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, 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, with over 100 students from over 50 countries, and one of the largest intellectual property faculties. Read more
The roundtable discussion, to be held on October 22, 2020, will be hosted by the American Branch International Law Association Committee on International Intellectual Property.
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A new article co-authored by Jonas Anderson, Associate Dean of Scholarship and Professor of Law, and Paul Gugliuzza of Temple University Beasley School of Law is now available on SSRN. Federal Judge Seeks Patent Cases discusses the implications of the centralization of patent cases before a single judge.
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The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and Technology, Law, & Security Program at Digital Commons at American University Washington College of Law present a new working paper -- Transplanting Fair Use Across the Globe: A Case Study Testing the Credibility of U.S. Opposition which discusses the United States’s opposition to the transplanting of U.S. fair use to other countries. The article is available on the AUWCL Digital Commons website.
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