Faculty

ADAM CANDEUB
IPIC Director & Professor
Communications Law & Regulation

DAVID BLANKFEIN-TABACHNICK
Associate Professor
Taxation & Tax Policy, Private Law, Intellectual Property

JENNIFER CARTER-JOHNSON
Associate Professor
Biotechnology & Patent Law

JAMES M. CHEN
Justin Smith Morrill Chair & Professor 
Regulated Industries

NANCY COSTELLO
Associate Clinical Professor
Copyright & Media Law

SEAN PAGER
Associate IPIC Director & Professor
IP in Creative Industries

John C. Blattner, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Trademark Law & Unfair Competition Law
Prof. Blattner practices brand creation and brand protection law, including trademark counseling, clearance, registration, and maintenance both in the United States and overseas. He also has extensive experience in patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition litigation in state and federal courts, and represents clients in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Trent English, New Heights Energy
Patent Application Preparation, Patent Law
Prof. English’s practice includes preparing and prosecuting patent applications, conducting prior art investigations and clearance assessments, and patent licensing. He is also a named inventor on several granted patents.

Monte Falcoff, Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
Advanced Patent Law, Patent Litigation
Prof. Falcoff 's primary areas of legal practice include intellectual property portfolio management, client counseling and opinion preparation, preparation and prosecution of patent applications, trademark prosecution, intellectual property litigation, and licensing.

Kristin L. Murphy, Brooks Kushman
Patent Litigation 
Prof. Murphy has extensive experience in patent opinions, intellectual property valuations/due diligence and drafting/negotiating technology and IP agreements. She has extensive experience with trademark, unfair competition, and patent litigation through trial and appeal.

Bea Swedlow, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Trade Secrets
Prof. Swedlow practices intellectual property law, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation. She has extensive experience in state and federal courts, and represents clients in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.