Christopher A. Cotropia

Professor of Law

Office: Room 203
Tel. (804) 484-1574
Fax (804) 287-8683
ccotropi@richmond.edu

Courses Taught: Intellectual Property Fundamentals; Property

More Information:
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SSRN Page
Intellectual Property Institute

Education

J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1999)
with Honors
Order of the Coif
Articles Editor – Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
Robert S. Strauss Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law, 1998-1999

Queen Mary & Westfield College – Centre for Commercial Law Studies (Fall 1998)
Study in International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law

B.S., Northwestern University (1996)
with Honors and Distinction in both Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering
Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Societies

Professional Experience

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Professor of Law, 2009-present
Associate Professor of Law, 2006-2009

Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA
Associate Professor of Law, 2003-2006
C.J. Morrow Research Associate Professor of Law, 2005-2006

Fish & Richardson P.C., Washington, DC, 2001-2003
Intellectual Property Litigation Associate

Hon. Alvin A. Schall, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC, 1999-2001
Law Clerk

Recent & Featured Publications

The Folly of Early Filing in Patent Law, 61 Hastings L. J. __ (forthcoming 2009)

Copying in Patent Law, 87 N. Car. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2009) (co-authored with Mark Lemley)

Nonobviousness and the Federal Circuit: An Empirical Analysis of Recent Case Law, 82 Notre Dame L. Rev. 911 (2007)

Patent Law Viewed Through an Evidentiary Lens: The "Suggestion Test" as a Rule of Evidence, 2006 BYU L. Rev. 1517

Patent Claim Interpretation Methodologies and Their Claim Scope Paradigms, 47 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 49 (2005)

Bar Admissions

California, District of Columbia, United States Patent and Trademark Office