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1991
2016
IP IL/HOUSTON a t t h e University of Houston Law Center
C E L E B R AT E S 2 5 Y E A R S ! Anniversary25 th
ANTHONY R. CHASE, Associate Professor of Law, B.A., M.B.A., J.D., Harvard University
Professor Chase, a former telecom industry executive, has served as Deputy Chairman of the Regional Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch. He teaches Communications Law, Entrepreneurship, and Contracts at the Law Center, and also teaches in the UH Bauer College of Business’s top-ranked Entrepreneurship Program.
SETH CHANDLER, Law Foundation Professor of Law, A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Harvard University
Professor Chandler is a leader in the emerging scholarly discipline of law and computation, where his scholarship uses computational modeling to better understand such areas of interest as insurance law, health law, economic analysis of law, and contracts. At UH, he teaches Computational Law, which includes various methods applied to the effect and operation of IP law.
DARREN BUSH, Leonard B. Rosenberg College Professor of Law, B.A., California State University, San Bernardino; Ph.D., J.D., University of Utah
Professor Bush previously served in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, with attention to state deregulation of electric utilities as well as mergers and anticompetitive conduct in wholesale and retail energy markets. He teaches Antitrust, Regulated Industries, Law & Economics, and Administrative Law.
LEONARD M. BAYNES, Dean and Professor of Law, B.S., New York University; M.B.A., J.D., Columbia University
Dean Baynes joined the Law Center in 2015, bringing a national reputation as a communications law scholar, with specializations in business, media, and diversity issues. He has written more than 25 law review articles. His co-authored casebook, Telecommunications Law: Convergence and Competition, will appear shortly.
RICHARD F. DOLE, Bobby Wayne Young Professor of Consumer Law, A.B., Bates College; LL.B., LL.M., Cornell University; S.J.D., University of Michigan
Professor Dole assisted in drafting both the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. His recent scholarship concerns remedies under the UTSA. Professor Dole’s teaching interests include Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Creditors’ Rights, and Unfair Competition.
BARBARA EVANS, Alumnae College Professor of Law and George Butler Research Professor and Director, Center on Biotechnology & Law, B.S.E.E.,University of Texas at Austin (with Honors); M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University; J.D., Yale Law University; LL.M., University of Houston
Dr. Evans’s research interests include genomic and translational medicine, tissue banking, healthy data privacy, and biotechnology regulation. A member of the ABA Special Committee on Bioethics, at UH she teaches Biotechnology and the Law.
PETER LINZER, Professor of Law, A.B., Cornell University; J.D., Columbia University
Professor Linzer has served as Reviser, Corbin on Contracts (Interpretation), and Editorial Reviser of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts. In addition to advanced contract drafting (including domestic and international IP-related documents), he teaches Constitutional Law and First Amendment, with research interests in free speech rights and Internet neutrality.
GERALDINE SZOTT MOOHR, Alumnae Professor of Law (Emerita), A.B., Cornell University; J.D., Columbia University
Professor Moohr is one of the nation’s leading scholars in federal criminal law, particularly fraud and white collar crime, and is the author of the path-breaking casebook, The Criminal Law of Intellectual Property and Information.
SPENCER SIMONS, Associate Professor of Law, and Director, O’Quinn Law Library, B.A., J.D., M.B.A. (Finance), Master of Librarianship, University of Washington
Professor Simons’s background includes work in banking and financial management, along with bankruptcy work as an attorney. His academic career led him to the directorship of the Law Center’s O’Quinn Law Library in 2004. He teaches Accounting and Finance for Lawyers, as well as Advanced Legal Research.
JESSICA ROBERTS, Associate Professor of Law, George Butler Research Professor, and Director, Health Law & Policy Institute, B.A., University of Southern California; J.D., Yale University
Professor Robert’s research studies the intersection of health and antidiscrimination law, which includes the theoretical implications of health-care reform, the formation of genetic identity, and the antidiscrimination protection of health-related information. Professor Roberts teaches Introduction to Health Law, Disabilities and the Law, and Genetics and the Law.
LAWRENCE F. PINSKY, Professor, Physics Department, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Houston, B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester; J.D., LL.M., University of Houston
Dr. Pinsky’s specialties include experimental particle physics, heavy ion physics, nucleon structure functions, space radiation simulation, medium energy physics, and charged particle detector development. He is involved in projects at CERN, BNL, NASA, and Fermilab. He teaches Internet Law and Intellectual Property Survey.
