{"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":"2026-01-07T14:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:54:56","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":"

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>Our Work<\/span><\/a>. iPIP Clinic matters always involves technology, but <\/span>no technical degree or course prerequisites are required<\/span><\/a>\u2014even for our patent work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through casework and seminar, student attorneys develop competence across five iPIP x Justice themes: <\/span>creativity<\/b> (copyright and Digital Millennium Copyright Act), <\/span>innovation<\/b> (patent and trademark), <\/span>transparency<\/b> (trade secrets and Freedom of Information Act), <\/span>autonomy<\/b> (right of publicity and privacy) and <\/span>accessibility<\/b> (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>Wikipedia editing<\/span><\/a>, public interest and movement lawyering for iPIP practitioners, and <\/span>cura personalis<\/span><\/i>, 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

By the end of the semester, student attorneys will achieve the following objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n