ABOUT US
Faculty
James Gibson
Associate Professor of Law
Professor Gibson founded and served as the first Director of the IP Institute at Richmond
Law. His research interests include the effect of new technologies on traditional
legal regulation and the formation and breadth of IP entitlements. He frequently
speaks, writes, and consults on issues involving law, innovation, technology,
and ethics. He has authored amicus briefs in Supreme Court cases and has been
quoted in the New York Times, Financial Times, Slate, National
Law Journal and other publications. Publications & More
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Christopher A. Cotropia
Associate Professor of Law
Before joining the Richmond Law faculty, Professor Cotropia taught at Tulane University School of Law, where he was the C.J. Morrow Research Professor for the 2005-06 academic year in recognition of his productivity as a scholar. He also practiced with Fish & Richardson in Washington, DC, and clerked for the Honorable Alvin A. Schall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Professor Cotropia received his law degree from The University of Texas School of Law, where he was elected to Order of the Coif and served as an editor of the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal. He earned a B.S. in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from Northwestern University.
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Kristen Jakobsen Osenga
Assistant Professor of Law
Before joining the Richmond Law faculty, Professor Osenga spent two years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, clerked for the Honorable Richard Linn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and worked for Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, where she focused on patent litigation and prosecution. She earned her law degree from the University of Illinois, magna cum laude, where she served as the Notes Editor of the Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy and was elected Order of the Coif. She also has a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Illinois University. Professor Osenga’s primary research interest is patent law, and she has written a number of articles on Patent Office reform, patent litigation, and Federal Circuit jurisprudence. She regularly speaks at conferences across the country on reforming the patent office, improving claim construction in patent litigation, examining the effects of patents on scientific research, protecting and utilizing intellectual property obtained by institutions of higher education, and other important IP issues. Publications & More Info
Melanie C. Holloway, Director
Prior to joining the Richmond law faculty, Ms. Holloway was a senior associate in the Intellectual Property, Data & Privacy group of McGuireWoods LLP. Her practice focused on the areas of intellectual property protection, licensing, and enforcement, as well as technology and software development. She also devoted a significant portion of her practice to transfers of intellectual property in corporate transactions and advised clients on advertising issues, including compliance with federal telemarketing legislation. Professor Holloway is a member of the Board of Governors for the Virginia State Bar’s Intellectual Property Section and a past president of the Greater Richmond Intellectual Property Law Association. In 2007, she was named a Virginia Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine. Professor Holloway earned her law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law, where she was the Annual Survey Editor for the Richmond Law Review.