Contact CASRIP

Mailing Address:

CASRIP
UW School of Law
William H. Gates Hall 442
Box 353020
Seattle, WA 98195-3020

Directions to William H. Gates Hall

Email: casrip@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206.543.9974
Fax: 206.543.2164

Directors:

Toshiko Takenaka

Associate Director, Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Director, CASRIP
Washington Research Foundation/W. Hunter Simpson Professor of Law
Professor of Law

Professor Takenaka, a Washington Research Foundation Simpson Professor of Law, joined the UW law school faculty in 1993 and teaches Patent Law, Advanced Patent Law, Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Innovations in Science and Technology. She is the Director of Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) and the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law and Policy LL.M. Program. ...

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Robert Gomulkiewicz

Director for Academics in Law, Technology & Arts
Professor of Law

Professor Gomulkiewicz joined the UW law school faculty in 2002 to direct the graduate program in Intellectual Property Law and Policy. Prior to joining the faculty, he was Associate General Counsel at Microsoft where he led the group of lawyers providing legal counsel for development of Microsoft's major systems software, desktop applications, and developer tools software (including Windows and Office). He also served as chair of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) working group of the Business Software Alliance. He joined Microsoft from the law firm of Preston, Gates & Ellis where he represented developers and users of software and information products. While at Preston, Gates & Ellis, he worked on the Apple v. Microsoft case. Professor Gomulkiewicz has published articles on open source software, mass market licensing, the UCITA, and legal protection for software. He is also the author of the Simple Public License (SimPL) which is a plain language rendering of the venerable GNU General Public License. ...

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Sean O'Connor

Chair, Law, Technology & Arts Group
Professor
Professor of Law

Professor O'Connor specializes in intellectual property and business law involving biotechnology, cyberspace/information technology, and new media/digital arts. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, M.A. (Philosophy) from Arizona State University, and B.A. (History) from University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is Of Counsel to Seed IP Law Group. ...

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Signe Naeve

Assistant Director, CASRIP
Assistant Director, Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law and Policy

Signe returns to the University of Washington after several years of practicing intellectual property and media litigation at Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle. At Perkins, her practice focused on trademark, copyright, trade secret, e-commerce, public disclosure and First Amendment issues. She has successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit and Washington courts. ...

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