FIELD - Thomas G. Field, Jr. (visiting professor emeritus)

Prof. Thomas G. Field, Jr.

Visiting Professor Emeritus
A.B., West Virginia University
J.D., West Virginia University
LL.M., New York University

Biography
Curriculum Vitae

Updated: July 2, 2012

 

Books

  • Fundamentals of Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials (Pierce Law 2009) [Catalog]
  • Introduction to Administrative Process: Cases & Materials (Pierce Law 2009) [Catalog]
  • Introduction to Administrative Process: Cases & Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2004). [Catalog]
  • Introduction To Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2003). [Catalog]

Articles

  • Standarized Tests: Recouping Development Costs and Preserving Integrity, __ IDEA __ (forthcoming)
  • Billy-Bob Teeth Saves Porn Star: Coping with Defective Work-for-Hire Registrations, 9 UNH L. Rev. 409 (2011)
  • A Statistical Analysis of the Patent Bar: Where are the Software-Savvy Patent Attorneys? 12 N.C. J. L. & Tech. 223 (2010) (with Jon Cavicchi and Ralph Clifford)
  • Controlling Patent Prosecution History, 8 Pierce L. Rev. 228 (2010) [UNH Law] [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • 5 U.S.C. 553: Patent Elephants in Process Mouseholes, 8 Pierce L. Rev. 81 (2010) [UNH Law] [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Ranking Law Schools' Special Programs, 50 IDEA 335 (2010) [UNH Law] [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Limits to Administrative Appointments, 50 IDEA 121 (2009) [UNH Law] [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Originality: Does the Copyright Office Hide the Ball?, 37 AIPLA Q.J. 425 (2009) [SSRN] [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • From Custom to Law in Copyright, 49 IDEA 125 (2008); reprinted 41 I.P.L.Rev. 637 (2009) [UNH Law]
  • Patent Systems: More Easily Faulted Than Fixed, 12 J.I.P.R. 129 (2007); reprinted as Ch. 1 in Patent Remedies: Contemporary Approaches (2008)
  • Copyright Protection for Perfumes, 45 IDEA 19 (2004). [UNH Law] [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Judicial Review of Copyright Examination, 44 IDEA 479 (2004). [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Zurko, Gartside and Lee: How Might They Affect Patent Prosecution? 44 IDEA 221 (2004). [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Book Review: Edison in the Boardroom, 43 IDEA 147 (2002). [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Feltner's Pyrrhic Victory, Advocate, Summer 2002, 8 (reprinted in 43 IDEA 327) (2003). [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Direct Judicial Review of PTO Decisions: Jurisdictional Proposals, 42 IDEA 537 (2002). [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Making the Most of Commercial Global Domains, 41 IDEA 101 (2001). [Lexis] [Westlaw]
  • Pursuing Transparency through Science Courts, Proceedings, Values In Decisions On Risk, Stockholm, June 14-17, 1999, at 228, reprinted 11 RISK 209 (2000). [Westlaw]

