Alexandra Roberts

Professor Roberts is Professor of Law & Media at Northeastern University, where she holds a joint appointment with the School of Law and the Department of Music within the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD). She is a leading authority on intellectual property and social media. Her research focuses on federal trademark and false advertising law, particularly in cyberspace. She has written on influencer marketing; dupes; trademark use on social media; hashtags as trademarks; and trademark law’s failure to function doctrine. She also writes on law and literature. Professor Roberts is a regular commentator in the media, including appearances on CNN, CBS and Fox and in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Rolling Stone and Sports Illustrated. 

Professor Roberts was previously a member of the faculty at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, where she also served as executive director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property. Before that, she was a visiting assistant professor at Boston University School of Law and an associate with Ropes & Gray.

She holds a JD from the Yale Law School, an AM from Stanford University and an AB from Dartmouth College.