Re: An IP gripe

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Terence P. McElwee <mcelweet[_at_]info.orsp.mu.edu> wrote:
>
> I strongly agree with Carol. I too have noticed that Conferences on
> "Intellectual Property" tend to be about 80-90% patent law, making it
> difficult to find good educational opportunities. I just received my
> latest issue of the Marquette University Intellectual Property Law
> Journal and noticed for the first time that copyright, trademark and
> trade secret are rarely covered.
>

The view from the academic world is a bit different. 90% of the "IP" law professors in this country really do copyright law. 90% of the IP jobs for graduates are in patent law. Most of the articles by professors in the law reviews are similarly directed to copyright. My impression is that students who do IP largely end up taking copyright classes, but working in patent law.

Mark Lemley
<mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 14:38:01 GMT