Faculty
The MIPLC takes particular pride in its distinguished faculty and works to continuously recruit new faculty members from around the world to further increase the diversity of our program. The list below contains information about our lecturers and their courses.
| Title | First Name | Last Name | Institution | Country | Courses Taught |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. | Christoph | Ann | Technische Universität München | Germany | Introduction to Legal Systems; Patent Licensing; Oral Advocacy; Trade Secrets Law |
| Prof. | Margo A. | Bagley | Emory University | United States | Protection of Biotechnological Inventions; Pharmaceuticals and IP |
| Dr. | Mor | Bakhoum | Senegal | Competition Law in Emerging Markets | |
| Dr. | Verena | von Bomhard | BomhardIP | Spain | Trademark Law in Practice |
| Prof. | Robert | Brauneis | The George Washington University Law School | United States | U.S. Copyright Law; Copyright and the Changing Role of the Copy |
| Prof. | Dan L. | Burk | University of California Irvine | United States | Comparative Patent Eligibility; International IP Exhaustion |
| Sarah Chapin | Columbia | McDermott Will & Emery LLP | United States | Patent Law in Practice | |
| Prof. | Kenneth D. | Crews | Gipson Hoffman & Pancione | United States | Introduction to Legal Systems; Introduction to IP; Legal Research and Writing |
| Prof. | Gregory | Dolin | University of Baltimore | United States | U.S. Patent Law |
| Prof. | F. Jay | Dougherty | Loyola Law School | United States | |
| Prof. | Thomas | Dreier | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) | Germany | Copyright and Computer Programs |
| Prof. | Josef | Drexl | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | IP and Competition Law |
| Prof. | John F. | Duffy | University of Virginia | United States | Theoretical and Economic Foundations of IP |
| Seth | Ericsson | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | Legal Research and Writing | |
| Dr. | Andre | Fiebig | Quarles & Brady LLP | United States | Competition Law in Practice |
| Dr. | Filipe | Fischmann | European Patent Office | Germany | IP and Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| Dr. | Dev S. | Gangjee | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Protection of Geographical Indications |
| Dr. | Fabian | Gäßler | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | Introduction to Economics |
| Prof. | Ulrich M. | Gassner | University of Augsburg | Germany | Pharmaceuticals and IP |
| Prof. | Heinz | Goddar | Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB | Germany | Patent Licensing |
| Dr. | Henning | Grosse Ruse-Khan | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | International IP Law; IP in Global Legal Orders |
| Jeremiah | Hendren | Technische Universität München | United States | Legal Research and Writing | |
| Prof. | Karin | Hoisl | Universität Mannheim | Germany | Introduction to Technology and Innovation Management |
| Prof. | Bernt | Hugenholtz | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | European Copyright Law |
| Prof. | Justin | Hughes | Loyola Law School | United States | |
| Prof. | Isabelle | Huys | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Belgium | Pharmaceuticals and IP |
| Prof. | Sir Robin | Jacob | University College London | United Kingdom | |
| Prof. | Mark D. | Janis | Indiana University | United States | |
| Dr. | Bernd Justin | Jütte | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | Media Law |
| Prof. | Susan Louise | Karamanian | Hamad Bin Khalifa University | Qatar | IP and Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| Dr. | Christof | Karl | Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte | Germany | Patent Law in Practice |
| Prof. | Eiji | Katayama | Abe, Ikubo & Katayama | Japan | Asian Patent Laws |
| Dr. | Marco | Kleine | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | Intangible Assets Valuation |
| Dr. | Mrinalini | Kochupillai | Technische Universität München | Germany | Asian Patent Laws |
| Prof. | Michael | Kort | University of Augsburg | Germany | European and U.S. Competition Law |
| Dr. | Jürgen | Kroher | Kroher Strobel | Germany | Trademark Law in Practice |
| Prof. | Annette | Kur | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | European, U.S. and International Design Law; Advanced Topics in IP |
| Prof. | Marshall A. | Leaffer | Indiana University | United States | U.S. Trademark Law; European, U.S. and International Design Law |
| Prof. | Matthias | Leistner | Ludwig Maximilians University Munich | Germany | Big Data and the Law |
| Michael J. | Leonard | Fox Rothschild LLP | United States | Trademark Law in Practice | |
| Dr. | Silke | von Lewinski | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | European Copyright Law; Advanced Topics in IP; IP and Indigenous Heritage |
| Prof. | Michael J. | Madison | University of Pittsburgh | United States | |
| Prof. | Gregory E. | Maggs | The George Washington University Law School | United States | |
| Dr. | Christopher | Maierhöfer | Bird & Bird LLP | Germany | Patent Law in Practice |
| Prof. | Jeffrey | Manns | The George Washington University Law School | United States | IP and Global Entrepreneurship |
| Dean | Marks | United States | IP and the Creative Industries | ||
| Prof. | Thomas M.J. | Möllers | University of Augsburg | Germany | European Law |
| Dr. | Ralph | Nack | Noerr LLP | Germany | Software Patents; Oral Advocacy |
| Dr. | Sylvie | Nérisson | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | Copyright Licensing |
| Prof. | Ansgar | Ohly | Ludwig Maximilians University Munich | Germany | Unfair Competition; Privacy, Publicity and Personality |
| Prof. | Rupprecht | Podszun | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf | Germany | Introduction to Competition Law |
| Randall R. | Rader | The Rader Group, PLLC International Arbitration of Complex Disputes | United States | ||
| Preston | Richard | Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte | India | Patent Law in Practice | |
| Mikołaj | Rogowski | Intel GmbH | Poland | International Information Privacy Law | |
| Dr. | Roberto | Romandini | European Patent Office | Germany | Advanced Topics in IP |
| Dr. | Martin | Schaefer | Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltssozietät | Germany | IP and the Creative Industries |
| Prof. | Martin R.F. | Senftleben | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands | European Trademark Law |
| Prof. | Joseph | Straus | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Germany | European Patent Law; Protection of Biotechnological Inventions |
| Prof. | Alain | Strowel | Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles | Belgium | Copyright Law in Practice |
| Dr. | Roland | Stürz | BIDT – Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation | Germany | Innovation Policy |
| Dr. | Gintare | Surblyte-Namaviciene | Vilnius University | Lithuania | Trade Secrets Law |
| Prof. | Paul L.C. | Torremans | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws |
| Mark | Traphagen | Traphagen Law PLLC | United States | Copyright Law in Practice | |
| Prof. | Marketa | Trimble | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | United States | Internet Law |
| Wolrad | Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Germany | European Patent Law | |
| Prof. | John M. | Whealan | The George Washington University Law School | United States | Specialized IP Courts |
| Erik | Wilbers | World Intellectual Property Organization | Switzerland | IP and Alternative Dispute Resolution | |
| Dr. | Anna | Wolters-Höhne | Bird & Bird LLP | Germany |