IP Expert Joins UVA Law School Faculty
As reported by Patently-O here, intellectual property law scholar John Duffy will join the UVA Law School faculty this fall. Duffy, who is currently a professor at George Washington University Law School, has been named as one of the 25 most influential people in the field of intellectual property by American Lawyer and one of the 50 most influential people in the world by the UK publication Managing Intellectual Property. In 2007, he represented the prevailing petitioner in KSR v. Teleflex before the Supreme Court, and in 2008 the Federal Circuit invited him to present oral argument in its en banc consideration of In re Bilski. Duffy’s academic scholarship has focused on the relationship between patents and competition and, in particular, on how competition to obtain rights affects the legal and economic structure of the patent system. The announcement by UVA can be found here.
