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Academic Experience

Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University

  • Professor of Law, 2010-present
  • Associate Professor of Law, 2008-2010

Washington & Lee University School of Law

  • Visiting Professor, Spring Term 2008

University of San Diego School of Law

  • Visiting Professor, Fall Term 2007

Michigan State University College of Law

  • Associate Professor of Law, 2006-2008
  • Assistant Professor of Law, 2003-2006

Northwestern University School of Law

  • John M. Olin Fellow in Law, 2001-2002
  • Visiting Lecturer, Spring Term 2002

 

Education

University of Chicago Law School, J.D. with Honors, 2001

  • Bradley Governance Fellowship, 2000-2001
  • Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law School Roundtable
  • Research Assistant, Professor Richard A. Epstein
  • Antient & Honourable Edmund Burke Society, 2000-present
  • Assistant, Legal History Workshop

Columbia University, M.A. (Philosophy), 1998

  • Specialization: Legal and Political Philosophy
  • Completed qualifying examinations for Ph.D.
  • President’s Fellow, 1995
  • Participant in the Legal Theory Workshop at Columbia Law School, 1994-1998

University of Michigan, B.A. (Philosophy) with High Distinction, 1993

  • High Honors in Philosophy
  • James B. Angell Scholar for “perfect scholarship record for 2 or more terms,” 1993

 

Courses Taught

  • Patent Law
  • Property
  • Trademark Law
  • Trade Secrets
  • Remedies
  • Intellectual Property Theory Seminar
  • Internet Law
  • Advanced Topics in Patent Law: Patentable Subject Matter
  • Property Theory Seminar
  • Jurisprudence Seminar
  • Estates & Trusts

 

Non-Academic Writing Activities

  • Blogger, Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, January 2013 – 2018.
  • Blogger, Truth on the Market, 2012 – 2017.

 

Professional Associations

  • Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, Board of Directors, 2020 – present
  • Classical Liberal Institute, the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property program, Co-Chair, 2019 – present
  • Hudson Institute, Senior Fellow, and Founder & Chair of Forum for Intellectual Property, 2019 – present
  • The Heritage Foundation, Visiting Intellectual Property Fellow, 2019-present
  • Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Antonin Scalia Law School, Co-Founder, Director (differing roles), and Senior Scholar, 2012-2018
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (appointed by AIPLA President to Amicus Committee, 2014-2016)
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court
  • Licensing Executives Society, Member of Public Policy Committee
  • IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee, Co-Chair, 2014, Vice Chair, 2013
  • ANSI, Member of Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee, 2018 – present
  • Federalist Society
  • Chair, IP Working Group in the Regulatory Transparency Project, 2016 – present
  • Member, Executive Committee for the IP Practice Group, 2007 – present
  • Chair, Executive Committee for the IP Practice Group, 2016 – 2018
  • American Conservative Union, Policy Fellow on Intellectual Property
  • American Philosophical Association

 

Legal Work Experience

The Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 2002 – 2003
Law Clerk

Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, 2000 (summer)
Summer Associate

The Hon. Susan S. Beck, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1999 (summer)
Judicial Intern

Weiner, Millo & Morgan, New York, NY, 1997 – 1998
Paralegal/Legal Assistant

Cap Gemini America, Inc., New York, NY, 1995 – 1997
Legal Assistant, Office of General Counsel

Moroze, Sherman, Gordon & Gordon, New York, NY, 1993 – 1995
Paralegal

 

Bar Admission

  • Illinois (inactive)