James Gibson
Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property
Institute
Biographical Profile
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Office: Room 215
Tel. (804) 287-6398
Fax (804) 289-8683
jgibson@richmond.edu
Courses Taught: Computer Law; Contracts; Copyright Law; Intellectual Property; John Marshall Scholars Seminar
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (1995)
Order of the Coif
Dillard Fellow
Virginia Law Review, Editorial Board
B.A., Yale University (1991)
Cum Laude
James Gordon Bennett prize for best senior thesis on international relations
William Neely Mallory prize for best male athlete in senior class
Professional Experience
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
Professor of Law, 2009-present;
Associate Professor of Law, 2007-2009;
Assistant Professor of Law, 2004-2007;
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 2002-2004
Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, 1999 - 2002
U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC, 1996-98
Law Clerk to Honorable Karen Nelson Moore, 1995-1996
Recent & Featured Publications
The Upside of Intellectual Property's Downside, 57 UCLA Law Rev. ___ (2010) (forthcoming)
Doctrinal Feedback and (Un)Reasonable Care, 94 Va. L. Rev. 1641 (2008)
Risk Aversion and Rights Accretion in Intellectual Property Law, 116 Yale L.J.882 (2007)
Once and Future Copyright, 81 Notre Dame L. Rev. 167 (2005)
Re-Reifying Data, 80 Notre Dame L. Rev. 163 (2004)
Bar Admissions
Virginia; District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, and District of Columbia Circuits, and various U.S. District Courts.