News
Below you will find an index of Pierce Law IP news. Use the drop-down menu on the right for other IP Law news categories.
2007
November 10
Professor Mary Wong will speak at the 2nd Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
November 1
Professor Karl Jorda will be a guest speaker at an intellectual property conference of the Asociacion Interameriana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI)
October 27
Professors Bill Hennessey and Mary W.S. Wong will be in Beijing, China, through Tuesday for the 4th Annual IP.Net International Conference
October 24
Professor Karl F. Jorda and Honorary Degree '91 recipient Judge Pauline Newman will be inducted into the Intellectual Property Hall of Fame
October 23
Professor Mary W.S. Wong will be in New York City, attending the Morrison & Foerster "20 Years in New York" anniversary celebration...
October 18
The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) annual meeting begins today in Washington D.C.
October 15
Visiting Scholar Stanley Kowalski gives a luncheon presentation, Intellectual Property and the Global Public Interest: Challenges and Opportunities, sponsored
by the Pierce Law Social Justice Institute and SIPLA
October 15
Pierce Law welcomes the introduction of the Pierce Law International Intellectual Property Organization.
October 10
Congratulations to Professors Bill Hennessey, Karl Jorda, and Mary Wong on the glowing report from the ABA site evaluator who visited the China IP Summer Institute.
October 1
Welcome to visiting adjunct professor Dr. Philip Grubb from Germany. Prof. Grubb will be teaching International and Comparative Patent Law for the next three weeks.
September 10
Professors William O. Hennessey and Mary W. S. Wong will attend the 4th International Conference on Intellectual Property Protection for High Technology
September 1
Trustee Gordon Smith is working on a research project for IP Academy
August 23-24
Professor Stephen T. Black will lead Taxation and Intellectual Property (IP): What you need to know on 23 - 24 Aug 2007 at the IP Academy in Singapore.
August 20-24
Professor Stephen T. Black and Adjunct Professor Gordon Smith (AUS Inc.) will lead an Intermediate Training Course on Valuation of IP and Intangible Assets Speakers on 20 - 24 Aug 2007 at the IP Academy in Singapore
August 11-12
Mary Wong will attend the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
August 10
Professor Karl Jorda will lecture on "Trade Secrets and the Patent/Trade Secret Interface" at the Continuing Legal Education Institute of the New York County Lawyers' Association (NYCLA)
August 9-10
Associate Dean Susan Richey and Professor Mary Wong will attend the 7th Annual IP Scholars' Conference to be held at DePaul College of Law in Chicago, IL
May 18
Franklin Pierce Law Center Professor William O. Hennessey has been invited to join a new intellectual property initiative created in China by the United States Chamber of Commerce.
April 23
Professor Jorda presented a 3-hour lecture on “Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Licensing,” “Technology Licensing Dos and Don’ts” and “Ethics in Licensing”
April 12-13
Professor Mary Wong was a panelist for the 15th Annual Fordham International IP Law & Policy Conference
April 11
Professor Wong spoke at the 4th Annual Asian IP Law and Policy Day
March 30-31
Professor Wong spoke at the 4th Annual IP & Communications Law Program Symposium at the Michigan State University College of Law
March 28
Professor Jorda gives a talk on “Intensive Patent Valuation”
March 28
Professor Karl Jorda and Professor Susan Richey will present lectures at the WIPO-UNITAR Worksho
March 27
Professor Hennessey participated in the “Global Forum on IP Rights Protection and Innovation” in Beijing/a>
March 20
Professor William Hennessey will deliver a paper at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Workshop
March 20
Professor Mary Wong will speak on "Copyright and Access to Knowledge,”
February 28 - March 1
Professor Karl Jorda will moderate and lecture in two roundtable discussions
February 16
Professor Mary Wong will speak at invitation-only, roundtable conference in London
February 8
Pierce Law Hires New Patent Practice Professor Ann M McCrackin
February 6
Professors Bill Hennessey and Karen Hersey to attend Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation meeting.
