sector, WIPO Academy Program, Haifa, July 2014.
• The Use of Patent Information to Shape R&D Policy, PatBase User Meeting, Tel-Aviv, May 2014.
• Takedown Project Research Network Workshop, Berkeley, May 2014.
• Empirical Analysis of Stem Cell R&D Policy – The Israeli Case, University-Industry Interaction Conference, Barcelona, April 2014.
• The Importance of the Law for R&D Policy – Empirical Analysis of Stem Cell Research Management, The Annual Workshop of The Intellectual Property, Law and Technology Forum, Tel-Aviv, October 2013.
• Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights in the Israeli Public R&D Sector, WIPO Academy Program, Haifa, September 2013.
• The Importance of the Law for R&D Policy – Empirical Analysis of Stem Cell Research Management, Empirical and Experimental Legal Research Workshop, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 2013.
• Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights in the Governmental R&D Sector, Understanding Entrepreneurship: On IP, Culture and Innovation Environments, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, May 2013.
• Stem Cell Research in Israel: Inter-Sectorial Analysis, ISRAESTEM 2013, Ramat-Gan, April 2013.
• Transfer of Publicly Funded Knowledge through Intellectual Property Licensing, Doctoral Candidates Conference, University of Haifa, Haifa, June 2012.
• The Ramifications of Knowledge Transfer from the Governmental R&D Sector Through Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights, Law, Society and Technology Colloquium, University of Haifa, Haifa, May 2012.
• The Ramifications of transfer of publicly funded knowledge through Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights, The Interdisciplinary Scope of Intellectual Property Law, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, June 2011.
• Technology Transfer in Countries in Transition, Regional Seminar on Technology Transfer Issues, Baku, June 2011.
• Case Study on Technology Transfer in Countries in Transition, Inter-regional Consultations on Management of Academic IP, Budapest, October 2010.
• Transfer of Publicly Funded Knowledge Base on Intellectual Property Licensing, Internal Seminar, ETH, Professorship for Intellectual Property, Zurich, November 2009.
• The Objectives of Publicly Funded R&D in an Era of Blurred Line, The Annual Workshop of The Intellectual Property, Law and Technology Forum, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, July 2009.
• Transfer of Publicly Funded Knowledge through Intellectual Property Licensing, the Israeli Economic Association, Jerusalem, June 2009.
• The Role of Governmental R&D in an Era of Blurred Line between Publicly and Privately Funded Research, WIPO Worldwide Academy Joint Intellectual Property Workshop, University of Haifa, Faculty of Law, Haifa, March 2008.