Andrew Moshirnia

Assoc Professor

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Research interests: technology law, telecommunications law, intellectual property law

20072024

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Biography

Dr. Andrew Moshirnia is an Associate Professor at Monash BLT. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where he, as a staff writer for the Berkman Center's Digital Media Law Project, analyzed copyright infringement actions and takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He clerked in Chicago for the Honorable Richard D. Cudahy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and taught telecommunications law at DePaul as an adjunct professor. He later clerked in Los Angeles for the Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He worked as the Empirical IP Fellow at Chicago-Kent. He taught copyright law and legal writing for the Program in International Intellectual Property Law and was a member of the Chicago IP Colloquium faculty.

Dr. Moshirnia has a Ph.D. in educational technology, with a concentration in statistics, from the University of Kansas. He worked for several years at firms in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. He has published several articles in law reviews and education technology journals, including a co-authored behavioral economics study of whether legal argument matters in decision making. 

Research interests

His current research focuses on the intersection of intellectual property rights and national security.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Research area keywords

  • National Security
  • Cyberlaw
  • Intellectual Property
  • Telecommunications
  • Game Theory

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