January 1
Please welcome new faculty member Ann McKrackin of Orono, MN
2006
December 19-20
Professor Karl Jorda will deliver seven lectures in Bangkok.
December 6, 2006
Pierce Law Student Nathaniel Lucek Receives Donald W. Banner Corporate Intern Scholarship
October 6-7, 2006
Dean Susan Richey will present a paper on trademarks applicants duty to disclose at U. Pittsburgh School of Law
October 1, 2006
Professor Karl Jorda authoring a chapter on “Trade Secret Licensing” for MIHR's/PIPRA's Handbook of Best Practices for Management of IP
September 27-28, 2006
Professor William O. Hennessey will be the opening speaker at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Conference
September 21 and 22, 2006
Ashlyn J. Lembree, assistant clinical professor will participate in the 4th Annual Arts Day.
September 7, 2006
Professor Albert Buzz Scherr will chair a one-day retreat of the Patents & Civil Liberties Committee of the ACLU's national board of directors on September 9 in Atlanta, GA.
Summer 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa Addresses
Graduating Class of 2006 (PDF)
August 21-22, 2006
Professor Mary Wong will be moderating a panel on copyrights at the Global Forum on IP to be held in Singapore.
August 18, 2006
Pierce Law Trustee Gordon Smith will lecture at the Academy for Intellectual Property Studies, Mumbai, India
August 10-11, 2006
Professor Mary Wong will be presenting a paper entitled “Knowledge: Lessons from the Open Movements,”.
Summer 2006
Pierce Law Institutes Intellectual
Property Amicus Clinic (PDF)
June 29, 2006
Professor Karl Jorda will lecture on "Technology Licensing: Dos & Don'ts".
June 14-16, 2006
Professor William Grimes will attend the Intellectual Property Workshop.
June 12-14, 2006
Professor Karen Hersey to attend the Intellectual Property Workshop.
June 7, 2006
Professor Karen Hersey will attend a Minority-Serving Institutions Workshop at Jackson State University.
June 2, 2006
Professor Karen Hersey will present at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.
June 2006
Congratulats to Elizabeth Featherman ('06) and Barrie Neutze ('07) who recently competed in the International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution.
June 2006
Professor Karen Hersey to participate in site reviews on technology commercialization.
May 6-10, 2006
Alumni Reception/INTA Conference Toronto, Canada
April 17, 2006
Franklin Pierce team returns home from successful trip to Vienna, Austria for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
April 1, 2006
Pierce Law to Hold 8th Intellectual Property System Major Issues Conference.
April 2006
Members of the Pierce Law community participated in meetings in Geneva, Switzerland.
April 2006
Professor William Murphy presents lecture in Ireland.
Spring 2006
Professor Karl Jorda participates in Washington D.C panel.
March 10-12, 2006
Congratulations to the Pierce Law Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Teams!
March 2006
Professor Karl Jorda lectures in New York.
March 2006
Professor Bill Hennessey presents lecture in Ghana.
March 2006
David Morfesi, Pierce Alum, named World Trade Organization Representative.
February 2, 2006
Professor Karen Hersey will conduct a workshop for the Swedish organization, VINNOVA, in Stockholm.
February 1, 2006
Professor William O. Hennessey will speak on protecting IP value in China at a conference sponsored by the World Resources Group.
January 2006
Visiting Assistant Professor Jack Graves teaches International Business Transactions
January 2006
Professor Thomas G. Field, Jr. provides lead article in a new publication on IP by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs.
