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The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, through its Center for Intellectual Property Law, offers one of the most comprehensive intellectual property LLM programs in the country. By studying intellectual property law at John Marshall, you will not only be able to learn about substantive and skills topics that are unaddressed by most IP LLM programs, you will study with some of the country’s top IP professors and practitioners in the midst of an extensive community of IP specialists in Chicago. The breadth of business and cultural activities centered in Chicago make it an intellectual environment with few equals. Both in the types of intellectual property issues encountered and in the caliber of practitioners, law firms, and corporate legal departments dealing with IP problems, Chicago is an extraordinary environment in which to study IP law.
The primary advantage to studying IP as an LLM student at John Marshall is the school’s exceptional breadth of course offerings. Every year, the LLM program includes specialized substantive courses in every area of IP law, as well as additional courses addressing the distinctive practice skills needed in IP practices. The IP program at John Marshall is particularly extensive and renowned in the area of patent law, but includes broad offerings in all areas of IP so as to provide complete training for other types of IP specialists as well. Cross-curriculum offerings with John Marshall’s Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law and Center for International Business and Trade Law allow students to take courses in the related fields of cybercrime, privacy and information technology and international business as part of their program of study.
Graduate students in the LL.M. program have the benefit of an experienced faculty in intellectual property law. The faculty is composed of five full-time professors and over 30 adjunct professors selected from the top scholars and practitioners in the field, including Chief Judge James F. Holderman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The program also features visiting dignitaries, such as top scholars, practitioners and other experts who are invited to present guest lectures and master classes on new developments. Recent speakers include:
United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
Chief Justice Paul R. Michel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Secretary of Commerce (and John Marshall alumnus) William M. Daley
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Q. Todd Dickinson (a member of the Center for Intellectual Property Law’s Advisory Board)
Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters (a member of the Center for Intellectual Property Law’s Advisory Board)
Executive Vice President of Law and Corporate Affairs for the Microsoft Corporation (and current ABA President) William H. Neukom
President of Touchstone Television Studios and Executive Vice-President of ABC Entertainment Television Group Mark Pedowitz (also a John Marshall alumnus)
Acting Chief Judge of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court Zhang Guangling (also a John Marshall alumnus)
Noted Professor and Patent Law Treatise Author Donald Chisum
LL.M. Curriculum
The John Marshall Law School offers a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property for graduates of United States and foreign law schools or law training programs who want to obtain specialized and advanced training in all aspects of global intellectual property law. The Master of Laws program has two tracks:
A Patent Track for those students who have technical backgrounds and who wish to specialize in patent practice; and
A General IP Track designed for those students with or without a technical background who wish to gain in depth knowledge about the full range of IP laws and developments.
For more information about the curriculum requirements and offerings in these two tracks, see the LL.M. Curriculum Guide.
LL.M. Course and Instructor List
In evaluating an IP LLM program, it is important to assess the range of courses that are currently being offered and that a student can expect to take if enrolled. While the precise list of courses in any particular year may vary a bit, the following are the IP courses offered to LLM students in 2007 (all of these courses were offered in 2007):
Patent and Trade Secret
Substantive Patent Law I
K. Shannon Mrksich & Jeffery M. Duncan, Partners, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Substantive Patent Law II
James P. Muraff, Senior Counsel, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Patent Claim Drafting
Howard B. Rockman, Partner, Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver
Patent Office Practice
Christopher T. Griffith, Partner, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Patent Clinic
David J. Bremer, Patent Agent, Sabre Technical Services Corporation
Biotechnology Patent Law
Kevin Noonan, Partner, McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff
Comparative & International Patent Law
John Richards, Partner, Ladas & Parry
Patent Law and Practice in China
Dr. Lulin Gao, Former Commissioner of Chinese Patent Office and
Founding Commissioner, State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO),
People's Republic of China
Trade Secret Law
R. Mark Halligan, Treatise Author and Partner, Lovells
Copyright
Copyright Law and Practice
William T. McGrath, Treatise Author and Partner, Davis McGrath LLC
Copyright Litigation
William T. McGrath, Treatise Author and Partner, Davis McGrath LLC
International Copyright
Jesse M. Feder, Director of International Trade and Intellectual Property, Business Software Alliance
Trademark
Trademark Law and Practice
Mark V.B. Partridge, Treatise Author and Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson & Sanjiv D. Sarwate, Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson
Trademark Transactions
Mark V.B. Partridge, Treatise Author and Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson
International Trademark Law
Catherine Simmons-Gill, Past President, International Trademark Association and Former General Counsel, General Media International
General IP
Trial Advocacy for IP Attorneys
Hon. James F. Holderman, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Legal Writing for IP Practice
Salvador K. Karottki, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, The Tribune Company
IP Licensing
Robert E. Sloat, Former General Patent Attorney & Licensing Manager, British Petroleum/Amoco
Valuation of IP
David A. Haas, Vice President, CRA International
Globalization, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Doris Estelle Long, Casebook Author and Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School
Bankruptcy & Security Interests in IP
Beverly A. Berneman, Partner, Querrey & Harrow
Antitrust and Misuse Aspects of IP
David C. Brezina, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg
Specialized IP
Advertising Law
Angela Washelesky, Partner, Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver
Art Law
Doris Estelle Long, Casebook Author and Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School
Business Franchise Law
Robert Jay Nye, Casebook Author and Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School
Cultural Property & Museum Law
Alicia M. Hilton, Visiting Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School
Entertainment Law
Jerry W. Glover, Former Senior Vice President & General Counsel, WTTW/Chicago, and Partner, Entertainment & Intellectual Property Group, LLC
Gaming Law
Cory Aronovitz, Principal, Casino Law Group
Music Licensing Law
Kevin C. Parks, Founder and Former President, SOUNDIES, Inc. (Music Licensing)
Publishing Law
Steven Weissman, Associate General Counsel, Time, Inc.
Right of Publicity/Protection of Personality
Jonathan Jennings, Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson
Sports and the Law
Mary K. Braza, Partner, Foley & Lardner and Outside Counsel to Major League Baseball
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