Each year, three Mizzou Law faculty members receive awards: one for a scholarly work, one for teaching, and one for the administration of justice. I am writing to announce this year’s recipients. The Husch Blackwell Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award is awarded for teaching excellence, and the recipient is chosen by the Missouri Law Review editorial board. This years’ awardee is…
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Professor Dennis Crouch cited in Washington Post article
Dennis Crouch, an associate professor of law and director of the Center for Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri School of Law, was cited this week in an article in the Washington Post. The article references Professor Crouch’s 2022 study of Federal Circuit patent decisions statistically showing what was already common knowledge – that the outcome often…
Prof. Dennis Crouch and Mizzou Law student present at 2021 BYU symposium
On August 19, Professor Dennis Crouch and Dr. Homayoon Rafatijo (MU Law 3L) jointly presented their manuscript titled “States Can Infringe upon Your Intellectual Property Rights with Impunity in the Era of ‘New Federalism,” at the 2021 BYU Copyright and Trademark Symposium. The article criticizes the Supreme Court’s 2020 sovereign immunity decision in Allen v. Cooper, looking primarily through a…
Tenth Annual University of Missouri Patent Law Moot Court Competition
On Tuesday, November 17, Mizzou Law held the Tenth Annual University of Missouri Patent Law Moot Court Competition, this year in an online format. Fifteen students wrote briefs and presented oral arguments in a mock-version of a pending infringement lawsuit involving patented printing and computer storage technology. (One of the patented products was on Martha Stewart. Overall winner of the…
Professor Crouch publishes post #7,000 on Patently-O
This month Professor Dennis Crouch published his 7,000th post on Patently-O. The academic blog is a daily read for most U.S. patent law professionals and has been cited in over 1,000 law review…
Professor Crouch comments on Supreme Court ruling
Professor Dennis Crouch commented in a recent article about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office violated the American Rule, “End Of The Road For USPTO’s ‘Radical’ Fight for Atty Fees.” The article mentions Crouch as one of the first court-watchers to call attention to the USPTO’s requests for fees. He says that “The Supreme…
Ninth Annual University of Missouri Patent Law Moot Court Competition
On Friday, November 15, Mizzou Law hosted the Ninth Annual University of Missouri Patent Law Moot Court Competition. Thirteen students wrote briefs and presented oral arguments in a mock-version of a pending infringement lawsuit involving a patented device for 3D modeling of orthodontistry. Overall winner of the competition this year (brief + arguments) was Kevin Johnston who will receive the…
Professor Crouch Among 50 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property
Professor Dennis Crouch was chosen as one of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property, a source of news and analysis on IP developments worldwide. Professor Crouch is the editor for the leading U.S. patent blog, Patently-O, which has more than 25,000 subscribers to its daily mail. The blog is known for its critiques of…
Professor Crouch to Speak at American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Meeting
On October 27, Professor Dennis Crouch is speaking at the annual meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in Washington, D.C. In his plenary session, Professor Crouch will focus on how ethical duties in patent cases shift according to venue — comparing patent litigation, patent prosecution, and America Invents Act (AIA)…
Professor Crouch Speaks at Inventor of the Year Event in St. Louis
On October 11, Professor Dennis Crouch was a featured speaker at the St. Louis area Inventor of the Year award ceremony sponsored by the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He served on a panel with Q. Todd Dickinson, former director of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and Jacqueline Bonilla, vice chief administrative patent judge of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board,…