We love hearing from all of our alums about their post-MSL exploits; we get a special charge hearing from the members of our inaugural MSL class, who studied in the program in the 2014-15 academic year. The very first person ever to commit to attending the MSL program was Shweta Dharap (MSL ’15). Shweta had […]
MSL students were recently treated to a panel focused on careers in intellectual property; the panel was sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC). Associate Dean and Professor David Schwartz, an IPLAC member, helped organize the panel and moderated the session. The panel featured the following IP professionals: Anthoula Pomrening, Intellectual Property […]
My work at Cardinal IP focuses on the prior art searching stage of the patent prosecution process; I analyze potential claims of clients’ inventions and explore prior art that may invalidate an invention under 35 U.S.C. §102, Novelty and 35 U.S.C. §103, Non-Obviousness. In short, I use a variety of databases and research tools in an attempt to find, […]
Amy Garber (MSL ’15) was already a successful patent agent when she joined the MSL program; she came to the MSL to learn more about how intellectual property assets impact business value. In the MSL program, she learned that and so much more – Amy met a like-minded team and went on to co-found Hazel […]
Erwin Cruz (MSL ’17) already had an impressive thirty-year career to his credit, including two graduate degrees, when he entered the MSL program. But Erwin knew that the MSL program, with its focus on the intersection of business, technology, and the law, would give him the knowledge and skills that would allow him to remain […]
As part of the Regional Seminar of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional US Patent and Trademark Office hosted by the Law School, MSL students were treated to a special panel on the role of the patent examiner and the trademark examining attorney. Alfrod Kindred, the outreach assistant regional director of the Midwest office, and […]
If you’re interested in becoming a patent agent or attorney, then you need to cross off one major to-do: take and pass the Patent Bar Examination. You don’t need a JD to take the exam but you do have to meet certain educational requirements in order to register. Once you have done so, setting up […]
Daniel Eichler, a recent graduate of the MSL program, has a unique passion: brewing mead. With a background in Chemistry and a clear love of experimentation, Dan creates innovative flavors of the traditional beverage. Thanks to the MSL program, he has plans to incorporate his hobby into a business! Read on to hear his full story. Background I […]
When I talk to people about the MSL program and mention how our robust curriculum in intellectual property can prepare them for careers at the intersection of law, business, and technology they often say something like this: “Oh yeah, like patent attorneys?” This is my opening. I get to tell them that there are actually […]
The VP of Legal at UL (Underwriters Laboratory), Paul Brown, recently came to speak as part of the MSL Speaker Series. UL is a company that deals with safety issues; the company performs safety analyses of new technologies, most notably the public adoption of electricity and the drafting of safety standards for electrical components and […]