Other

  • Aristocrat: Collateral Review of PTO Process, ipFrontline, Oct. 28, 2008. [Web]
  • Limits to Administrative Appointments, ipFrontline, Aug. 1, 2008. [Web]
  • Getting Less Than Expected in Copyright Transfers, ipFrontline, June 11, 2008. [Web]
  • Comment: Considering the Reach of Phelps, 7 Pierce L.Rev. 121 (2008) [UNH Law]
  • When the Copyright Office Hides the Ball, ipFrontline, July 2, 2008. [Web]
  • Pre-Litigation Hardball After Dominant Semiconductors, ipFrontline, May 15, 2008. [Web]
  • Tafas v. Dudas: Elephants in Mouseholes, ipFrontline, April 16, 2008. [Web
  • Quanta: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff, ipFrontline, Feb. 6, 2008. [Web]
  • Coping with Freelance Termination Interests, Pierce Law Mag., 14 (Summer 2007).[UNH Law]
  • GM v. Lanard Toys: What is “Functionality”?  ipFrontline, Aug. 16, 2007. [Web]
  • Martignon: An Unwarranted Evasion of the IP Clause,  ipFrontline, Aug. 10, 2007 [Web]
  • Considering the Reach of Phelps, ipFrontline, Aug. 2, 2007. [Web]
  • “Lawful Use in Commerce” Revisited, ipFrontline, Jun. 26, 2007. [Web
  • Is the Work-for-Hire Doctrine Trumped by Custom?, ipFrontline, Jun. 14, 2007. [Web]
  • Evaluating IP Programs, ipFrontline, Feb. 21, 2007. [Web]
  • Is the Lanham Act "Positive" Law? Does it Matter?, ipFrontline, Jan. 30, 2007. [Web]
  • Federal Circuit Works Well: KSR and Obviousness, Nat'l L.J., Dec. 4, 2006, at 30 (op-ed).
  •  Justice Gone Astray-- Why More Lawyers Need to Understand Copyright Basics, 8 Section Rev. 13 (Mass. Bar. Ass'n 2006) (with Annemarie Field).
  • Lawyers Should Be Cautious When Copying Other Lawyers' Work, ipFrontline, Oct. 31, 2006. [Web]
  • The Risks of Buying Secrets, ipFrontline, Oct. 24, 2006. [Web]
  • Coping with Freelance Termination Interests, ipFrontline, Aug. 4, 2006. [Web]
  • Pierce Law Institutes Intellectual Property Amicus Clinic, ipFrontline, Aug. 3, 2006. [Web]
  • eBay Revisited, ipFrontline, Jul. 22, 2006. [Web]
  • How Uniform Laws & Restatements Guide Federal Common Law, ipFrontline, Jul. 11, 2006. [Web]
  • Government Liability for IP Infringement, ipFrontline, Jun. 20, 2006. [Web]
  • Judicial Review of PTO Trademark Decisions, ipFrontline, Jun. 13, 2006. [Web]
  • Patent Medicine, ipFrontline, Jun. 6, 2006. [Web]
  • The PTO's Document Disclosure Program: Boon or Boondoggle?, ipFrontline, May 26, 2006. [Web]
  • Reducing Intellectual Property Validity Conflicts, ipFrontline, May. 16, 2006. [Web]
  • eBay: When Should Permanent Injunctions be Denied?, ipFrontline, Jan. 5, 2006. [Web]
  • What is Intellectual Property?, in Focus on Intellectual Property Rights (U.S. Dept. of State, Jan. 2006).
  • In Case of Emergency…, Concord (NH) Monitor, Oct. 23, 2005, at D.1.
  • Bird Flu: Emergency Access to Patented Drugs?, ipFrontline, Oct. 18, 2005. [Web]
  • Colloquia Instead of Seminars?, The Law Teacher, Fall 2005, at 9.
  • The Potential Pitfalls of Overlapping Design Patents and TMs, ipFrontline, Aug. 19, 2005. [Web]
  • When Easy Cases Make Bad Law, ipFrontline, Jul. 8, 2005. [Web]
  • Patent Bar Requirements, ipFrontline, May 16, 2005. [Web]
  • Avoiding Prosecution Estoppel and Saving Money, ipFrontline, Apr. 29, 2005. [Web]
  • Why Parties Can Cite "Unpublished" PTO Opinions, ipFrontline, Mar. 14, 2005. [Web]
  • Feist Reconsidered, ipFrontline, Mar. 1, 2005. [Web]
  • Orphan Works, ipFrontline, Feb. 7, 2005. [Web]
  • Weekly Quizzes, L. Teacher (Spring 2005 at 5).
  • Copyright in Written Work (NH Writers' Project 12th Annual Writers' Day Conf., Manchester, N.H., Mar. 2005).*
  • Long Overdue Benefits of Viewing the PTO as an Admininstrative Agency, ipFrontline, Dec. 2004. [Web]
  • The ABC's of IP, MAPLA Briefs (Winter 2004 at 7).
  • Perfume is Now Covered by Copyright, Patent Cafe, Aug. 2004.
  • Guest Editorial: Technology Worth Patenting…, RTI TechVentures, (June 2004), reprinted Pierce Law magazine, (Summer 2004, at 18).
  • Zurko, Gartside and Lee: How Might They Affect Patent Prosecution? (Annual Meeting of the Americal Intellectual Property Law Assn., D.C., Oct. 30, 2003).*
  • The Need to Convert Intellectual Assets into Property, Corp. Counsel's Q. (Oct. 2002, at 73).
  • Chevron Deference to the USPTO at the Federal Circuit, in Conflicts in Federal Circuit Panel Decisions, 11 F. Cir. B.J. 723, 773 (2002).
  • James Lardner, Fast Forward: A Machine and the Commotion it Caused (Pierce Law 2002) (1987) (Thomas G. Field, Jr., book production and cover design; explanatory paragraphs and case addendum). 
  • Copyright on the Internet -- first online 1996 (reprinted IP Counselor, June 2001, 2, and in 17(3) CORP. COUNSEL'S Q., July 2001, 1).
  • Copyrights and Beyond in the Digital Age, Advocate, Fall/Winter 2000, 10 (reprinted JurisNotes.com, June 2001).
  • IP Protection (Joint Maine and Quebec Bar Associations Meeting, Quebec City, 2001) (panel participant).
  • IP Management In The Digital Age, (Brussels 2000) (Reprinted in 41 IDEA 101, 2001).
  • Strategic IP Management (Specialty Papers Conference, Montreal, 2001).*
  • Copyright Issues Affecting Nurses and Other Personnel at Acute Care Medical Facilities (Health & Sciences Television Network video for broadcast, 2000).

 

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