Expertise: Intellectual Property
Faculty
| Group Index | Group | Image | Profile | Title | Expertise | News |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Faculty |  | Contreras, Jorge | Professor | Antitrust, Biomedical Science, Intellectual Property, Property | |
| 0 | Faculty |  | Chahine, Kenneth | Professor (Lecturer) | Biomedical Science, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Technology |
News and Events
Contreras promotes coronavirus IP pledge
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Jorge Contreras is among a group of lawyers and scientists who are starting a new intellectual property pledge designed to encourage companies and universities to release their IP in the fight against the coronavirus. The project, “Open COVID Pledge,” launched on March 30. Its goal is […]
Contreras receives the EAB/SA Board of Governors Standards Education Award
On Friday, November 16 in Vancouver Canada, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Jorge Contreras will be given the EAB/SA Board of Governors Standards Education Award for “for outstanding contributions to understanding the interaction of standardization systems with intellectual property rights, and educating students, policy makers and the public regarding these issues.” […]
Contreras participates in discussion about IP in China
On Thursday, Oct. 5, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Jorge Contreras spoke at the US Patent & Trademark Office’s (USPTO) and Utah Bar’s “China IP Road Show”, where he discussed issues faced by technology companies seeking to do business in China. Event web site: http://wtcutah.com/event/china-intellectual-property-road-show/
Contreras to discuss patents at international roundtable at NYU
On Friday, Apr. 7, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Jorge Contreras will be discussing his recent empirical research on India’s patent working requirement at the International Intellectual Property Law Roundtable held at NYU Law School. This research has been conducted in conjunction with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru, India, […]
MRI Machines and Patentability
By Steven Swan for BiolawToday.org. Here at the Center of Law and Biomedical Sciences, we are committed to addressing the ever-changing legal landscape in “areas of health policy, the life sciences, biotechnology, bioethics, and the medical and technological arts, in order to help overcome the most critical health-care challenges of our times.”[1] And at issue […]
Precision medicine symposium covered by Genome Web, The Salt Lake Tribune
Several media outlets covered issues discussed at Frontiers in Precision Medicine II: Cancer, Big Data and the Public, held on Dec.1-2 at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. The unique symposium gathered national experts in genetics, medicine, bioinformatics, intellectual property, regulatory science, health economics and bioethics to examine the major scientific legal, economic […]
Contreras presents work on international standard setting and patents
S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Contreras presented his work on international standard setting and patents at Jindal Global University’s Conference, “Innovation, Intellectual Propert, Competition and Standard Setting in the ICT Sector” in Dehli, India on August 20-21, 2016 Contreras discussed international disparities in the ownership of standard-essential patents and strategies for equalizing leverage among firms […]
USPTO visits the S.J. Quinney College of Law
By Thomas Woodland for BiolawToday.org On Friday, March 4, 2016, judges from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) visited the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. The visit was part of a partnership between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and […]
Contreras speaking at LeadershIP conference
On March 18, Prof. Contreras will be speaking at the LeadershIP conference in Washington, DC on the subject of patent royalty damages. This issue has been hotly contested in numerous recent cases and Prof Contreras has been involved in a range of academic and policy-based initiatives to bring greater clarity to this area of the […]
Contreras to speak at Harvard Law School
On Mar 11, Prof Contreras will speak at Harvard Law School’s conference on Private Law and Intellectual Property. He will present work relating to the multifaceted and evolving legal nature of technical standard setting: private ordering, private law and public law.