a place for discussion...
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...between students, professors, and legal practitioners in the field of Patent Law. This student-founded forum provides an outlet for the UNH Law community to indulge its passion for patents through lecture series, student-submitted blog publications and "lunch and learn" panels of attorneys and judges.
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The 2018-2019 Patent Law Forum Board with Guest Speakers, Attorney Jeffrey Rummler, Attorney Martin Gomez, and Attorney Joel Lehrer from Goodwin Procter LLP.
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Frequently the more trifling the subject,
the more animated and protracted the discussion. -Franklin Pierce |
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Though the term "patent law" is familiar to those who make their careers in it, the topic of patents may seem dull to those not well-versed in its depth of philosophical and legal issues. The Forum aims to generate a lively, intellectual discussion regarding patent law news, and the tug-of-war between legal ethics and incentives to innovate.
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Members of and contributors to the Forum are challenged to think critically about the impact of patents upon science and society. We challenge readers and contributing students to question authority, to dig deep into seemingly small questions, and to constantly reassess their convictions as if they were hypotheses waiting to be disproven.
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Our Roots
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Originally founded in 2009, the Patent Law Forum was once a vivacious student organization at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, but disbanded in 2010. In 2017, a group of 1L's with issues like "fairness," "counter-majoritarian difficulty," and "utility" ringing in their minds sought a place to ask the hard questions and struggle with the even harder answers. This group of co-founders set their minds to reestablishing the Patent Law Forum.
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Our Mission
The Forum Series provides a place for discussion of current patent topics through informational lectures with local New England practitioners and UNH Law alums. The Forum also hosts a self-published blog for students to write Opinion Editorials. The Forum's blog can be used as a networking and portfolio-building tool, while allowing students to practice their writing skills.