MICHAEL A. OLIVAS, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law; Director, Institute of Higher Education Law & Governance; and Interim President, University of Houston - Downtown, B.A., Pontifical College Josephinum; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University; J.D., Georgetown University
Professor Olivas teaches courses in Higher Education Law and Entertainment Law as well as Immigration Law. He also has a regular radio show on the Albuquerque, NM, NPR station KANW, “The Law of Rock and Roll,” in which he reviews legal developments in music and entertainment law.
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Anniversary25 th
In 2016, IPIL (the Institute for Intellectual Property
& Information Law at the UNIVERSITY OF
HOUSTON LAW CENTER) celebrated its
25th Anniversary. IPIL is the
third-oldest IP program in
the nation (behind only GW in
1891 and John Marshall in 1951).*
Inside, we present a brief history of IPIL’s
first 25 years.
* Robert Gomulkiewicz, Intellectual Property, Innovation, and the Future: Toward a Better Model for Educating Leaders in Intellectual Property Law, 64 SMU L. Rev. 1161, 1163 (2011)
“PRESENT AT THE CREATION”UH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROGRAM
INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
ORIGINAL IPSO LOGO Founding of the
Intellectual Property Student Organization
IP PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORSCraig Joyce and Paul Janicke
1997199619951994199319921991
CO-MARKETING WITHUH INFORMATION
LAW INSTITUTE(Founded 1985)
Raymond T. NimmerDirector
FIRST GALVESTON FALL INSTITUTEPartnering with
Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
LL.M. DEGREE ADDED Master of Laws
LL.M.
IPSO ON TOURVisiting European IP & IL
Agencies
WESTWARD HOFirst IPIL National Conference
Santa Fe, New Mexico
WELCOME, PROFESSOR!Greg R. Vetter
Joins the UH Law Center as Faculty and IPIL Co-Director
FIRST KATZ FOUNDATION LECTUREBeginning of IPIL Partnership
with Houston Law Review
2003200220012000199919981997
SINDEE BIELAMOWICZ joins the team
SAY HELLO TO “IPIL”!JOINING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYAND INFORMATION LAW PROGRAMS
COWGIRL FAREWELLSupreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
2005 IPIL Banquet
STRENGTHENING THE BRAND Sapna Kumar Joins the Team
CREATION OF “SSG” PROGRAMAnnual Funding
in Support of Scholarshipfor Members of the Academy
and Federal Appellate Court Clerks
INAUGURAL SPRING LECTUREThe Right to Claim Authorship
in U.S. Copyright and Trademarks LawJane C. Ginsburg (Columbia)
2012201120102009200820072006200520042003
CELEBRATING THE STATUTE OF ANNE’S300th ANNIVERSARY
IPIL’s 2010 National Conference
WIPIP 2012 IN HOUSTON
Fifteenth AnniversaryIPIL National Conference
Santa Fe, New Mexico
ADDING INFORMATION LAW STRENGTH
Jacqueline Lipton Joins IPIL/HOUSTON
20162015201420132012
Mission AccoMplished!
February 10-11, 2012Houston, Texas
IPIL/HOUSTON
ANOTHER LEADING SCHOLAR
David Fagundes Joins the Faculty
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPAndrews Kurth LLPArnold, Knobloch & Saunders, L.L.P.Baker Botts L.L.P.Baker Hughes IncorporatedBlank Rome LLPBMC SoftwareBoulware & ValoirBracewell LLPData Foundry ColocationDentons US LLPDLA PiperExxon Mobil CorporationGiganews UsenetGolden Frog Internet TechnologyGreenberg Traurig, LLPHogan Lovells
Sponsors/SupportersTHE INSTITUTE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INFORMATION LAW at the University of Houston Law Center acknowledges the generosity of the following sponsors and supporters:
Katz Family Foundation FundLexicon PharmaceuticalsLocke Lord EdwardsMayer Brown LLPMcKool SmithNielsen IP Law LLCNorton Rose FulbrightOsha Liang LLPPolsinelli PCPorter Hedges LLPShell Oil CompanyShook, Hardy & Bacon LLPSusman Godfrey LLPSutton McAughan Deaver PLLCThompson & Knight LLPUnivation TechnologiesVinson & Elkins LLP
0073054880 University of Houston Law CenterInstitute for Intellectual Property & Information Law4604 Calhoun RoadHouston, Texas 77204-6060www.law.uh.edu/ipil
Meg Boulware • Ed Fein • Sarah Harris • Craig Joyce • Ronald and Madelyn Katz Steve Koch • Irene Kosturakis • Bill LaFuze • Anthony Matheny • Scott Partridge
Peter Strand • David Vondle • Bill Walker • Russell Wong
The University of Houston is a Carnegie-Designated Tier One public research university and an EEO/AA institution.