About the DIPTC
The DIPTC is a teaching law firm that allows students to directly service clients under the close supervision of licensed attorneys. The DIPTC provides pro bono (free) transactional patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and privacy counsel to individuals, and non-profit and for-profit ventures in science, technology, business, and the arts.
Trademark Filing Guides
The Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic provides two free to use trademark filing guides. These guides are meant to help inform users who are in the process of considering whether to file a federal trademark application with the USPTO.
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Prof. Cynthia Dahl explains the Taylor Swift copyright controversy
Dahl notes that most recording artists in a similar position as Swift regarding copyrights – “and maybe it’s time for that to change.”
Detkin Intellectual Property Clinic supports Penn’s efforts to commercialize vital vaccine technology
As part of the clinic, Alex DeLaney GR’19, L’22 helped support the University’s technology licensing process.
Professor Dahl on SCOTUS limiting patent law’s assignor estoppel doctrine
Dahl comments on the SCOTUS ruling, Minerva Surgical v. Hologic, which limits the patent-law doctrine known as “assignor estoppel” baring inventors who sell patent rights from later claiming they’re invalid as a defense to infringement claims.
Prof. Cynthia Dahl honored for teaching excellence
Congratulations to Professor Cynthia Dahl, honored by Penn Law in May 2021 for her teaching excellence!
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