Members' dues

Tomorrow (Monday, November 1) we will be sending out an email with sign-up information for the IPA 2011 Mentor Program. The Mentor Program is open only to members who have paid dues for this school year.

If you wish to participate in the IPA 2011 Mentor Program, but have not yet paid your dues, please give $15 (cash or check) to Allison Weimer, weimeral@indiana.edu. Checks should be made out to "Intellectual Property Association."

In addition to participation in the IPA Mentor Program, the benefits of paying your dues include access to our outline database on TWEN, eligibility for recognition as an IPA member at graduation, and an awesome t-shirt.


IPA Executive Board
ipa@indiana.edu

IURTC Spring 2011 patent law externship

Hello:

Attached are details about the Spring 2011 IURTC patent law externship.  IURTC is IU's technology transfer operation, in charge of managing the university's patent portfolio.  Student externs will earn 3 law school credits (as a B710 "Independent Clinical Project").  IURTC expects to take on at least one extern in Spring 2011 on a trial basis, and we hope that this will lead to a yearly externship opportunity.  If you're interested, send a resume ASAP to Bill Brizzard (see details below and see the IPA e-mail attachment for Mr. Brizzard's contact info).

Professor Janis is working on several other patent law externship opportunities for next school year, so it's important that we get off to a good start with the IURTC externship this spring.

Have a great break!

 

Intellectual Property Association

B710 Independent Clinical Project:  IURTC Patent Law Externship (Janis)

Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation will offer a patent law externship in the Spring 2011 semester, as described below.  Candidates for the externship must submit a resume ASAP to Bill Brizzard (contact information below).  IURTC will select at least one extern.  Students selected for the externship will then enroll for B710 credit with Professor Janis.

Note that Patent Law and Patent Prosecution are prerequisites, although concurrent enrollment in Patent Prosecution in Spring 2011 is acceptable.

Title: Patent Law Extern

Description: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (IURTC) is a not-for-profit corporation that is responsible for all aspects of Indiana University technology commercialization including protection and licensing of intellectual property. IURTC receives an average of 150 faculty invention disclosures and files over 200 patent applications per year. In addition, the office is currently managing a portfolio of over 300 issued US and foreign patents and over 500 pending US and foreign patent applications. IURTC has offices located in the IU Emerging Technologies Center in Indianapolis and the IU Innovation Center in Bloomington. IURTC currently has an externship opportunity for a law student in the area of patent law.

Qualifications:  A bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as engineering, biology, biochemisty, chemistry, physics, or informatics  is preferred.  Must have completed patent law and the patent prosecution seminar. Knowledge of computers and ability to work with patent database software.  Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:  Evaluate new invention disclosures with IURTC case managers, work with both internal and external patent counsel to draft new patent applications and respond to patent office actions for US and foreign applications, assist with submission of patent filing documents such as inventor assignments and declarations.

Hours: 3-credit,1-semester, 150 work  hours

Location: Bloomington or Indianapolis offices of IURTC

Kelley Center for the Business of Life Sciences Reception on Oct. 14

Reminder: This Thursday, Oct. 14 - Kelley Center for the Business of Life Sciences Reception
You’re invited to attend a reception for the Kelley Center for the Business of Life Sciences ( http://www.kelley.iu.edu/cbls/)  to learn more about their graduate student Certificate in the Business of Life Sciences program (http://www.kelley.iu.edu/CBLS/students/graduate/page16571.html).

The reception will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m, in the Kelley School graduate building, CG 0034. We’ll have refreshments and some fun! Please come and meet the CBLS staff, some local business executives and the new Student Associates.  There will be great representation from schools across campus. 

If you are interested in patent law and want some life sciences experience, this may be of interest to you, even if you don't have a biology background.  E-mail lbprill@indiana.edu if you're interested in meeting at the law school at 5:15 to head over to the reception with a group of fellow law students.

Thank You,

Intellectual Property Association

Oct. 8 - Panel Discussion

This week’s event:

Panel Discussion - Friday, October 8, 2:20-3:20, Rm: 216

    This Friday, October 8, the IPA will be hosting a panel discussion.  At 2:20-3:20, in Room 216, members of the law school's IP Advisory Board will conduct a special forum for IP students on IP careers.  Panelists will give short presentations on the most important things to do to prepare for a career in IP, and a question-and-answer session will follow.

