Intellectual Property Law Program

Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property

2022 Annual Academic IP Roundtable

Friday, September 2, 2022
Scholars of all levels are invited to participate in the Annual Academic IP Roundtable, hosted by the UNH Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property in Concord, New Hampshire. The event will feature Works-in-Progress presented by scholars from across the country and around the world. Read More
Stan Kowalski

Q&A with Professor Stan Kowalski

Thursday, August 18, 2022
UNH Franklin Pierce has announced the fall 2022 return of the International Technology Transfer Institute Clinic (ITTI). Led by Professor Stan Kowalski, JD ’05, who has more than two decades of research and international development experience, the clinic works with students to promote science, technology, and innovation in developing countries by engaging in projects that involve everything from establishing relationships with IP professionals and officials in those countries to helping them create strategies for furthering the infrastructure of innovation. Read More
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The Legal Impact: Standards-Related Essential Patents and FRAND

Thursday, July 21, 2022
Professor Ilkka Rahnasto, Senior Vice President at the Marconi Group, discusses the role of Standards-Related Essential Patents and FRAND in the intellectual property space. Read More
Richard Kurz teaching in 282

The Legal Impact: Patents, Pharmaceuticals, and Biopharmaceuticals

Thursday, July 7, 2022
Professor Richard Kurz, JD '10, of Haug Partners LLP, discusses the latest in intellectual property trends in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Read More
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The Legal Impact: Current Trends in Media Law

Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Professor Chris Reed, JD/LLM '06 discusses the latest trends in media law in the realms of broadcast and digital, especially as it relates to intellectual property. Read More
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The Legal Impact: IP and Web3

Thursday, June 23, 2022
Professor Jon Garon, of NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, dives into the intellectual property implications of the technology world moving into Web3 and the Metaverse. Read More
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IDEA Volume 62

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
IDEA is published three times a year by the students of the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. For more than 50 years, IDEA has provided practical articles relating to patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, general intellectual property, and law and technology issues from around the world. Read More
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Congratulations to Hitarth Parikh, 2022 Recipient of the International Student Scholarship sponsored by Royzz and Co.

Friday, June 17, 2022
As a child, Hitarth Parikh learned a lot by watching and listening to his father, a practicing attorney, not only through his stories of the profession and his clients, but by witnessing his work ethic and desire to help others. Parikh has tried to emulate him in his own pursuit of a legal career. Read More
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The Legal Impact: Intellectual Property Valuation

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Gordon V. Smith, Director at AUS and a professor at the Intellectual Property Summer Institute, discusses the complex field of intellectual property valuation and why it is something businesses and lawyers should not underestimate. Read More
Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property

Join us for the Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI) May 23 - July 1!

Friday, April 15, 2022
IPSI draws dozens of IP professionals, professors, and law students to New Hampshire for intellectually stimulating lectures and vibrant discussions, providing provides students and lawyers with a unique opportunity to access world-class faculty, researchers, and industry professionals and learn about today’s trending topics in intellectual property to stay in the know and ahead of the curve. Read More