october 3, 2008 student intellectual property law association sipla a student association dedicated...
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October 3, 2008Student Intellectual Property Law Association
SIPLAA student association dedicated to the promotion of intellectual property issues across the student body of Franklin Pierce Law Center, to those of the NH bar, and beyond.
Your SIPLA Board
3L Chair: Mike Bohn 2L Chair: Jana Meier 3L Representative: Andrew Bunin 2L Representative: Jack Wessel 1L Representative: Mark J. Stevenosky, Jr. 1L Representative: Eli Sheets MIP / LLM Representative: Sally Wang Treasurer: Jared Stringham Secretary: David Crosland Communications Chair: John Heidenreich Faculty Advisor: Mary Wong, Professor of Law
How can I become a member?
If you are student at Franklin Pierce, you can be a member. SIPLA is an
open association so there is no registration requirement. Just come
and enjoy.
What does SIPLA do?
Host Lunch and Learn Lectures covering a wide array of topics including patents, trademarks, licensing, indigenous IP rights, and copyrights (i.e., we provide food for the belly and the mind).
Host socials with the NH and Massachusetts IP Bars and other IP organizations.
Provide networking opportunities with today’s leading IP professionals.
Organize largest annual spring IP symposium in the North East.
Promote Franklin Pierce, the world’s leading intellectual property law school.
Some of our past events
2008 Spring Symposium featuring speakers from WIPO, IBM, 24IP, Connolly Bove, Am. U, and AIPPI
Lunch & Learns featuring speakers from Merck and WIPO
NH Bar student – attorney social featuring Ann McCrackin presenting on USPTO rule changes
Co-sponsor of Licensing Executive Society fall symposium
2007 Spring Symposium featuring speakers from the USPTO, IBM, EMC, PIPRA, PIIPA, WIPO, and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
More Lunch & Learns featuring speakers from Cornell, Sterne Kessler, and DEKA
IP Amicus Clinic IP & Transaction Clinic IP Litigation IP Management International Business
Transactions Inter Party Practice - USPTO Int’l & Comp Copyright Law Int’l & Comp Patent Law Int’l & Comp Trademark Law Mining Patent Information Nonprofit Tech Transfer Patent Practice & Procedure I&II Valuation of IP World Trade & World IP Law
• Fundamentals of IP• Copyright Law• Patent Law• Trademarks• Technology Licensing• Copyright Licensing• Advanced Licensing Institute• Advanced Topics in
Trademarks• Competition Law in the EU• Cross Cultural Negotiations for
IP• Current Issues in IT and IP• Cybercrime• Fed Trademark & Registration• Genetics & the Legal System• Law & Biotechnology
(Just some) of the IP courses offered at Pierce
Get your hands dirty
Participate in Clinical Programs IP & Transaction Clinic
Students conduct interviews; research and draft documents; and advise clients in a variety of intellectual property and transactional matters
Regularly accepts referrals from the New Hampshire Chapter of Lawyers for the Arts which includes authors, artists, musicians, publishers, individuals operating small businesses, and nonprofit organizations
The International Technology Transfer Institute (ITTI Clinic) ITTI clinical projects predominantly focus on health and agricultural innovations relevant to the
needs of developing countries. Programs include: ITTI Patent Landscape Analysis Clinic ITTI Technology Transfer Clinic (TTO)
Intellectual Property Amicus Clinic
Extern Develop proficiency in professional skills and judgment while working in the field Past externship opportunities include: federal and state judicial clerkships, in house
positions, private practice positions, public and private technology transfer positions, etc.
IP Programs
Joint degree programs JD/MIP (Master of Intellectual Property) JD/LLM (Master of Laws)
Joint programs can be completed in 3 years and one summer (99 credits)
Graduate programs Master of Laws in Intellectual Property (LLM-IP) Master of Intellectual Property (MIP) Diploma of Intellectual Property (DIP) Master of Commerce and Technology (MCT) Master of Laws in Commerce and Technology (LLM-CT)
Other programs Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI) and Advanced
Licensing Institute (ALI)
Use your summer to study IP abroad
CHIPSI - China IP Summer Institute Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
World Trade & IP (1 credit) Tech Licensing (1 credit) Current Issues in Copyright (1 credit) Chinese Law (1 credit) Chinese IP Law (2 credits)
eLSI - eLaw Summer Institute University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Comparative IP for Information Age (1 cr.) Comparative e-Commerce Law (1 cr.) Current Issues in Cyberlaw (1 cr.) EU Legal & Political Overview (1 cr.) Internet Regulation (1 cr.) Protecting the Information Age (1 cr.)
IP Academic Resources
Intellectual Property Library Largest library in the world dedicated to IP Covers US, foreign, and international IP titles Spans 300 years of IP scholarship
IP Mall (ipmall.info) Online resource for IP research & scholarship Current news and legal developments in IP
Germeshausen Center Driving force in study of international IP Solicits student contribution Resource to business, scientific, legal and governmental interests in patent, trademark, trade secret,
licensing, copyright, computer law, and related fields. IDEA - IP Law Review
Oldest IP law review Cited by the US Supreme Court 1L’s apply in March/April of 1st year Student writing competition
Moot Court Cardozo/BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition Carl A. Stickel National Cybercrimes Moot Court Competition Phillip C. Jessup International IP Law Moot Court Competition Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition Giles S. Rich Memorial Patent Moot Court Competition
Our plug
We encourage you to make the most of all the IP opportunities
Pierce Law has to offer!
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