Internet & Intellectual Property Justice Clinic

Under faculty guidance, you'll take on pro bono clients, handle patents, and oversee trademark and copyright cases from intake to resolution. Clients are individuals and startups working toward social and environmental change, inventors, artists, entrepreneurs, as well as small companies in trademark disputes against larger companies.

Gain Real-World Experience

You'll become a temporary registered agent under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Certification Program, allowing you to practice both trademark law and patent law (under faculty supervision) before the USPTO. You can also file trademark applications, defend trademark oppositions/cancellations, and file patents. The Clinic does a wide variety of other work, such as assisting with copyright registrations, IP licenses and assignments, NDAs and other contracts, and internet-related tasks such as assisting clients with privacy policies, terms of service, and domain disputes. In order to process patent applications, you must have earned an undergraduate and/or graduate degree in science.

Build Skills That Set You Apart

Even if you don't pursue a career in intellectual property law, the practical skills learned in the clinic — from negotiating disputes to performing risk analysis to contract drafting skills — will make you highly desirable to any law firm. You'll gain expertise in:

• Performing risk analysis for potential use of a trademark or patent
• Filing patent and trademark applications
• Responding to trademark and patent examiner office actions
• Negotiating trademark disputes
• Participating in trademark oppositions and cancellations
• Filing copyright applications and reconsiderations
• Draft privacy notices and advice on privacy compliance
• Contract drafting and negotiation
• Case research and memo writing
• Client communication and management
• Case file management and time tracking