2005
November 20-23, 2005
Pierce Law Contingent participates in Inter-American Association of Industrial Property professionals Annual Conference in Latin America
November 17, 2005
Pierce Law & Tsinghua University announce Third International Conference on IP Protection of High Technology
October 4, 2005
Prof. Hennessey will present "Building and Enforcing IP Value in China" lecture at World Research Group's Conference
October 4, 2005
Prof. Field on "Defenses to Third Party Liability" panel at Santa Clara University School of Law
October 4, 2005
Prof. Jorda will discuss the "Role and Value of Trade Secrets in IP Management Strategies" at Japan Intellectual Property Association
September 7, 2005
Prof. Jorda will present an all-day lecture on "Technology Licensing" in Monterrey, Mexico
August 8, 2005
New Pierce Law IP Public Policy Clinic Assists with GLobal Technology Transfer
July 1, 2005
Profs. Murphy and Richey are teaching at Pierce Law's first eLaw Summer Institute, Ireland
July 1, 2005
Prof. Hennessey will deliver lectures on IP protection in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Osaka, and Tokyo
July 1, 2005
Profs. Hennessey and Orcutt are teaching at the China Intellectual Property Summer Institute
July 1, 2005
Prof. Wong of Singapore will join the Pierce Law faculty in August
May 1, 2005
Prof. Orcutt will present a program at the Anti-Counterfeiting Summit in Cairo, Egypt
May 1, 2005
Profs. Jorda and Hennessey will attend the 127th Annual Meeting of INTA
January 20, 2005
Student Pam Roth has been selected as one of the three finalists in the LES 2005 Edwin A. Shalloway Graduate Student Licensing Competition
January 15, 2005
Student Joy Simeone's paper on pharmaceutical patent protection has scored first place from the Stanford Technology Law Journal
January 1, 2005
Making a Difference: Alumni Profile of Susan H. Bodine '81
January 1, 2005
Featured: Silke Von Lewinski
January 1, 2005
Featured: Dr. Hans Goldrian
January 1, 2005
Featured: Gordon V. Smith
January 1, 2005
Featured: Ronald N. Weikers
January 1, 2005
New Courses and Faculty at Nineteenth Annual Intellectual Property Summer Institute
2004
December 6, 2004
Pierce Law to Host Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in February 2005
December 3, 2004
Seventh Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar Courtyard Marriott Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord, NH, April 29-30, 2005
November 31, 2004
Profs. Thomas Field, Jr. and Bill Hennessey have been asked to be columnists for PatentCafe.com
November 31, 2004
Distinguished Visitor - Sara Boettiger, Executive Director of Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA)
November 31, 2004
Prof. Jorda - member of Commission on the Settlement of Disputes Relating to Confidentiality
November 31, 2004
Prof. Jorda participates in the second International Seminar on Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer
September 30, 2004
Prof. Jorda presents on "The Role & Value of Trade Secrets in IP Management Strategies"
September 29, 2004
Prof. Richey presents on "Fair Use: Commercial Images in Museum Collections"
September 29, 2004
Prof. Jorda presents on "Globalization of R&D: IP Management Policies and Strategies"
September 29, 2004
Prof. Hennessey speaks on "Designing and Implementing a Sound Intellectual Property Curriculum"
August 16, 2004
Prof. Field writes Introduction for the Department of State's New Intellectual Property Publication
August 16, 2004
Prof. Hennessey Speaks in Japan, New York and Michigan
August 9, 2004
Patents: The earliest U.S. patents went up in smoke
May 13, 2004
LES Foundation Welcomes Pierce Law Students to San Francisco Graduate Student Licensing/Business Plans Competition
May 1, 2004
Prof. Richey Represents Pierce Law at New Hampshire Business in the Arts Program
April 29, 2004
Pierce Law Founder Robery H. Rines Receives Boston Patent Law Association's First Lifetime Achievement Award
April 23, 2004
ASIPI scholarship to IPSI winner is Christian Calderon from Costa Rica
April 16-17, 2004
Pierce Law is pleased to announce the Sixth Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Seminar
April 2004
Prof. Hennessey to moderate/speak on panel at Fordham Law School International IP Conference
April 2004
Prof. Murphy presented paper on Self-Organizing Internet Monopolies
March 25, 2004
Prof. Bryan Harris Remembered: "Volez" to A Pierce Law Friend
March 2004
Prof. Hennessey deliverers paper entitled "Changing Traffic Patterns in Technospace"
March 2004
Director Peter Wright attended Public Interest conference
January 24, 2004
Pierce Law students selected as Finalists in the LES Graduate Student Licensing Competition
2003
December 4, 2003
Prof. Karl Jorda participated in Symposium on "IP Management Strategies in the U.S. & Japan" held at Technical Institute of Tokyo Japan, Dec. 1-4.
