Re: An IP gripe

On 8/17/99, Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> *********
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> 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.

Thanks, but are you exaggerating that number a little? I'd be interested in what the ratio is at UT. I also read the UT IP Journal because I have maintained my Texas License and I greatly enjoy the quality of the articles. But it seems to me that the fall issues are more patent than copyright.

Terry

Terence P. McElwee
Director
Technology Transfer and Corporate Research Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
414.288.5329 (fax288.1578)
mcelweet[_at_]info.orsp.mu.edu Received on Wed Aug 18 1999 - 13:18:00 GMT