Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program

Jordan Stott, ’15 Patent Attorney Parsons, Behle & Latimer Boise, ID “The University of

Idaho College of Law’s Intellectual Property

Professor Annemarie Bridy and officers of the Intellectual Property Law Society

IPTL in the College of Law Curriculum

program opened many

doors for me. I benefited

from the diverse IP courses and gained practical

Students enrolled in the Business Law and Entrepreneurship (BLE) Emphasis can choose IPTL as their area of concentration. Students on the IPTL track choose elective courses, skills training, and research projects to develop the specialized knowledge and expertise they will need to represent clients in IP-intensive industries.

experience in the Small Business Legal Clinic. I

Students interested in IPTL need not enroll in the BLE Emphasis to take IPTL courses. Many students take individual IPTL electives to complement a more general curriculum and to familiarize themselves with issues involving rights in intangible property that confront modern businesses of all sizes.

Judge Winmill. The opportunities provided by the

used what I gained from these courses during an externship with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a semester-in-practice with Chief

uidaho.edu/law

College of Law allowed me to participate in IP-

related cases in the federal court system. I gained a unique perspective on the patent examination

IPTL Clinics and Externships

process and learned from practitioners who had

CLINIC: The College of Law’s Small Business Legal Clinic in Boise is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Certified Clinic for trademark law. Students working in Boise under the supervision of clinic faculty obtain a limited license to practice before the PTO, filing federal trademark registrations to help Idaho’s small businesses build and protect their brands.

The experiences and opportunities I received from

EXTERNSHIPS: Students may earn course credit for participating in the PTO’s summer Patent Experience Externship Program (PEEP) at the PTO’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Students who plan to stay in Idaho for the summer can apply for externships involving university intellectual property in the Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Idaho and the Office of General Counsel at Boise State University.

the relationships created during my time at the

an array of expertise and knowledge.

the College of Law helped me secure a position with Parsons, Behle & Latimer. I look forward to

applying what I learned and continuing to develop University of Idaho.”

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Machine” invented by W. F. Quinby (Source: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, National Archives).

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Professors

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Curriculum

ANNEMARIE BRIDY

DUNCAN PALMATIER

The College of Law’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law (IPTL) course offerings include both a survey of intellectual property law and advanced seminars in three substantive areas: copyrights, trademarks, and patents. The survey course, Introduction to Intellectual Property, is designed both for students interested in specializing in intellectual property law and for those who recognize that a course covering the fundamentals of intellectual property is an important component of a general business law curriculum.

scholarly work focuses on Internet and intellectual property law, with specific attention to the impact

the seemingly well-defined laws regulating patentable inventions to the diverse and always

of disruptive technologies on existing frameworks for the protection of intellectual property and the

changing world of human inventive activity. Professor Palmatier is a private lawyer whose

enforcement of intellectual property rights. Before joining the faculty, Professor Bridy was a litigation

practice is mostly patent litigation involving computer electronics. His practice also includes

associate with the law firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads in Philadelphia. She

trademark litigation, as well as patent and trademark prosecution. He holds a B.A. in Politics

served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable William H. Yohn, Jr. of the United States District Court

from the University of Sussex, a B.S. in Physics from the University of Idaho, and a J.D. from

for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter of the United States

Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

The College’s advanced intellectual property seminars offer interested students the opportunity for sustained, in-depth study in specific areas. Copyrights focuses on the law protecting creative and artistic works, including songs, films, literature, works of visual art, and computer software. Trademarks focuses on the law protecting names, logos, and other signs and symbols used by businesses to identify their products and services in the marketplace. Patents focuses on the law protecting useful inventions that represent advances in the state of the art in disciplines including medicine, the sciences, and engineering.

University James E. Beasley School of Law. She holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English from

Professor Bridy teaches Copyrights, Introduction to Intellectual Property, and Internet Law. Her

In addition to these core course offerings, the College of Law regularly offers several courses that incorporate elements of intellectual property and technology law, including Internet Law, which covers the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in the digital networked environment; Antitrust Law, which includes the study of unfair competition resulting from the legal monopolies that intellectual property law confers; and Media Law, which examines the legal and policy implications of technological transformations in the delivery of news and other publicly significant information.

Professor Palmatier teaches Patents. The focus of his class is on the difficulty of applying

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Professor Bridy is a magna cum laude graduate of the Temple the University of California at Irvine and a B.A. in English, summa cum laude with distinction, from Boston University. MARK ANDERSON

Professor Anderson teaches courses that emphasize technology related issues. His Trademarks class includes an emphasis on how trademark law is used to protect product design. In Antitrust he addresses cases that explain how the law encourages or impedes cooperation among firms Allison Parker, ’13 Attorney Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley Boise, ID “The best part of my experience at the College of Law was my professors. They invested in me while I was a student, and even now I still benefit from their

to innovate. The Business Associations class examines statutory and common law doctrines that continued mentorship. Without the faculty, I would not have become a patent attorney. I would not have applied for the job I have. Every day, I pull from the classes I took and from my externship as a clerk at the Federal District Court for the District of Idaho. After completing my clerkship at the Idaho Supreme Court, I joined the patent practice at Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley. I am so excited to call upon my education in that capacity.”

allow co-owners of firms to fund and manage the process of innovation. Professor Anderson’s research interests focus on the ways in which the law encourages or discourages cooperation. Legal principles which affect such cooperation include fiduciary duties in the corporate and unincorporated contexts, the conspiracy element of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, the conduct requirement of Section 2 of that same statute and the law related to the dissolution of businesses. Professor Anderson started his career working for five years representing high technology clients in a large law firm setting in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a graduate of Macalester College and the University of Chicago Law School.

Jacob Pierson, ’12 Innovation Manager Cleveland Clinic Marshfield, WI “My legal education at UI provided me with tools I use every day in the successful development of new technologies. In

negotiations, my law degree helps me identify how each contract term can be used to the best advantage. New technologies can be quickly assessed for novelty and then development can be prioritized accordingly. . . . More than anything, my experience

in the IP program at UI gave me the confidence to act decisively in business and has

provided the broad set of skills necessary to respond quickly and appropriately to each new development. . . . People give UI its special character. The sense of purpose and community found at UI can be captured by one phrase: ‘Go Vandals!’”