Friends & Supporters

IP Program Initiatives

The IP Scholarship Initiative* enables CIPLIT™ to successfully recruit law school candidates who hold the most outstanding national LSAT and GPA statistics. Past contributors include:

  • Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  • Edward D. Manzo
    Husch Blackwell LLP
  • Susan Somers Neal
    Neal & McDevitt
  • William Niro
    Niro Haller & Niro
  • DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP Scholarship in Intellectual Property/Information Technology Law
  • Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
  • Gregory Vogler
    McAndrews Held & Malloy

IP Program Initiatives

The following donors have provided support to CIPLIT™ over the years for specific initiatives:

  • Robert Chambers
    Dr. Robert Chambers Patent Law Award
  • Dennis Gallitano
    Gallitano and O'Connor LLP, Scholarship Support
  • Gerald D. Hosier
    The Hosier Distinguished Visiting Intellectual Property Professorships and Scholars
  • James Jacobson and Griffith & Jacobson
    Scholarship Support
  • Edward D. Manzo
    Advanced Concepts in Patent Law Seminar Scholars
  • Thomas R. Mulroy and McGuire Woods
    CIPLIT Symposium Fund
  • Raymond P. Niro Sr.
    Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law
  • Niro Haller & Niro
    Annual Niro Distinguished IP Lecture Series
  • Practising Law Institute of New York
    TIP Clinic® Intellectual Property Reference Library
  • Scandaglia & Ryan
    IP Legal Writing Award
  • Leslie Silbermann
    Hattie F. Silbermann Award for Academic Excellence
  • Gregory Vogler and McAndrews Held & Malloy
    Funding of CIPLIT Associate Directorship
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News

DePaul students earn runner-up title at national patent law moot court competition

After a demanding six months of preparation for the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, Nick Restauri’s and Rachel Schweers’ hard work and dedication paid off with a regional first place finish, two best brief awards and the national title of runner-up.
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CIPLIT and DePaul alumnus to serve as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office deputy chief of staff

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos recently announced that DePaul law alumnus Azam Khan will serve as the deputy chief of staff in the Office of the Under Secretary and Director.
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