Students who wish to gain an understanding of intellectual property law and possibly pursue a practice in patent, trademark, or copyright law, may wish to pursue courses in the Intellectual Property Focus Area.
- Law 021: WIPO-C-IP2 Intellectual Property Program
- Law 116: Administrative Law
- Law 191: Copyright Law
- Law 209: Entertainment Law
- Law 216: Music Law
- Law 224: Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic
- Law 264: Legal and Economic Theory of Intellectual Property
- Law 284: Patent Law I
- Law 292: Patent Law II
- Law 294: Patent Prosecution
- Law 306: Patent Office Litigation
- Law 326: Legal Clinic - Innovation Law
- Law 338: Patent Law
- Law 347: Trade Secrets Law
- Law 349: Patent Litigation at the ITC
- Law 351: Patent Writing Theory and Practice
- Law 367: Intellectual Property Law
- Law 432: Intellectual Property & Antitrust Seminar
- Law 437: Federal Circuit Practice Seminar
- Law 438: Patent Litigation and Dispute Resolution Seminar
- Law 493: Computer Crimes Seminar
- Law 612: FTC Seminar
- Law 660: Biotech Patent Law Seminar
For latest information, see Course Schedules and Syllabi page.
Other Opportunities
Scalia Law’s IP program also offers numerous co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities, even for students who don’t choose IP as a Focus Area
- Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Law Clinic
- Innovation Law Clinic
- Part-time Flex JD
- Externships
- Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2)
- Intellectual Property Law Society
- Giles Rich Moot Court Competition
- George Mason American Inn of Court
Meet the IP Faculty
Full Time Faculty
- Aistars, Sandra Clinical Professor; Director, Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic; Sr. Fellow for Copyright Research and Policy & Sr. Scholar, C-IP2
- Chiang, Tun-Jen Professor of Law
- Claeys, Eric R. Professor of Law
- Ginsburg, Douglas H. Professor of Law
- Kobayashi, Bruce Paige V. and Henry N. Butler Chair in Law and Economics
- Kresh, Joshua A. Interim Executive Director Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy
- Mossoff, Adam Professor of Law
- Newman, Christopher Associate Professor of Law
- O’Connor, Seán M. Professor of Law; Faculty Advisor, Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2); Founder & Executive Director, Music Ecosystems Institute
Adjuncts & Affiliate Faculty
- Banner, Brian
- Bezos, Salvador M.
- Christou, Evi
- Covert, John M.
- Dowty, Lauren
- Ezrielev, Jay
- Kim, Carla
- Lazar, Dale
- Lilley, Jaynie
- Lipsky, Tad Director of the Competition Advocacy Program at the Global Antitrust Institute
- Love, James
- Meeker, Frederic
- Modi, Naveen
- Officer, Kassi
- Rybnicek, Jan
- Shier, Vincent
- Silfen, Molly
- Trask, Andrew