Faculty & Administration

Faculty

Barbara B. BresslerBarbara B. Bressler
Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology Clinical Associate Professor of Law; Supervisor, Technology/IP Legal Clinic (TIP Clinic®); Deputy Director, Field Placement Program
Roberta Rosenthal KwallRoberta Rosenthal Kwall
Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Founding Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®)
Patty GerstenblithPatty Gerstenblith
Professor of Law; Director, Program in Cultural Heritage Law
Margit LivingstonMargit Livingston
Professor of Law; Director, Dr. Florence Wissig Dunbar Program in Animal Rights; Co-Director, LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law
John RobertsJohn Roberts
Dean Emeritus; Professor of Law
Matthew SagMatthew Sag
Assistant Professor of Law
Katherine J. StrandburgKatherine J. Strandburg
Associate Professor of Law
Benjamin E. AlbaBenjamin E. Alba
Senior Legal Writing Instructor; Director, Bar Passage Program
Anthony G. VoliniAnthony G. Volini
Legal Writing Instructor

Affiliated Faculty
David L. FranklinDavid L. Franklin
Assistant Professor of Law
Michael S. JacobsMichael S. Jacobs
Professor of Law; Co-Director, International Aviation Law Institute

Visiting Faculty
Christopher HolmanChristopher Holman
Associate Professor of Law

Administration
Ellen GutiontovEllen Gutiontov
Associate Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®)
Phone: (312)362-5124
Vadim ShifrinVadim Shifrin
Assistant Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®)
Phone: (312)362-8415
Melissa JohnsonMelissa Johnson
Administrative Assistant, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®)
CIPLIT

News

Acquiring and Maintaining Collections of Cultural Objects: Challenges Confronting American Museums in the 21st Century
On October 16, 2008, the DePaul University College of Law Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology (CIPLIT®) and Center for Art, Museum and Cultural Heritage Law will hold a major conference where leading experts will examine the basic rules of nonprofit museum governance and how those rules apply to the growing challenge of collecting cultural property in light of new laws, court decisions and professional ethical guidelines; evolving museum practices and standards in collecting antiquities; sovereign immunity and immunity of art works; and the need for further standards for donor/collector museum relationships.

For more information and/or to register, please visit the Symposium website by clicking here.

11TH ANNUAL NIRO SCAVONE HALLER & NIRO DISTINGUISHED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LECTURE & LUNCHEON
From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print

Featured Speakers:
David Nimmer
Of Counsel, Irell & Manella LLP; Professor from Practice, UCLA School of Law
Neil Netanel
Professor, UCLA School of Law

Location: Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
October 27, 2008
12:15 - 2:00 p.m.

Registration: www.law.depaul.edu/niro08

The fee for the luncheon and lecture is $20.
Luncheon is free for DePaul Students, Faculty & Staff but registration is required.
The Niro Lecture has been approved for 1.5 hours of CLE credit.

Visiting Artist: ZACH HELM, Screenwriter and DePaul Theatre School Alumnus.
Presented by CIPLIT and the Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law.
April 23, 2008

Helm was the College of Law's third annual Visiting Artist, known for his writing of Stranger Than Fiction and directing of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. He was the featured speaker on a panel discussing the recent screenwriters' strike with Professors Alan Salzenstein and Margit Livingston.
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Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in the Developing World
DePaul University College of Law co-sponsored a roundtable discussion with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on September 20, 2007. This event focused on the issue of access to essential medicines in the developing world, in particular, the global pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories’ refusal to launch a new version of the HIV/AIDS drug Kaletra in Thailand.

Click here for more information and to view the Podcasts from the event.

Click here to read the article published in the December edition of The Advocate, written by DePaul Law student, Rose Rivera.
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