When it comes to top environments in which to explore intellectual
property law, few compare to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The minds which invented sound-on-film movies, the transistor, the
light-emitting diode, and the theory of superconductivity have taught here.
The photoelectric cell, the quantum well laser, and the first graphical
Web browser were invented here.
The campus continues as a center of innovation and discovery today. More
than 60 graduate programs rank in the nation's Top 30, including fine arts,
chemistry, microbiology, library science, psychology, music, computer science,
and 10 engineering disciplines. More than 20 undergraduate programs rank in the
country's Top 25. the University is home to the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), several national centers for research,
and a Research Park featuring EnterpriseWorks, a high-tech business
incubator to 20 start-up companies with nearly 100 employees.
In this fertile environment, the intellectual property curriculum and
faculty at the College of Law are intimately involved in facilitating transfer
of the University's newest technological discoveries to the marketplace. This
includes innovative achievements in supercomputing, agricultural biotechnology,
information science, engineering, and numerous other areas. Campus, state, and
national leaders solicit our legal expertise on the IP issues arising from a
host of new technologies. The College of Law boasts a strong IP law curriculum,
taught by nationally renowned professors and experienced practitioners. New
classes are continually being developed in response to the dynamic nature of
the IP field, however, current courses include Advanced Trial Advocacy:
Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property, International
Copyright Principles, International IP Transfers, Internet and Web Law, Law
and Regulation of Cyberspace, Legal Issues in Entrepreneurship, Patent Law,
Trademark, Unfair Competition and Consumer Protection, Patent Prosecution
and Practice, and Patent Litigation. Students at the University of Illinois
not only learn from internationally recognized legal scholars and practitioners,
they put that knowledge to the test with Journal of Law, Technology, and Policy,
an outstanding summer program, and intense moot court experiences.
