Mickie A Piatt added to The Center for IP Understanding's board of directors
Chicago-Kent College of Law associate professor and IP lawand IP management and markets programmes co-director, Mickie A Piatt,
has been
named to the board of directors for The Center for IP Understanding (CIPU).Founded in 2016, CIPU is an independent, non-profit
organisation dedicated to raising awareness of IP rights and
how they impact people’s lives. CIPU conducts research, facilitates events and educates
consumers, lawmakers, educators, business owners, IP holders and the public on
the benefits of IP rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade
secrets. Chicago-Kent hosted CIPU’s 2017 IP Awareness Summit,
which was the first conference of its kind to address the role of IP understanding
in innovation, ideas and value creation.“IP is important to business and commerce because more
than 80 percent of business assets today are intangible,” Piatt said. She added, “There is a disconnect between awareness
and a
deeper understanding of IP that CIPU is trying to bridge—that enhances the
value of IP for everyone.”Piatt is co-director of Chicago-Kent’s IP law programme,
which is consistently ranked among the top 20 programs in the country. She has written a digital casebook on trade secret
law
and has developed materials for classes in emerging technologies and the law,
telecommunications law and technology, computer law, and in the management of
ip portfolios, the last of which integrates the business aspects of IP
management into the legal paradigm. She also co-directs the country’s first full degree
program in IP management and markets, an interdisciplinary master’s degree
granted by IIT and taught by teams from the law school, business school,
engineering, design and computer science programmes. The IPMM master’s degree remains the only such program in
the US and Piatt is the lead instructor for four of the core classes. Prior to coming to Chicago-Kent, she held positions
at
the University of Texas and at the University of Oklahoma. The new appointment received her bachelor’s degree in
Linguistics, her master’s degree in information science and technology, and her
law degree, all from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the Texas Bar and
frequently speaks and consults on IP issues.
Founded in 1888, Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law
school of Illinois Institute of Technology, also known as Illinois Tech, a
private, technology-focused, research university offering undergraduate and
graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human
sciences, applied technology, and law.
Chicago-Kent College of Law associate professor and IP lawand IP management and markets programmes co-director, Mickie A Piatt,
has been
named to the board of directors for The Center for IP Understanding (CIPU).Founded in 2016, CIPU is an independent, non-profit
organisation dedicated to raising awareness of IP rights and
how they impact people’s lives. CIPU conducts research, facilitates events and educates
consumers, lawmakers, educators, business owners, IP holders and the public on
the benefits of IP rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade
secrets. Chicago-Kent hosted CIPU’s 2017 IP Awareness Summit,
which was the first conference of its kind to address the role of IP understanding
in innovation, ideas and value creation.“IP is important to business and commerce because more
than 80 percent of business assets today are intangible,” Piatt said. She added, “There is a disconnect between awareness
and a
deeper understanding of IP that CIPU is trying to bridge—that enhances the
value of IP for everyone.”Piatt is co-director of Chicago-Kent’s IP law programme,
which is consistently ranked among the top 20 programs in the country. She has written a digital casebook on trade secret
law
and has developed materials for classes in emerging technologies and the law,
telecommunications law and technology, computer law, and in the management of
ip portfolios, the last of which integrates the business aspects of IP
management into the legal paradigm. She also co-directs the country’s first full degree
program in IP management and markets, an interdisciplinary master’s degree
granted by IIT and taught by teams from the law school, business school,
engineering, design and computer science programmes. The IPMM master’s degree remains the only such program in
the US and Piatt is the lead instructor for four of the core classes. Prior to coming to Chicago-Kent, she held positions
at
the University of Texas and at the University of Oklahoma. The new appointment received her bachelor’s degree in
Linguistics, her master’s degree in information science and technology, and her
law degree, all from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the Texas Bar and
frequently speaks and consults on IP issues.
Founded in 1888, Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law
school of Illinois Institute of Technology, also known as Illinois Tech, a
private, technology-focused, research university offering undergraduate and
graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human
sciences, applied technology, and law.