CASRIP Advisory Committee
The UW School of Law and CASRIP are pleased to announce the formation of the CASRIP Advisory Committee. The Committee brings together some of the most respected authorities in intellectual property law from Europe, Japan, and the United States. Under the guidance of the Committee, as well as Professors Toshiko Takenaka, Bob Gomulkiewicz and Sean O'Connor, the UW School of Law is developing an exciting and innovative curriculum to prepare its graduates to practice in the new millennium.
These are exciting times for the intellectual property law program at the UW School of Law. Recent years have seen an explosion in intellectual property practice throughout the world. To remain on the forefront of this rapidly changing field of law, CASRIP has assembled an impressive group of scholars and practitioners from around the world to serve on its Advisory Committee. The Committee’s Executive Council is composed of distinguished scholars and leading policy makers in intellectual property law from each of the major global markets. The Associate Members of the Committee all come from major U.S. and Japanese intellectual property firms and have experience with a wide variety of cutting edge technologies. These attorneys are the leading practitioners in the field and will help shape the future of intellectual property law around the world and in the U.S. This rare combination of talent ensures that the UW and CASRIP will remain on the leading edge of intellectual property law by receiving a constant stream of new and innovative ideas for its curriculum, clinics, and conferences.
The expertise of the Advisory Committee is expected to benefit other programs being developed at the University as well. The Law School is finalizing its choice for Director of the new Center for Law, Commerce, and Technology and expects that the Center will work closely with CASRIP in developing a curriculum focused on Internet law and e-commerce issues. On a larger scale, the University is nearing completion of the Technology Enterprise Institute. The Institute is a cross-disciplinary body that brings together the resources of the Law School, the Business School, and the various scientific disciplines to encourage the commercialization of technologies developed at the University. The Law School plans to be an integral part of the Institute by offering cutting edge courses, for both law students and non-law students. Proposed courses will address issues such as business planning, obtaining venture capital, securities regulation of start-up companies, legal protection of technology, and technology licensing. The practical and legal expertise of the Advisory Committee members will be invaluable in determining the future direction of these exciting projects.
Executive Council Members
Professor Martin J. Adelman
George Washington University National Law Center
The Hon. Avern Cohn
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss
School of Law, New York University
Professor Mario Franzosi
Intellectual Property Centre, University of Verona, Italy
Dr. Heinz Goddar
Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich, Germany
Professor Nobuo Monya
Seikei University, Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Nobuhiro Nakayama
University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Jochen Pagenberg
Bardehle, Pagenberg, Dost, et.al. Munich, Germany
The Hon. Randall Rader
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Professor Joseph Straus
Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany
Professor Ryu Takabayashi
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Associate Members
Mr. Ramsey Al-Salam
Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA
Mr. Larry Bassuk
Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX
Mr. Barry Bretschneider
Morrison & Foerster
Mr. Edward W. Bulchis
Dorsey & Whitney, Seattle WA
Dr. Karen Canady
Canady & Lortz, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. David Carlson
Seed IP Law Group, Seattle, WA
Ms. Sonya Erickson
Heller Ehrman, Seattle, WA
Mr.
William "Skip" Fisher
Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt, Seattle, WA
Mr. Mark Guetlich
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Mr. Ken Hattori
Armstrong, Westerman, Hattori, et. al. Washington, D.C.
Mr. Karl Hermanns
Seed IP Law Group, Seattle, WA
Mr. Akimitsu Hirai
Lexwell Partners, Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Thomas Hoffmann
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, Seattle, WA
Mr. Alexander Johnson, Jr.
Marger Johnson & McCollom PC, Portland, OR
Mr. Stephen G. Kunin
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Nuestadt, Washington D.C.
Mr. Paul Meiklejohn
Dorsey & Whitney, Seattle, WA
Mr. Charles Miller
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP, New York, NY
Mr. Tom Moran
Cooley Godward, Palo Alto, CA
Mr. Scott R. Mosko
Finnegan, Henderson, et.al. Palo Alto, CA
Mr. Bruce E. O'Connor
Christensen, O'Connor, et.al. Seattle, WA
Mr. Richard Ogawa
Townsend & Townsend, Palo Alto, CA
Mr. Shoichi Okuyama
Okuyama & Co., Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Shinjiro Ono
Yuasa & Hara, Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Graig P. Opperman
Cooley Godward, Palo Alto, CA
Mr. C. Larry O'Rourke
Finnegan, Henderson, et.al. Palo Alto, CA
Mr. Kunizo Suzuki
Texas Instruments Japan Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
Mr. David Telekson
Darby & Darby, Seattle, WA
Mr. Vernon Winters
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA
Mr.Daniel Woo
Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, WA
Mr. Kazunori Yamagami
Yamgami and Yamagami, Osaka, Japan
Mr. Yoichiro Yamaguchi
Rader, Fishman & Grauer, Washington, D.C.
