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Thomas G. Field, Jr.

Professor of Law; Director, Intellectual Property Amicus Clinic; & Faculty Advisor, IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review.
A.B., West Virginia University
J.D., West Virginia University
LL.M., New York University

Biography
Curriculum Vitae

Updated: Sept. 20, 2007

Books

• Introduction to Administrative Process: Cases & Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2004).
• Introduction To Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2003).

Articles

• Patent Systems: More Easily Faulted than Fixed, 12 J. Intell. Prop. Rights ( Jan. 2007).
• Copyright Protection for Perfumes, 45 IDEA 19 (2004).
• Judicial Review of Copyright Examination, 44 IDEA 479 (2004).
• Zurko, Gartside and Lee: How Might They Affect Patent Prosecution? 44 IDEA 221 (2004).
• Book Review: Edison in the Boardroom, 43 IDEA 147 (2002).
• Feltner's Pyrrhic Victory, Advocate, Summer 2002, 8 (reprinted 43 IDEA 327 (2003)).
• Direct Judicial Review of PTO Decisions: Jurisdictional Proposals, 42 IDEA 537 (2002).
• Making the Most of Commercial Global Domains, 41 IDEA 101 (2001).
• Pursuing Transparency through Science Courts, Proceedings, Values In Decisions On Risk, Stockholm, June 14-17, 1999, at 228, reprinted 11 RISK 209 (2000).

Other

• Coping with Freelance Termination Interests, Pierce Law Mag., 14 (Summer 2007).
• GM v. Lanard Toys: What is “Functionality”?  ipFrontline, Aug. 16, 2007.
• Martignon: An Unwarranted Evasion of the IP Clause,  ipFrontline, Aug. 10, 2007.
• Considering the Reach of Phelps, ipFrontline, Aug. 2, 2007.
• “Lawful Use in Commerce” Revisited, ipFrontline, Jun. 26, 2007.
• Is the Work-for-Hire Doctrine Trumped by Custom?, ipFrontline, Jun. 14, 2007.
• Evaluating IP Programs, ipFrontline, Feb. 21, 2007.
• Is the Lanham Act "Positive" Law? Does it Matter?, ipFrontline, Jan. 30, 2007.
• Federal Circuit Works Well: KSR and Obviousness, Nat'l L.J., Dec. 4, 2006, at 30 (op-ed).
•  Justice Gone Astray-- Why More Lawyers Need to Understand Copyright Basics, 8 Section Rev. 13 (Mass. Bar. Ass'n 2006) (with Annemarie Field).
• Lawyers Should Be Cautious When Copying Other Lawyers' Work, ipFrontline, Oct. 31, 2006.
• The Risks of Buying Secrets, ipFrontline, Oct. 24, 2006.
• Coping with Freelance Termination Interests, ipFrontline, Aug. 4, 2006.
• Pierce Law Institutes Intellectual Property Amicus Clinic, ipFrontline, Aug. 3, 2006.
• eBay Revisited, ipFrontline, Jul. 22, 2006.
• How Uniform Laws & Restatements Guide Federal Common Law, ipFrontline, Jul. 11, 2006.
• Government Liability for IP Infringement, ipFrontline, Jun. 20, 2006.
• Judicial Review of PTO Trademark Decisions, ipFrontline, Jun. 13, 2006.
• Patent Medicine, ipFrontline, Jun. 6, 2006.
• The PTO's Document Disclosure Program: Boon or Boondoggle?, ipFrontline, May 26, 2006.
• Reducing Intellectual Property Validity Conflicts, ipFrontline, May. 16, 2006.
• eBay: When Should Permanent Injunctions be Denied?, ipFrontline, Jan. 5, 2006.
• What is Intellectual Property?, in Focus on Intellectual Property Rights (U.S. Dept. of State, Jan. 2006).
• In Case of Emergency…, Concord (NH) Monitor, Oct. 23, 2005, at D.1.
• Bird Flu: Emergency Access to Patented Drugs?, ipFrontline, Oct. 18, 2005.
• Colloquia Instead of Seminars?, The Law Teacher, Fall 2005, at 9.
• The Potential Pitfalls of Overlapping Design Patents and TMs, ipFrontline, Aug. 19, 2005.
• When Easy Cases Make Bad Law, ipFrontline, Jul. 8, 2005.
• Patent Bar Requirements, ipFrontline, May 16, 2005.
• Avoiding Prosecution Estoppel and Saving Money, ipFrontline, Apr. 29, 2005.
• Why Parties Can Cite "Unpublished" PTO Opinions, ipFrontline, Mar. 14, 2005. .
• Feist Reconsidered, ipFrontline, Mar. 1, 2005.
• Orphan Works, ipFrontline, Feb. 7, 2005.
• Weekly Quizzes, L. Teacher (Spring 2005 at 5).
• Patent Bar Requirements, ipFrontline, May 2005.
• Copyright in Written Work (NH Writers' Project 12th Annual Writers' Day Conf., Manchester, N.H., Mar. 2005).*
• Why Parties Can Cite "Unpublished" PTO Opinions, ipFrontline, Mar. 2005.
• Long Overdue Benefits of Viewing the PTO as an Admininstrative Agency, ipFrontline, Dec. 2004.
• The ABC's of IP, MAPLA Briefs (Winter 2004 at 7).
• Perfume is Now Covered by Copyright, Patent Cafe, Aug. 2004.
• Guest Editorial: Technology Worth Patenting…, RTI TechVentures, (June 2004), reprinted Pierce Law magazine, (Summer 2004, at 18).
• Zurko, Gartside and Lee: How Might They Affect Patent Prosecution? (Annual Meeting of the Americal Intellectual Property Law Assn., D.C., Oct. 30, 2003).*
• The Need to Convert Intellectual Assets into Property, Corp. Counsel's Q. (Oct. 2002, at 73).
• Chevron Deference to the USPTO at the Federal Circuit, in Conflicts in Federal Circuit Panel Decisions, 11 F. Cir. B.J. 723, 773 (2002).
• James Lardner, Fast Forward: A Machine and the Commotion it Caused (Pierce Law 2002) (1987) (Thomas G. Field, Jr., book production and cover design; explanatory paragraphs and case addendum). 
• Copyright on the Internet -- first online 1996 (reprinted IP Counselor, June 2001, 2, and in 17(3) CORP. COUNSEL'S Q., July 2001, 1).
• Copyrights and Beyond in the Digital Age, Advocate, Fall/Winter 2000, 10 (reprinted JurisNotes.com, June 2001).
• IP Protection (Joint Maine and Quebec Bar Associations Meeting, Quebec City, 2001) (panel participant).
• IP Management In The Digital Age, (Brussels 2000) (Reprinted in 41 IDEA 101, 2001).
• Strategic IP Management (Specialty Papers Conference, Montreal, 2001).*
• Copyright Issues Affecting Nurses and Other Personnel at Acute Care Medical Facilities (Health & Sciences Television Network video for broadcast, 2000).

*Copy of presentation on file with the author.