November 11, 2003
WIPO & Pierce Law Sponsor Sixth Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar in April 2004
November 8, 2003
SIPLA SYMPOSIUM: Litigation Strategies for Intellectual Property
October 30, 2003
Prof. Field opens AIPLA 'Substantial Evidence Standard' panel
October 10, 2003
Prof. Hennessey participates in Conference on International Cooperation on Transnational Crime in The Hague
October 7, 2003
Prof. Jorda participates in sixth meeting of Commission on the Settlement of Disputes Relating to Confidentiality of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague
September 13, 2003
Prof. Jorda participates in a Lemelson/MIT Workshop on "How Does Intellectual Property Support the Creative Processes of Invention?"
September 5, 2003
Prof. Hennessey gave talks on "Intellectual Property Protection in the Knowledge Economy" to Chinese government
July 2003
Prof. Hennessey taught course entitled "International Intellectual Property Law" at Tufts' Fletcher School
May 27, 2003
Prof. Jorda participates in fifth meeting of Commission on the Settlement of Disputes Relating to Confidentiality of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague
May 2003
Prof. Hennessey participated in the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association [INTA]
April 21, 2003
Prof. Jorda made presentations at a meeting of the Inventors Network of the Capital Area (INCA)
April 18, 2003
Pierce Law Partners With Penn State's Eberly College of Science
March 13, 2003
Prof. Susan Richey and Karl Jorda presented a workshop on intellectual property law at the United Nations
March 5, 2003
Pierce Law takes first place in 2003 Northeast Regional Trademark Moot Court Competition
January 17, 2003
Prof. Nermien Al-Ali spoke at the McMaster University World Congress of Intellectual Capital in Canada
2002
December 1, 2002
Prof. Garon has been elected the Chair of The New Hampshire Film Commission
December 1, 2002
Prof. Jorda has been reappointed to a third term to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
November 4, 2002
Prof. Hennessey participates in a symposium on IP protection for Agricultural Biotechnology at the World Bank-funded Yangling Agricultural Research Park in Shaanxi, China
November 7, 2002
Prof. Jorda gave a talk on "Harmonization of the International Patent System" at Cardozo School of Law
November 1, 2002
SIPLA welcomes speakers Matt Lowrie, Glen Secor, Janda Carter
November 2002
Professor Hennessey to participate in a symposium on IP protection for Agricultural Biotechnology
November 2002
Professor Karl Jorda will give a talk on "Harmonization of the International Patent System"
November 2002
Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) to hold annual symposium
October 28, 2002
Prof. Al-Ali presented lectured at professional development meeting of Boston chapter of Special Libraries Association in Boston
October 15, 2002
WIPO and Pierce Law Sponsor Fifth Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar in April 2003
August 8, 2002
USPTO Commissioner Chasser to be Key Speaker at Pierce Law Conference on Electronic Trademark Registration (23K PDF)
June 17, 2002
Pierce Law to Hold 11th Annual Advanced Licensing Institute (ALI) in July (23K PDF)
April 5, 2002
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Pierce Law in Top Five for IP Law for 11th Consecutive Year (76K PDF)
April 1, 2002
From P.O. to P.O.W.: the coming battlefield
January 21, 2002
WIPO and Pierce Law Sponsor Fourth Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar in April
January 15, 2002
Prof. Hennessey announces scholarship gift
January 15, 2002
Prof. Al-Ali to present "Where Are You on the Intellectual Capital Continuum (IC): a Tool for Organizations to Assess Their Intellectual Capital Management Programs"
January 15, 2002
Prof. Hennessey to participate in Advisory Council of the WIPO's Worldwide Academy
January 2002
Prof. Al-Ali to present program entitled "Where Are You on the Intellectual Capital Continuum
January 2002
Prof. Hennessey to participate in Advisory Council of the WIPO Worldwide Academy in Geneva
January 2002
Pierce Law receives gift of $30,000 in support of scholarships
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