Re: An IP gripe

On Tue, Aug 17, 1999, 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.
> >
> *********
>
> 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.

My view is a little different. I think that trademark work is actually the bread and butter of most IP attorneys. It even, to my perception, sustains the practice of many patent lawyers, since it can be done more quickly and economically, much of it by a paralegal, while the practitioner devotes time to the long, slow process of drafting patent claims.

Bob

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