Re: An IP gripe

On Thu, Aug 19, 1999, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know what happens to all the students after they graduate, but
> at UCLA Law School, when I went there, it was fair easier to take a
> copyright course than to take a patent course.
>
> My question is if what Mark says is true, why don't more law schools
> offer patent courses?

In my experience, there are usually just a handful of people with technical degrees in law schools, so it is usually hard to have enough students in such a class. At SUNY Buffalo where I was a law student, there were just 4 or 5 people with a BS in some technical discipline in my class. Still, we had a course on patent law and policy, which was a very good one. Lots of case law, which associates at patent law firms have no time or opportunity to read once they start working on drafting patents.

It is also a pity how little many patent attorneys know about copyright issues, which can be incredibly complex. In my opinion, good copyright attorneys are as much in demand as as patent people. It may be that this demand is somewhat concentrated in areas like CA, NY and the like for obvious reasons.

Maria Eliseeva

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