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Faculty
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USF'S Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw program is built on the
same foundation that supports all of the law school's work - a faculty
of dedicated teachers and accomplished scholars committed to quality education. |
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The Faculty |
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Professor J. Thomas McCarthy, who has taught at USF for over
35 years, built the IP program to be one of the best in the nation. Professor
McCarthy is internationally known for his many treatises and scholarly
works, including the six-volume treatise, Trademarks and Unfair Competition,
which was published in its fourth edition in 1996. His treatise has been
relied upon as an authority in over 1,300 judicial opinions. Professor
McCarthy is also the author of the two-volume treatise, The Rights of
Publicity and Privacy, and the reference book, McCarthy's Desk Encyclopedia
of Intellectual Property.
Professor McCarthy is the recipient of several distinguished awards. He
received the 2000 Pattishall Medal for excellence in teaching trademark
law from the Brand Names Education Foundation; the 1997 Ladas Professional
Author Award from the Brand Names Education Foundation; the Centennial
Award in Trademark Law from the American Intellectual Property Association;
the 1979 Rossman Award of the Patent and Trademark Office Society; and
the 1965 Watson Award of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Professor McCarthy was a member of the American Law Institute's advisory
committee that drafted the 1995 Restatement of the law of Unfair Competition,
and was a member of the Trademark Law Review Commission, which drafted
the 1989 revisions to the Lanham Act.
In addition, Professor McCarthy has lectured on a variety of legal issues
in intellectual property and is a frequent speaker at scholarly symposia
and conferences. He delivered: the 1999 Niro Lecture at Depaul Law School;
the 1997 Tenzer Lecture at Cardozo Law School; the 1995 H.S. Manges Lecture
at Columbia University; and the 1989 Boal Memorial Lecture for the Brand
Names Education Foundation. He was the 1994 Biebel & French Distinguished
Visiting Scholar in Law & Technology at the University of Dayton.
Professor McCarthy received his B.A. from the University of Detroit (engineering)
in 1960, and his J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1963. He is also
a member of the United States Patent and Trademark Bar.
Professor McCarthy is a respected and beloved teacher at USF, both by
current students and by scores of alumni, and has been selected as the
"most distinguished professor" by numerous graduating classes. |
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Professor David Franklyn, who teaches intellectual property courses,
has been building the law school's IP/Cyberlaw program since he joined
the faculty. Professor Franklyn received his B.A. (1993) magna cum laude
from Evangel College and his J.D. (1990) cum laude from the University
of Michigan Law School. Upon graduation, he clerked for the Hon. John
Feikens of the U.S. District Court in Eastern Michigan, and practiced
law for 5 years at Chicago of Mayer, Brown & Platt. In 1998, Professor
Franklyn was voted the Outstanding Professor of the Year at Northern Kentucky
University, where he taught before coming to USF. He has published articles
on various trademark issues in the Southern California Law Review,
Case Western Reserve Law Review, and the Wisconsin Law Review
and is Editor-in-Chief of the 3rd Edition of McCarthy's Desk Encyclopedia
of Intellectual Property. Professor Franklyn serves as Executive Director
of the McCarthy Institute and as Executive Director of the LL.M. Program
in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. |
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Professor Susan Freiwald received her B.A. (1987) in economics
magna cum laude from Harvard University and her J.D. (1991) magna
cum laude from Harvard Law School where she was Books and Commentaries
Editor of the law review. Upon graduation, Professor Freiwald clerked
for the Hon. Amalya L. Kearse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit. Professor Freiwald teaches Cyberlaw, a Cyberspace Legal Theory
Seminar, and Contracts. Professor Freiwald has published articles on cyberlaw
issues in the Southern California Law Review and the Harvard Journal
of Law and Technology, and has spoken at several academic conferences.
In 2001, Professor Freiwald was voted the law school's "most distinguished
professor" by the graduating class. Professor Freiwald is Director of
Cyberlaw Programs at the McCarthy Institute. |
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Professor Lothar Determann, who received his Dr. jur (1996) from
the University of Berlin, is a Visiting Associate Professor. Professor
Determann practices law with the international firm of Baker & McKenzie
and teaches Information Technology and Electronic Commerce at the law
school. He attended Passau University Law School in Bavaria and thereafter
taught courses on public German, European and international business law
at law and business schools in Germany and at the Berlin government academy.
From 1995-1997, Professor Determann clerked part-time for the Berlin Court
of Appeals. In addition to obtaining the German J.D. equivalent in 1994,
Professor Determann received a doctorate law degree in 1996, and a post
doctorate law degree, in 1999 (Habilitation, the highest academic qualification
in Germany). He has published three books and 22 law journal articles
on German, foreign and international pubic law issues. His publications
include the 653 page book Freedom of Communications on the Internet
(1999) and the article "The New German Internet Law," 22 Hastings International
and Comparative Law Review 113 (1998). |
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Professor Robert E. Talbot received his B.A. (1961) and his J.D.
(1964) from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
and a National Honor Student. He has developed and directs numerous innovative
clinical practice programs, including an Investigations Clinic, the Employment
Law Mediation Clinic, and the Civil Law Mediation Clinic. Professor Talbot
oversees the law school's recently created Internet/Intellectual Property
Justice Project. |
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Adjunct Faculty |
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The paramount role of Bay Area businesses in the technological
revolution has made it home to the world's leading intellectual
property law practices. This enables the law school to enrich
its curriculum by bringing in as adjunct professors some of the
many talented local attorneys with specialized knowledge and unique
practical experience. |
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Tsan Abrahamson
J.D., UC Los Angeles
Leapfrog Enterprises
Transactional Trademark Practice |
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Simon Frankel
J.D., Yale University
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski,
Canady, Falk & Rabkin
Art Law |
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Henry Brown
J.D., University of San Francisco
Attorney
Expert Evidence in IP Litigation |
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Peter Harvey
J.D., Yale University
Harvey, Siskind & Jacobs
Entertainment Law |
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Leigh Costain
J.D., University of San Francisco
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Technology Contracting |
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Gregory Ikonen
J.D., Harvard Law School
Venture Law Group
Patent Licensing |
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Eugene Crew
J.D., University of San Francisco
Townsend Townsend, & Crew
Antitrust & Intellectual Property |
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John E. Lynch
J.D., Georgetown University
Fulbright and Jaworski
Patent Licensing, Patent Litigation |
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Roger L. Cook
J.D., University of Michigan
Townsend Townsend, & Crew
Antitrust & Intellectual Property |
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Jesse W. Markham, Jr.
J.D., Vanderbilt University
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Antitrust |
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Richard Doyle
J.D., University of San Francisco
Janssen Doyle LLP
Patent Litigation |
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Thomas M. Onda
J.D., University of San Francisco
Levi Strauss & Co.
Intellectual Property Survey |
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Michael E. Dergosits
J.D., University of San Francisco
Dergosits and Noah
Patent Law |
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Rufus Pichler
J.D., Albert Ludwig University
Morrison & Foerster LLP
International Intellectual Property |
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Jennifer Dupre
J.D., University of San Francisco
Attorney
Internet Justice Project |
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William Reilly
J.D., University of San Francisco
Tellme Networks
Cyberspace Law |
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