Kapil U. Banakar (’15) has been with Faegre Baker Daniels since graduation. He began in the firm’s Fort Wayne office, but is now based out of Indianapolis. Banakar is a member of the firm’s intellectual property group where he focuses his practice on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications primarily in the chemical and…
Kimberly Ray (’15) spent her first year after graduation as a clerk with the U.S. District Court (Southern District of Indiana, Judge Hussmann & Judge Brookman) in Evansville. Ray recently relocated to Alexandria, Virginia to begin work as a Trademark Examining Attorney at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Kim is originally from North…
Caleb J. Bean (’14) is an associate in the Orange County office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Previously, Bean was with the firm of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, one of America’s largest IP law firms. Caleb is a member of the Patent Prosecution and Litigation practice group. He assists clients in patent and…
Kassandra M. Officer (’14) is an associate with the firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP in Washington, D.C. Her practice focuses on complex patent litigation before U.S. district courts in the chemical and pharmaceutical fields. Kassi’s litigation experience covers numerous aspects of trial preparation, including conducting offensive and defensive discovery and handling…
Andrew T. Langford (’13) is an associate with the firm of Sidley Austin in Dallas, Texas. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and intellectual property transactions. Langford earned his J.D. from Maurer, magna cum laude, and received his B.S., cum laude, in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University. He earned the second-highest score on…
Tearra J. Vaughn (’13) is an associate with the firm of Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago. Her practice concentrates on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications (domestic and foreign), patent portfolio analysis, and counseling and review of intellectual property agreements in the computer, electronic, and electromechanical arts. Prior to working at Foley, Vaughn…
Chelsea K. Anderson (’13) clerked for Judge Ronald M. Gould of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2013-2014. Said Anderson prior to the start of her clerkship: “I’ve been told by former clerks that clerking is the best job I’ll ever have, so I’m very excited to be in an…
Darrian Campbell (’13) is an associate at the firm of Locke Lord LLP in Dallas, Texas. His practice concentrates on intellectual property litigation. Campbell earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Baylor University and his J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. During law school he was a managing editor of the Indiana…
Jessica Smith (’11) works for The National Copyright Unit (NCU) in Australia. “The NCU is a part of the Department of Education. Each state, territory and sector has a representative that sits on what’s called the Copyright Advisory Group. The NCU gets direction from the Copyright Advisory Group and acts accordingly for all the government…
On Monday, September 10, the Center for Intellectual Property Research hosted our first IP Practitioner-in-Residence of the semester, Jason Blair, trademark examiner at the US Patent & Trademark Office. At noon, Mr. Blair was joined by trademark attorneys Caitlin Byczko (Barnes & Thornburg) and Lindsey Szymczak (Meitus Gelbert Rose) for a lunchtime panel discussion. In…
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On Tuesday, August 21, the Center for Intellectual Property Research and the Intellectual Property Association our annual panel discussion focusing on different aspects of intellectual property law practice. This year the theme was International IP. Moderated by Professor Marshall Leaffer, the panel of six discussed the surprising ways International IP has become a part of…
[Read More...]Professor Janis and other professors of law and economics submitted a group comment to the proposed “Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.” The comment supports the proposed rule to align PTAB claim construction with the approach set forth in Phillips v. AWH…
[Read More...]Last night, the Center for Intellectual Property held its 2nd Annual CIPR Ping Pong Tournament. The tension for the tournament was palpable on the days preceding the tournament, fueled by taunting tweets between Prof. Need, 2017 CIPR Ping Pong Champion, and Prof. Janis, 2017 runner-up (which were actively encouraged by Dean Parrish). Ten Maurer students,…
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