Kristen Jakobsen Osenga
Assistant Professor of Law
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Intellectual Property Institute
Office: Room 226
Tel. (804) 289-8112
Fax (804) 289-8992
kosenga@richmond.edu
Courses Taught: Patent Law; Tradmark and Unfair Competition Law; International Intellectual Property
Education
J.D., University of Illinois College of Law (2000)
Order of the Coif
Magna Cum Laude
Notes Editor, University Of Illinois Journal Of Law, Technology & Policy
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Southern Illinois University (2001)
B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Iowa (1994)
Professional Experience
University of Richmond School of Law – Richmond, Virginia
Assistant Professor of Law, 2006 to present
Chicago-Kent College of Law – Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 2004-2006
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit – Washington, D.C.
Clerk to the Hon. Richard Linn, 2002-2004
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP – Washington, D.C.
Associate Attorney, 2000-2002
Recent & Featured Publications
Information May Want to Be Free, but Information Products Do Not: Protecting and Facilitating Transactions in Information Products, __ Cardozo Law Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2009)
Ants, Elephant Guns, and Statutory Subject Matter, 39 Arizona State Law Journal 1087 ( 2007), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=955889.
Rembrandts in the Research Lab: Why Universities should Take a Lesson from Big Business to Increase Innovation, 59 Maine Law Review 407 (2007), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=944873.
Linguistics and Claim Construction, 38 Rutgers University Law Journal 61(2006), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=882431.
Entrance Ramps, Tolls, and Express Lanes – Proposals for Decreasing Traffic Congestion in the Patent Office, 33 Florida State University Law Review 119 (2005), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=690250.
Rethinking Reexamination Reform: Is it time for corrective surgery or is it time to amputate?, 14 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, & Entertainment Law Journal 217 (2003).
Bar Admissions
Registered Patent Attorney, United States Patent & Trademark Office.
Admitted to practice in Virginia (2000-2004), the District of Columbia (2001-present), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.