Michael Goodyear is an Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering. He is also a Fellow at the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU, a Fellow at the Università degli Studi di Milano's Information Society Law Center, and a faculty affiliate at the University of North Carolina's Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP). Michael’s research analyzes how copyright and trademark law can facilitate expression. He examines the potential of intellectual property law to spark and stymie technological and cultural change, including generative AI, deepfakes, and blockchain. He also studies how intellectual property law can empower historically underrepresented populations, especially the LGBTQ+ community. His work has been published or is forthcoming in over a dozen journals, including the UC Davis Law Review, University of Illinois Law Review, Stanford Law Review Online, and Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law.

Michael started his legal career as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in the Complex Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property & Media groups, where he litigated intellectual property cases and counseled clients in the tech industry such as Meta, Alibaba, Samsung, eBay, and Pinterest. Michael received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Michigan Technology Law Review. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago in History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Phi Beta Kappa, with honors, where he studied Byzantine history.