Comments on: Kerr on Law Faculty Appointments

By: Mike Madison

Mike Madison — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:05:39 +0000

Well, substantively, copyright, trademark, and trade secret law all have criminal dimensions, and patent law does not, so you have that to work with at doctrinal and theoretical levels. Broadening your horizons a bit, there’s the burgeoning field of “cybercrime,” which involves a lot of things that aren’t IP, but that are “high tech.” Orin Kerr and Peter Swire both do excellent work on the intersection of high technology and criminal law, for example, without dealing (too much) with IP per se. In terms of marketing yourself, my intuition is that you can be an IP (or, if appropriate, cyberspace or high tech) person with an interest in criminal law, or a criminal law person with an interest in (as appropriate) IP / cyberspace / high technology. You can probably weight the balance somewhat differently depending on the interests of a particular school, and you’ll need an “elevator pitch” to explain the connection. But this is one person’s reaction only; you might run the question by others.

By: AK

AK — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:05:07 +0000

This comment is a little late, but I was wondering if you could talk a little more about combining crim. law and IP, I’m interested in both areas though so far, of the two, I’ve only published on crim (I have a copyright piece in the very early stages.) I haven’t done or read much on their intersection, but if I’m interested in both areas, do you think I should try to package them as related interests when going on the market? If so, what are some ways that people typically combine crim and IP?

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:18:16 +0000

I found your comments interesting. I’ve an ex-partner (I went into a captive practice, he stayed at the firm) who edits an IP issue of a law review every year and keeps thinking he might want to teach IP law.

I’ll have to forward this to him.

By: Goldman's Observations

Goldman's Observations — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:05:17 +0000

Kerr and Madison on Law Faculty Appointments
Orin Kerr is guest-blogging at Prawsblawg and has promised to blog on the law faculty appointments process. This is a…

By: Goldman's Observations

Goldman's Observations — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:05:00 +0000

Kerr and Madison on Law Faculty Appointments
Orin Kerr is guest-blogging at Prawsblawg and has promised to blog on the law faculty appointments process. This is a…