Intellectual Property & Information Law focuses on three core legal areas in patent, copyright, and trademark law, as well as the law of unfair competition and trade secrets.

Michael J. Meurer

The son of an economics professor, Michael Meurer knew by the time he was 13 that he, too, wanted to teach at the university level. An SB, JD and PhD later, he became an economics professor at Duke University and later a law professor at the University of Buffalo. He came to Boston University School […]

Kenneth P. Mortensen

As an attorney and engineer, Kenneth P. Mortensen works to empower organizations to develop and implement a knowledge governance strategy treating information as a critical enterprise asset used to optimize risk and facilitate innovation through enhanced decision-making while incorporating protections for individual privacy and addressing cybersecurity risks. Ken is currently the data protection officer leading […]

Maureen A. O’Rourke

As dean from 2006 to 2018 and interim dean from 2004 to 2006, Maureen A. O’Rourke oversaw the construction of the five-story, state-of-the-art Sumner M. Redstone Building and gut renovation of the adjacent law tower. This project was the culmination of decades of planning and provides students with first-rate community spaces, high quality classrooms, and amenities. Dean O’Rourke also […]

Kevin Outterson

Kevin Outterson, J.D., LL.M., is Professor of Law and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at Boston University, where he leads the Social Innovation on Drug Resistance program. He is also the founding Executive Director and Principal Investigator of Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X), a global non-profit partnership funded by the U.S., U.K., and […]

Jessica Silbey

Jessica Silbey teaches and writes in the areas of intellectual property and technology law, constitutional law, and law and the humanities. In addition to a law degree, she has a PhD in comparative literature and draws on her studies of literature and film to better account for law’s force and limitations. In 2018, she was a Guggenheim […]