Global connections: distinguished Pierce Law IP alumni
Thirty five years educating IP professionals from nearly one hundred countries
During the 1970s Pierce Law founder Dr. Robert Rines and the IP faculty made it a programatic goal of the Pierce Law to bring important visitors from around the globe to educate them on building IP capacity in their countries. These were the first members of the IP global family at Pierce Law. They were invited to attend classes at no charge and were taken to import IP settings around the United States. Simultaneously, Pierce Law was educating “practice ready” intellectual property lawyers in the Juris Doctor Program.
During the 1980s, the efforts of the prior decade culminated in the founding of the first Master of Intellectual Property (MIP) degree that could be earned by lawyers and non-lawyers alike. In the following decade, Pierce Law offered the Master of Laws in Intellectual Property (LLM IP) degree to accommodate foreign and U.S. lawyers who earned an advanced IP law and practice degree.
This three decade endeavor has resulted in demonstrable and sustainable success, both in terms of statistics as well as success stories.
November 2009 : The Financial Times names Pierce Law now the US's foremost institute for the study of intellectual property law.
The growth of IP alumni associations harnesses the power of neworking
There are formal and informal alumni associations in the U.S. and around the globe. Pierce Law has a strategic plan to promote and grow these associations that benefit all members of the Pierce Law community - especially new graduates looking for career assistance and opportunities.
Focus on Mexico
Trustee Gloria Isla MIP ’88 of Mexico City, Mexico is leading efforts to formalize the Mexico alumni chapter. In addition to supporting the alumni network, the principal interest of the chapter is to promote Pierce Law to future students and to increase the importance and knowledge of intellectual property. With the help of its officers, the Mexico alumni chapter is actively planning activities and organizing Pierce Law alumni representatives in their country.
Some of global alumni leading IP national and international offices setting IP policy for all peoples
Betty Jepkoech Kiplagat
Administrative, Legal Office
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Nairobi, Kenya
Manisha Shridhar
Director, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector
Ministry of Small Scale Industries Government of India
New Delhi, India
Dr. Emanuel Meyer
Senior Legal Advisor, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Copyrights and Neighboring Rights
Bern, Switzerland
Irma Herrera
Head of Multilateral Affairs,
National Institute of Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
José Graça Aranha
Director, Information and Promotion Division, Sector of Trademarks,
Industrial Design and Geographical Indications WIPO
Geneva, Switzerland
Former President, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jack Lu
Director, Economic Division Taipei Representative Office
Taiwan Patent and Trademark Office
Singapore
Adebambo Adewopo
Director General
Nigerian Copyright Commission
Abuja, Nigeria
Percentage of the total alumni body residing in each country
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Argentina 0.22% Armenia 0.02% Austria 0.02% Azerbaijan 0.02% Barbados 0.02% Belgium 0.02% Bermuda 0.02% Botswana 0.15% Brazil 0.25% Canada 0.29% Chile 0.05% P.R. China 1.32% Colombia 0.05% Costa Rica 0.05% Cote d’Ivoire 0.02% Croatia 0.07% Dominican Republic 0.10% Ecuador 0.02% Egypt 0.10% El Salvador 0.02% |
Estonia 0.02% Finland 0.02% France 0.12% Germany 0.07% Georgia 0.02% Ghana 0.05% Greece 0.02% Guam 0.02% Guatemala 0.02% India 0.88% Indonesia 0.15% Israel 0.02% Italy 0.07% Japan 1.20% Jordan 0.10% Kenya 0.12% Korea R.O.K. 2.33% Malawi 0.05% Malaysia 0.12% Mexico 0.52% |
Mongolia 0.05% Nepal 0.05% The Netherlands 0.07% New Zealand 0.02% Nigeria 0.17% Oman 0.02% Pakistan 0.02% Papua New Guinea 0.02% Peru 0.10% Phillippines 0.07% Portugal 0.02% Puerto Rico 0.10% Republic of Panama 0.22% Romania 0.02% Russia 0.02% Saudi Arabia 0.10% Serbia and Montenegro 0.02% Singapore 0.02% South Africa 0.10% Spain 0.10% |
Sudan 0.05% Swaziland 0.05% Sweden 0.07% Switzerland 0.22% Taiwan R.O.C. 2.04% Tanzania 0.12% Thailand 0.34% Trinidad & Tobago 0.05% Turkey 0.07% Ukraine 0.05% United Arab Emirates 0.07% United Kingdom 0.19% United States 86.09% Uruguay 0.02% Venezuela 0.20% Vietnam 0.05% Zambia 0.05% |
