The Center’s mission is to promote the development of a vibrant community of intellectual property law scholars, professionals and students. It strives to achieve this goal by building connections to the national and international intellectual property law community, offering a forum of distinction for the exchange of ideas in intellectual property law and policy.

The Center’s substantive focal points are two: (1) the intersection between intellectual property law and complex technologies and (2) the global nature of intellectual property policy.

The Center will seek to:

  • develop an innovative intellectual property law curriculum for JD and LLM students offering exposure to intellectual property doctrine and theory, practical skills, comparative and international study, and interdisciplinary perspectives
  • host visiting intellectual property law scholars from the U.S. and abroad
  • coordinate the law school’s outreach efforts in intellectual property law
  • partner with other Indiana University campus units, Purdue University, other educational institutions in Indiana and elsewhere, non-profit organizations and technology firms to help facilitate exchange between innovators and legal professionals
  • support intellectual property law research with an eye to its practical application

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