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Christopher A. Cotropia

Associate Professor of Law

Office: Room 203
Tel. (804) 484-1574
Fax (804) 287-8683

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Courses Taught:
Intellectual Property Fundamentals,
Property

More Information:
C.V.
Intellectual Property Institute



EDUCATION

J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1999)
with Honors
Order of the Coif
Articles Editor – Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
Robert S. Strauss Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law, 1998-1999

Queen Mary & Westfield College – Centre for Commercial Law Studies (Fall 1998)
Study in International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law

B.S., Northwestern University (1996)
with Honors and Distinction in both Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering
Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Societies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Associate Professor of Law, 2006-present

Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA
Associate Professor of Law, 2003-2006
C.J. Morrow Research Associate Professor of Law, 2005-2006

Fish & Richardson P.C., Washington, DC, 2001-2003
Intellectual Property Litigation Associate

Hon. Alvin A. Schall, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC, 1999-2001
Law Clerk

RECENT & FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Books and Contributions to Books

Nonobviousness as an Exercise in Gap Measuring, in Intellectual Property And Information Wealth (P. Yu ed., Praeger Publishers) (2006).

Legal Periodical Articles

Nonobviousness and the Federal Circuit:  An Empirical Analysis of Recent Case Law, 82 Notre Dame L. Rev. 911 (2007).

Patent Law Viewed Through an Evidentiary Lens:  The "Suggestion Test" as a Rule of Evidence, 2006 BYU L. Rev. 1517 (2006).

Observations on Recent Patent Cases:  The Year in Review, 88 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 46 (2006) (invited submission).

Patent Claim Interpretation Methodologies and Their Claim Scope Paradigms, 47 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 49 (2005).

Patent Claim Interpretation and Information Costs, 9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 57 (2005) (symposium on Markman v. Westview Instruments).

"After-Arising" Technologies and Tailoring Patent Scope, 61 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 151 (2005) (issue on intellectual property).

BAR ADMISSIONS

California, District of Columbia, United States Patent and Trademark Office

 

 



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