October 3, 2008 Student Intellectual Property Law Association SIPLA A student association dedicated to the promotion of intellectual property issues across.

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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