A Conversation with Ralph S. Brown

Abstract

Ralph S. Brown (1913–1998), Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law, was a member of the Yale Law School faculty for more than fifty years, from 1946 until 1998, serving as associate dean from 1965 to 1970. A graduate of Yale College (1935) and the Yale Law School (1939), he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and as a lawyer in the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C. Brown taught and wrote extensively in the field of intellectual property, including copyright, defamation, and privacy. Among his publications are: “Advertising and the Public Interest: Legal Protection of Trade and Symbols,” Yale Law Journal (1948) Loyalty and Security: Employment Tests in the United States (1958) Cases on Copyright, Unfair Competition and Other Topics (1960)