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New funding, new faculty
 With the spring semester well under way, I am pleased to report that the Center for IP Research continues to grow and play an important role in our students' legal education.
Toward that end, we're pleased to announce an important sponsorship by Microsoft Corporation of an international IP conference, along with a significant addition to our faculty. Read on for details!
All best,
Mark D. Janis, JD'89
Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law
Director, Center for Intellectual Property Research
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A CIPR milestone:
CIPR to lead major international conference
The Center for Intellectual Property Research (CIPR) will hold an international conference on the future of design protection law this fall.
The conference, which will take place at Oxford University in coordination with Oxford's Intellectual Property Research Centre, will bring together the world's leading scholars, practitioners, industry representatives, and government officials involved in all aspects of design protection law, including scholars from the US, Europe, and China. Microsoft Corporation will sponsor the conference.
CIPR Director Professor Mark D. Janis explained that the intellectual property laws have protected the visual appearance of industrial products for some two hundred years. The challenge is to see how those laws are adapting to design innovation in new virtual environments.
"Think of smartphone icons or other sorts of touch-screen user interfaces," Janis said. "Design law needs to be nimble enough to deal with these cutting-edge design activities. We are looking forward to convening some of the most recognized experts in this area." Proceedings of the Oxford conference will be published in IP Theory, the CIPR's on-line, peer-edited scholarly journal.
Janis credited the Law School's administration, headed by Interim Dean Hannah Buxbaum, for fostering a climate at the school that encourages public/private partnerships such as the one with Microsoft. "We're blessed with outstanding leadership here," he said. The CIPR also has a major partnership with Cook Medical Group in the area of strategic management of intellectual property.
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UC Berkeley Research Fellow joins IP faculty
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Michael Mattioli joins the Indiana Law IP faculty this fall. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Mattioli has been serving as a Microsoft research fellow at the University of California - Berkeley Law School for the past year. During the 2010-11 academic year, he was a Microsoft postdoctoral fellow in law, economics, and technology at the University of Michigan Law School.
A prolific scholar, Mattioli has written extensively on patent law topics; his latest work will appear this year in the Northwestern University Law Review. His area of focus: the legal and economic impact of collaborative patent licensing across industries and national borders. Mattioli's practice experience includes two years at Ropes & Gray in New York. At Indiana Law, he will teach contracts and a variety of IP courses.
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Purdue women learn about IP careers
Recognizing the growing demand for women in IP-related fields, the Center hosted a forum at Purdue University on January 28. About 50 engineering students from Purdue's Women in Engineering and Women in Sciences programs attended a day-long workshop titled "IP Law as a Career Path." They heard from women IP lawyers, IP students, and recent alums about the opportunities and challenges in this field and participated in a mock classroom demonstration.
Jessica Van Dalen, JD'10, and Jamie Drewry of Faegre Baker Daniels, along with Jennifer Schuster, JD'08, of Barnes & Thornburg, helped organize the event. Faegre attorney Leslie Prill, JD/MS'11, and current students Natalie Jones and Tearra Vaughn participated.
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Greg Castanias, JD'90, is bringing his extensive experience to bear this semester by teaching a course in Federal Circuit advocacy.