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T H E C A S E B O O K C O M E S A L I V EAdjunct Professors Share Their‘Intellectual Property’with Fortunate CUA StudentsBy Tom HaederleAP Photo/Paul SakumaAP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, filePreparing for an exciting career ahead: IP instructors areequipping CUA students to be future players in the kind of hightechlegal actions that grab national headlines, such as therecently settled lawsuit brought by Verizon Communicationsagainst Vonage Holdings Corp, a provider of Internet telephoneservices. The hotly contested patent dispute was settled forVerizon to the tune of $120 million. Does Paris Hilton own therights to “That’s hot,” her signature line from “The Simple Life”?She has sued Hallmark over its card that spoofs the phrase. Thatcase and others such as Viacom, Inc.’s against YouTube for copyrightinfringement, underscore the red hot market for skilledIP lawyers.Some things just can’t be downloaded on YouTube. As popular as the “broadcast yourself”Internet site is to legions of Web surfers, novideo format can hope to convey the experience, wisdom and passionfor teaching that Columbus School of Law students enjoy every day,courtesy of the dedication of some of the finest practitioners of intellectualproperty law in the nation.Catholic University’s law school is blessed with the teachingtalents of more than 80 adjunct professors, all of them experts in theirchosen field of law. The 10 or so men and women who offer instructionin IP law are an especially accomplished cohort of professionalsand emblematic of the quality of lecturer that the school attracts.6CUALAWYER /Fall–Winter 2007
T H E C A S E B O O K C O M E S A L I V EIntellectual property law is one of the hottest branches ofjurisprudence around, touching as it does the lives of mostAmericans. It draws the talents and attention of some promisinglaw students, who are intrigued by a practice area in which onemight represent anyone from the inventors of the counter-flowinsect trap to the author of a nationally syndicated comic strip.“IP deals with cutting edge and real-life issues.Particularly copyright and trademark, where you can often seethe results of your work in the media, or on store shelves,” saysGeorge Borababy, a partner at Patton Boggs who teaches copyrightlaw at CUA. “Also, just about every business, large andsmall, has IP issues, from computer software, to choosing thename of the business, to putting out copyrightable materials, towanting to use others’ materials.”It’s a field ablaze with career possibilities at the moment.Copyright law is struggling to keep up with technology because“IP deals with cutting edge and real-lifeissues. Particularly copyright and trademark,where you can often see the results of yourwork in the media, or on store shelves,” saysGeorge Borababy.Fischer and Winston to offer students additional perspectivesabout the practice of IP law. They encourage students to consideraspects of it that the busy practitioner may rarely have time tothink about. On March 29, 2007, for example, the two professorsorganized a daylong symposium on “Ethical Issues in PatentLaw,” a discussion that explored the nuances of the ethical burdenparticular to the practice of patent law. The keynote speakerwas the Hon. Paul Michel, chief judge of the U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.“There is such a huge demand for lawyers who know theconcepts of how to protect and exploit intellectual property, particularlyon the patent and copyright areas of the practice,”AP Photo/pdf image provided by Brent H BlakelyAP Photo/Cameron BlochSusanna FischerBeth Winstonthe ubiquity of the Internet has turned everythingon its head. File sharing, You Tube andsimilar services are leaving copyright law inthe dust. At the same time, trademarks arebeing used and exploited in ways that the lawhas not envisioned.The demand for expertise in IP law issuch that the contributions of the adjunct lecturersat CUA supplement those of the fulltimefaculty, which employs two professors —Susanna Fischer and Beth Winston — whoteach the subject extensively.The luxury of full time classroominstruction has also permitted Professorsobserves Kevin Kramer, 1990, a partner at Pillsbury WinthropShaw Pittman LLP, who will teach patent enforcement at CUA inthe spring of 2008. “As a practical matter, if you are going to spendthe money for a law school education, you should consider practicingin a field where there is demand for your services.”Beyond the promise of a handsome living, the next generationof IP attorneys “will also have the opportunity to shape wherethe law goes on these issues, as they understand the technology anduse these vehicles far more than many of us of an older generation,”concurs Borababy.Given the outlook at the moment, CUA law students arefortunate indeed to be learning from an exceptionally talented andrespected group of instructors. They practice at some of the bestknownfirms in America, including four from Patton Boggs alone.Fall–Winter 2007 / C UALAWYER 7
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