Our IP faculty includes widely-renowned experts in all areas of intellectual property and information law who are thought-leaders in IP policy and practice worldwide.
Our faculty have contributed to the development of intellectual property law and policy around the world.
ANN BARTOW
Her scholarship focuses on the intersection between intellectual property law and public policy concerns, privacy and technology law, and feminist legal theory. Ann has published numerous articles and book chapters.
MEGAN CARPENTER
Dean Carpenter is an internationally known expert in IP law. She teaches and publishes in the area of IP and innovation, with a focus on entrepreneurship, branding, and arts. She is a frequent speaker on legal education & innovation.
JON CAVICCI – IP
Librarian and chief administrator of IP information resources at UNH Law. Professor Cavicchi sits on the Advisory Board of QUESTEL/ORBIT, a key information producer for patent professionals.
RORGER FORD
Professor Ford teaches and writes about intellectual property, privacy, and other ways the law regulates information. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
JUDGE ARTHUR GAJARSA
Distinguished Jurist in Residence retired from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He served as a patent examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and as an attorney in the Department of Defense.
STANLEY KOWALSKI
Director of the International Technology Transfer Institute and its mission to advance science, technology and innovation in developing countries via education, outreach and capacity building in IP management, technology transfer.
ASHLYN LEMBREE
Director of the Intellectual Property Transaction Clinic. With more than 15 years in practice, Professor Lembree has extensive knowledge about integrating intellectual property issues into the needs of business law clients.
MICHALE McCANN
McCann is a leading expert in sports law and an award-winning journalist. He is a staff writer and Legal Analyst for Sports Illustrated. Since 2007, McCann has authored more than 750 legal columns and articles for SI.
WILLIAM MURPHY
Founding member of the team that designed and developed the Portal for IP Rights, a resource developed for entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and financial institutions to help make the commercialization of IP easier and more efficient
JOHN ORCUTT
His research is on innovation systems & improving the environment for entrepreneurial companies and technology‐based economic growth. He does extensive work in the areas of patent valuation, technology commercialization & startup companies.
ALEXANDRA ROBERTS
Her current scholarship focuses on trademark use and distinctiveness generally and how trademarks function on social media in particular.
RYAN VACCA
His research covers a variety of IP topics and industries, including 3D printing, genetically modified food, patent reform efforts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, empirical studies, the music industry, and healthcare.
TONYA EVANS
Expert in the areas of IP, new technologies, entrepreneurship & innovation, entertainment law, trust & estates, and municipal finance. She was sits on the Advisory Council (IP Committee) for the United States Court of Federal Claims.