Resume

• 2010

  University of Virginia

  Pittsburgh

  PA

  Implemented academic and non-academic initiatives for the law school

  with special focus on student recruitment

  alumni relations

  community engagement

  interdisciplinary program development

  international programs

  IT infrastructure management

  faculty hiring

  and strategic planning.

  Associate Dean of Administration

  Duquesne University School of Law

  Charlottesville

  VA

  Completed dissertation on university patent enforcement at the university's Curry School of Education.

  Ph.D. Candidate

  University of Virginia

  Pittsburgh

  PA

  Teaching responsibilities included courses in torts

  intellectual property law

  and law & higher education. Tenured starting in the 2017-2018 academic year.

  Associate Professor Of Law / Assistant Professor of Law

  Duquesne University School of Law

  Spokane

  WA

  Professor of Law and Professor of Education

  Gonzaga University

  Spokane

  Washington

  Dean

  Gonzaga University School of Law

  Pittsburgh

  PA

  Member of the firm's intellectual property practice group

  with practice focus on trademark prosecution

  counseling

  and enforcement; IP licensing; copyright procurement and enforcement; and domain name acquisition and brand enforcement strategy.

  Of Counsel

  Cohen & Grigsby

  P.C.

• 2007

  McGuireWoods LLP

  Gonzaga University School of Law

  Cohen & Grigsby

  P.C.

  Richmond

  VA

  Member of the IP litigation/patents department and higher education practice team

  with practice focus on litigating IP disputes and providing general business representation and IP counseling to corporate and non-profit clients.

  Associate

  McGuireWoods LLP

  President

  Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Higher Education

  University of Virginia

  The College of William and Mary

  A.B.

  Hispanic Studies; Government

  M.Ed.

  Social Foundations of Education

  University of Virginia School of Law

  J.D.

• Carnegie Museum of Natural History

  Intellectual Property

  Licensing

  Technology Transfer

  Intellectual Property Strategy

  Higher Education Policy

  University Teaching

  Higher Education

  Civil Litigation

  The Branding of the American Mind: How Universities Capture

  Manage

  and Monetize Intellectual Property and Why It Matters

  Universities generate an enormous amount of intellectual property

  including copyrights

  trademarks

  patents

  Internet domain names

  and even trade secrets. Until recently

  universities often ceded ownership of this property to the faculty member or student who created or discovered it in the course of their research. Increasingly

  though

  universities have become protective of this property

  claiming it for their own use and licensing it as a revenue source instead of allowing it to remain in the public sphere. Many universities now behave like private corporations

  suing to protect trademarked sports logos

  patents

  and name brands.\n\nYet how can private rights accumulation and enforcement further the public interest in higher education? What is to be gained and lost as institutions become more guarded and contentious in their orientation toward intellectual property? In this pioneering book

  I use a mixture of qualitative

  quantitative

  and legal research methods to grapple with those central questions

  exposing and critiquing the industry’s unquestioned and growing embrace of intellectual property from the perspective of research in law

  higher education

  and the social sciences.\n\nWhile knowledge creation and dissemination have a long history in higher education

  using intellectual property as a vehicle for rights staking and enforcement is a relatively new and dangerous phenomenon for the sector. The Branding of the American Mind points to higher education’s love affair with intellectual property itself

  in all its dimensions

  including newer forms that are less tied to scholarly output. The result is an unwelcome assault on the public’s interest in higher education.\n\nPresuming no background knowledge of intellectual property

  and ending with a call to action

  The Branding of the American Mind explores applicable laws

  legal regimes

  and precedent in plain English

  making the book appealing to anyone concerned for the future of higher education.

  The Branding of the American Mind: How Universities Capture

  Manage

  and Monetize Intellectual Property and Why It Matters

  Rooksby

  Duquesne University School of Law

  Gonzaga University