    This will be a great opportunity to meet the members of the IP Advisory Board.  In addition, it is very important that we convey to the IP Advisory Board the high level of student interest in and enthusiasm for IP study.  We are in the process of asking Board members to devote time and resources to the program, and to help us recruit other donors, so it is important to engage them, let them know we appreciate what they are doing, and urge them to do more.  Below is a list of the Board members who have been invited to participate in the panel discussion.

• Christopher A. Bloom, K&L Gates (Chicago)
• John P. Breen, Barnes & Thornburg (Charlottesville)
• William B. Edge, Discovery Channel
• Mark A. Hagedorn, Barnes & Thornburg (Chicago)
• Jeffrey K. Riffer,  Elkins Kalt (Los Angeles)
• Pete R. Yonkman, Cook Medical (Bloomington)
• Hongsun Yoon, Barnes & Thornburg (Indianapolis)
• Herb Hart, McAndrews Held & Malloy (Chicago)
• Spiro Bereveskos, Woodard Emhardt (Indianapolis)

Thank You,

Intellectual Property Association Executive Board

Mandatory Member Survey

Hello:

The IPA has created a brief survey to help facilitate the mentor
program and other IPA member benefits (e.g., t-shirts).  Please fill
out the survey located at this link.  Be sure to click "Submit" when
you are finished.

The survey takes less than a minute.  (Seriously, I completed it in 43 seconds.)
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFJpWkUxNDFKU084Rk9yekw1Zy1aakE6MQ&theme=0AX42CRMsmRFbUy00ODg0N2E0OC04ZjI0LTQyZDItOTQ4Ni1hMDNhZTRkNGI5NmY&ifq

Cook Medical Part Time Position

Cook Medical Part-Time Patent Position

Cook wishes to hire up to a total of four 2L or 3L IU law students on a part-time basis (paid) for a couple of major patent law projects this semester here in Bloomington.  The attached information provides relevant information about one of the projects;  the other project is similar.  Please submit resumes immediately (following the instructions in the details below)– Cook would like to have people in place by the beginning of October.

POSITION DETAILS:

     A part time work project (15 hours per week for each of two people) is available to identify which patents of Cook’s patent portfolio may be infringed by the products of a selected competitor of Cook’s Peripheral Intervention Strategic Business Unit.   The project would also examine what, if any, impact the patents of the selected competitor may have on Cook products. 

    Published literature would be examined under the supervision of a Cook marketing mentor to identify the products of the selected competitor.  The products of the identified competitor would then be studied under the supervision of a Cook patent attorney mentor to determine which, if any, claims of Cook’s patent portfolio were potentially infringed by the competitor’s products. A first report would be prepared to detail the findings of this competitor product study.  The potentially infringing competitor products would then be sent to outside patent counsel for further analysis.

    A study of the competitor’s patent portfolio would be performed, again under the supervision of the two mentors, to identify any of the competitor’s patents that may impact Cook’s products.  A second report would be prepared to detail the findings of this competitor patent portfolio study.  

    The identified, potentially infringing competitor products and the impact of each competitor’s patent portfolio on Cook’s products would be examined by Cook’s Peripheral Intervention Strategic Business Unit to formulate a business strategy that could be implemented with the selected competitor.

    It is projected that the products and patents of the selected competitor of the Peripheral Intervention Strategic Business Unit could be studied in a 13 week part time work project under the supervision of the two Cook mentors.  The two reports and at least one PowerPoint presentation for the business unit at the conclusion of the two studies would be required for the project.   Candidates for the part time work project would include JD-MBA students or JD students with a business background.  A background in the life sciences or engineering would be a plus.

     To apply, please email a resume and cover letter to Katie Zerr in the Human Resources department at katie.zerr@cookmedical.com.

Member Dues

Please Pay Your Dues

    Remember to give $15 in cash or check to Allison Weimer, weimeral@indiana.edu, to become an official member of the IPA.  Member benefits include participation in the mentor program, access to our outline database on TWEN, eligibility for recognition as an IPAmember at graduation, and an awesome t-shirt.  Please make checks out to “Intellectual Property Association.”