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IP Center Hosts Symposium on International IP Practice and the America Invents Act
UNH Law’s Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property hosted, on April 25, the inaugural Robert Shaw International IP Symposium. Focused on "International IP Practice and the America Invents Act", the event featured a distinguished faculty of federal judges, senior practitioners, and international patent counsel who discussed the risks, implications and potential strategies for assisting clients and companies in an age of significant change for U.S. and international patent practice. After welcoming remarks by John Broderick, Dean of UNH Law, and William … -
Scalia’s Critique of Legal Education Echoes UNH Law’s Practice-Ready Philosophy
In his keynote address at UNH Law’s annual alumni dinner on March 22, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered an extensive critique of several trends in contemporary legal education. Tracing the rise of the legal academy over the past 140 years, Scalia lamented courses that move beyond the traditional curriculum to incorporate other disciplines, and how this allows students to graduate without having studied all the necessary areas of the law. This development, in Scalia’s view, is connected to the … -
UNH Law Moves up 23 Positions in the U.S. News Rankings
In the law school rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report in the 2014 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, UNH Law rose to #119, a significant increase over last year’s #142 position. “While there’s certainly cause to question the importance these rankings have assumed in legal education, we cannot deny their influence,” said Dean John Broderick. “Our improvement in the rankings is consistent with the progress we are making at UNH Law, such as admitting the strongest class … -
UNH Law’s Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property Welcomes First Executive Director
The Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law will welcome Alexandra J. Roberts as its first executive director this spring. Professor Mary Wong, the founding faculty director of the IP Center, will assume a new role as Faculty Chair for Global IP Partnerships at the law school. Roberts is currently a visiting assistant professor at Boston University School of Law, where she teaches Trademarks & Unfair Competition. She also serves as an editor … -
UNH Law Launching Sports & Entertainment Law Institute Under the Direction of Michael McCann
Noted sports law expert Michael McCann will join the University of New Hampshire School of Law this fall to launch a new Sports and Entertainment Law Institute. McCann has been a visiting professor at UNH Law during the 2012-13 academic year. The Sports and Entertainment Law Institute will provide opportunities for students who demonstrate a talent and passion for sports and entertainment law with core skills in these practice areas and opportunities for thoughtful discussion of contemporary legal issues in the … -
Mary Wong Assumes New Leadership Role at ICANN
Professor Mary Wong, Director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, has been named to a new leadership position at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for coordinating the global Internet domain name system. For the past four years, Professor Wong has been an elected member of ICANN's main policy development council (GNSO) that develops global policies for .com, .org, .net and other generic top-level domain names. These policies cover a wide range of … -
UNH Law Visits Alumni in China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Between August 25 and September 12, Dean Broderick, Professor Mary Wong (Director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property), and Karen Borgstrom (Vice President of Institutional Advancement) traveled to China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Gordon V. Smith, UNH Law's Distinguished Professor of IP Management, who was teaching in Singapore at the time, joined them in Japan. They visited UNH Law alumni and explored new opportunities for expanding UNH Law's presence in Asia. The Franklin Pierce Center for IP is … -
UNH Law Hosts Grand Opening of Patent & Trademark Resource Center with Full Day of Public Events
The University of New Hampshire School of Law Library, recently designated as the New Hampshire Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), will host a Grand Opening on Thursday, November 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and UNH Law have a wide range of activities planned to appeal to New Hampshire inventors, entrepreneurs, investors, and lawyers. This free day of events is open to anyone interested in learning more about intellectual property. CLE … -
UNH Law Faculty News
Chuck Temple appeared in the NH Sunday News to discuss the implications of NH's new "jury nullification" law. Buzz Scherr continues to promote the NHCLU's Voters' Rights App (created with the help of Eman Pahlevani JD'12) with interviews in the Portsmouth Herald, and the Concord Monitor, and an appearance on New Hampshire Public Radio. John Greabe published a column in the Nashua Telegraph on "What the New Voter ID Law Means to You." Visiting Professor Michael McCann has been in demand lately for his … -
UNH Law Hosts 2nd Annual IP Scholars’ Roundtable
UNH Law, and its Franklin Center for Intellectual Property, will be hosting the 2nd Annual IP Scholars' Roundtable on September 28-29. Several dozen IP scholars from around the country will gather for two days of presentations and discussions. According to Professor Mary Wong, director of the Franklin Pierce Center for IP, "the idea is for intellectual property and constitutional law scholars to discuss and exchange views on the topic, in an informal and intimate academic environment." This follows upon last year's …