The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) is the internationally recognized intellectual property and information law research and academic program of American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL). Our prolific IP faculty has expertise in every major topic of the field, including Copyright, Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret, Cyberlaw, and international IP.
PIJIP’s academic program, including our LL.M. degree in Intellectual Property & Technology, and a first in the nation IP Clinic, offer an unparalleled course of study in the fields of intellectual property and information law.
PIJIP’s impact program serves as an important incubator of research and public debate on public interest concerns in global intellectual property policy making.
American University Washington College of Law offers one of the nation’s top LL.M. (Masters in Law) degrees in intellectual property and technology, with over 100 students from over 50 countries, and one of the largest intellectual property and technology faculties. Read more
On September 17, PIJIP's Sean Flynn and Michael Palmedo submitted joint comments with six other scholars to the Canadian government consultation on "A Modern Copyright Framework for AI and the Internet of Things."
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PIJIP is one of the six civil society groups hosting the Global Congress's online event this fall - Intellectual Property, the Public Interest and Covid-19: Learning, Discoveries and Challenges.
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PIJIP is pleased to announce that effective August 4th, 2021, it has assumed stewardship of the Low Carbon Patent Pledge, in partnership with the Program on Intellectual Property Law and Policy at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.
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