This summer we’ll be in the Seattle area, at Microsoft’s campus, to meet industry experts. Please save the date and join us:
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Law students from other law schools
Courses: AI & IP Issues in the Cloud, IP and Videogames, IP Issues in Merchandising, Aeronautics, and IP Issues in Wine. We will involve speakers from local companies such as Amazon, Boeing, Meta, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nordstroms, REI, Starbucks, and Zillow.
What is IPSI?
IPSI 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.
Where?
Microsoft has been generous enough to allow us to converge on its campus for this amazing event. Classes will be split between 2 buildings:
Building 40: 15563 NE 31st St, Redmond, WA 98052
Building 41: 15571 NE 31st, Redmond, WA 98052
Please scroll down to the FAQ section for information on local lodging
(Microsoft Campus Map)
What You’ll Experience
Engage with industry leaders at Fortune 500 companies and Am Law 100 firms and our expert faculty and alumni as they give you an insider's look into the future of IP.
Participate in professionalism events with in-the-trenches leaders from different companies and firms all over the world.
Immerse yourself in the art and science of the study of IP by taking a “deep dive” into cutting-edge topics that are changing the way we interact with the world.
Check out our 2025 class offerings!
Session 1: June 10-13 (9 a.m. - Noon, Registrants can only. choose one)
Time: 9 a.m. - Noon
Professor: TBD
This course will address today’s issues surrounding the convergence of copyright, patent, trade secret, national security, antitrust and contractual issues in the creation and use of large language models in AI and the cloud as a platform. Learn from practitioners in the AI and cloud space directly from those working in it, including speakers from companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Cisco and Amazon.
Time: 9 a.m. - Noon
Professor: TBD
Sourcing Merchandise involves a myriad of contractual and intellectual property issues. The Seattle area has a critical mass of suppliers from Costco, Starbucks, Nordstroms and REI. This class will focus on issues that today’s practitioners face in this highly competitive space.
Session 2: June 10-13 (1 p.m. - 4 p.m., registrants can only choose one)
Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Professor: TBD
This course addresses IP concerns in virtual environments – from gaming to AR/VR, focusing on intellectual property disciplines including trademark, copyright, trade secret, and patents. Guest lecturers will include practitioners from companies such as Xbox, Meta and Nintendo.
Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Professor: TBD
Growing competition in the aerospace, autonomous and space industries has caused IP issues to surface to the forefront. This course will dive into patent, trade secret, trademark and contractual issues in this emerging area.
Session 3: June 14-15 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Only 1 course offered)(There will be a one hour lunch break)
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Professor: TBD
From the farmer to the glass, the ecosystem of wine producing is laced with intellectual property issues involving trademark, copyright, geographic indicators and contractual issues. With the wine industry directly feeling the impact from climate change, learn how today’s practitioners are navigating this space.
IPSI Micro-credentials
As an exciting feature of IPSI courses, attendees may earn a micro-credential and badge for their participation!
Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI)
ASIPI Scholarship Opportunities
UNH Franklin Pierce is proud to enter into an exclusive agreement with the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) that will launch intellectual property leaders across Latin America through an educational partnership and scholarships for ASIPI members. Our IPSI program will be offering 3 full tuition scholarships every year from 2023-2028 as well as 50% scholarships for all ASIPI members.”
Meet Your Academic IP Leader
Micky Minhas, JD/LLM '97
Micky Minhas is Senior Vice President at the Marconi Group, an intellectual property licensing and investment firm based in Dallas, Texas. As part of the Marconi management team, he plays a vital role supporting Marconi’s vision of transforming the fundamentals of intellectual property licensing through providing better ways to share patented technology.
Before joining Marconi in March 2020, Micky was Chief Patent Counsel for Microsoft, managing the Microsoft patent group since 2012. Micky managed a team of over one hundred patent professionals who were primarily responsible for outbound and inbound intellectual property licensing, patent strategy, patent acquisitions and divestitures. He also managed patent preparation and prosecution of patents and was responsible for Microsoft’s conflicts, indemnification and prelitigation practice. During his time, Microsoft had a significant patent licensing business resulting in significant revenue for the company, as well as placement of Microsoft products on Android based mobile devices.
Prior to Microsoft, Micky served for 13 years as Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy at Qualcomm in San Diego, California. There, Micky was responsible for establishing the company’s 4G patent portfolio as well as intellectual property aspects of Qualcomm’s mergers and acquisitions practice. As part of his time with Qualcomm, Micky was based in Munich, Germany where he managed the company’s patent opposition practice.
Micky holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University (’89), an MS in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University (’93) and a JD and LLM from the University of New Hampshire School of Law (’97), where he continues to work as the Director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property.
FAQs
This program is for legal professionals, recent law school graduates, 2L and 3L law students, and current UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law graduate students. UNH Franklin Pierce MIP alums are also invited to join the program.
All sessions will be held in-person in Seattle, WA from June 10-15
Gain expertise in a specific area of the law from experts in the field which will allow you to standout in the marketplace and make connections in the industry. Each class is 1 credit for students enrolled in our degree programs.
UNH Franklin Pierce law students can consult the Financial Aid webpage. Visiting law students should consult with financial aid at their home law schools.
- Students taking courses for credit can find pricing at https://www.unh.edu/business-services/tuitlaw
- US participants taking courses not-for-credit will be charged $750 per course.
- International participants taking courses not-for-credit will be charged $500 per course.
