{"id":7378,"date":"2020-12-11T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=67987"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:35:00","slug":"intellectual-property-and-information-policy-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/our-clinics\/intellectual-property-and-information-policy-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The iPIP Clinic is a national leader in creative legal and sociotechnical advice for justice-minded artists, nonprofits, and coalitions. We specialize in counseling, policy, legislation, transactional, amicus, and strategic pre-litigation matters, which you can learn more about through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/our-clinics\/intellectual-property-and-information-policy-clinic\/our-work\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our Work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. iPIP Clinic matters always involves technology, but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.law.georgetown.edu\/facpub\/2516\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no technical degree or course prerequisites are required<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014even for our patent work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through casework and seminar, student attorneys develop competence across five iPIP x Justice themes: <\/span><b>creativity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (copyright and Digital Millennium Copyright Act), <\/span><b>innovation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (patent and trademark), <\/span><b>transparency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (trade secrets and Freedom of Information Act), <\/span><b>autonomy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (right of publicity and privacy) and <\/span><b>accessibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (CDA 230 and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). Taking this thematic approach in seminar creates deeper connections between otherwise disparate doctrines, which is a recurring theme of both seminar and casework. Students also engage in collaborative problemsolving, called \u201ccase rounds,\u201d about professional responsibility Rules 1.1 and 1.6 (competency, cybersecurity, and confidentiality); Rule 1.2 (scope of representation); and Rule 2.1 (advisor). Students complement iPIP x Justice sessions and case rounds by honing transferrable skills like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/our-clinics\/intellectual-property-and-information-policy-clinic\/ipip-clinic-spotlight\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wikipedia editing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, public interest and movement lawyering for iPIP practitioners, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cura personalis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Jesuit value of \u201ccare for the whole person.\u201d Because our work is both legal and sociotechnical, seminar materials include songs, art, and films, as well as more than a dozen writing genres beyond Supreme Court opinions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the end of the semester, student attorneys will achieve the following objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nurture the skills to think, write, and speak competently, conscientiously,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">compellingly, and creatively, both individually and collaboratively;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think critically about iPIP\u2019s claim to neutrality; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interrogate the effects of iPIP on marginalized groups, including people identified by<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gender, indigeneity, race, sexuality, class, and disability;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think critically about the overlapping relationships between iPIP doctrines;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foster a working environment rooted in trust, humor, respect, and joy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about Casework in the Clinic, visit <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/our-clinics\/intellectual-property-and-information-policy-clinic\/our-work\/\">Our Work<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iPIP Clinic is a national leader in creative legal and sociotechnical advice for justice-minded artists, nonprofits, and coalitions. 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