Thomas G. Field, Jr.
Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Law
2 White Street; Concord NH 03301
(603) 228-1541; fax 225-9647
Email: tfield@piercelaw.edu
Contents
- Education
- Teaching
- Courses Taught
- Bar Admissions
- Professional Activities
- Professional Publications
- Supervised Research
- Professional Memberships
- Pre-law Experience
- Personal
- New York University, New York NY -- LL.M. (Trade Regulation) 1970
- West Virginia University, Morgantown WV -- A.B. [chemistry] 1964, J.D. 1969
- U.S. Patent Office Academy, Washington DC -- Diploma 1967
- Franklin Pierce Law Center
- Since 1978 -- Professor
- 1973-78 -- Associate Professor [member of founding faculty]
- Summer, 1974 -- Western New England School of Law, Springfield MA -- Visiting Professor
- 1970-72 -- Ohio Northern University School of Law, Ada OH -- Assistant Professor
- Current
- Since 1970 -- Fundamentals of Intellectual Property [twice annually]
- Since 1970 -- Administrative Process [twice annually for several years]
- Since 2008 -- Copyright
- Others taught at least three years
- Antitrust
- IP Moot Court [1992-99 problems online]
- Intellectual Property at Common Law [based on the Restatement (3d) Unfair Competition]
- IP Research Colloquia
- Labor [National Labor Relations Act]
- Products Liability [and product regulation]
- Property [real and personal]
- Science, technology and legal process [various course titles and foci]
- Trademarks [and related deceptive acts and practices, including FTC]
Bar Admissions [do not practice]
- 2006 -- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [motion]
- 1975 -- New Hampshire [motion, inactive]
- 1974 -- U.S. Supreme Court [motion]
- 1974 -- Ohio [examination, inactive]
- 1969 -- West Virginia [diploma waiver, inactive]
- 1969 -- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Bar [examination]
Selected Professional Activities
- Intramural
- Current: Advisory Council On IP, Faculty Appeals Panel (chair), Graduate IP Committee (chair)
- 2006-2008 -- Director, IP Amicus Clinic
- 2001-08, Faculty Advisor, Idea: The Intellectual Property Law Review (renamed in 2005)
- 1995-2004 -- Content Webmaster, Pierce Law's Web site
- 1989-2000 -- [Founding] Editor-in-Chief, Risk: Health, Safety & Environment
- 1976-95 -- Director, Innovation Clinic [See intellectual property booklets below.]
- 1973-95 -- Editorial Board, Idea
- Also see Conferences
- Recent presentations
- 2009 -- Committee on Commerce & Consumer Affairs, House of Representatives, New Hampshire (testified in favor of HB 161, to repeal NHRSA 352:1, :2, preempted copyright provisions)
- 2006 -- Pierce Law 8th Intellectual Property System, Major Issues Conference (discusssed proposed amendments to 35 U.S.C. § 284)
- 2005 -- NH Bar Ass'n, Telecomm, Energy & Utilities Section (discussed the effect of copyright on discovery in agency proceedings)
- 2005 -- N.H. Writers' Project
- 2003 -- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- 2001 -- Specialty Papers conference, Montreal (talk and seminar on strategic IP management)
- 2001 -- Joint Maine and Quebec bar meeting, Quebec City; panel on IP Protection
- 2000 -- IP Management in the Digital Age, Brussels
- 2000 -- Health & Sciences Television Network: Video for broadcast, with supplemental text and quiz; copyright issues affecting nurses and other personnel at acute care medical facilities
- 1999 -- University of Notre Dame, Science Technology & Values Program [regulatory risk management]
- 1999 -- Malaysia, various fora (mainland and Borneo)
- 1999 -- VALDOR [Values in Decisions on Risk], Stockholm
- Conference chair
- 1995 -- (With Gianna Julian-Arnold), Promoting and Managing Genome Innovation; cosponsored, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome Sciences and Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle
- 1994 -- (With Arthur Kantrowitz), Which Scientist Do You Believe? Process Alternatives in Technological Controversies; cosponsored, Hertz Foundation, Dartmouth College and U.S. Department of Energy 1994
- 1993 -- Maximizing the Return from Human Genome Research; cosponsored, U.S. Department of Energy
- 1988 -- Public Participation in Risk Management: Ethics, Science and Law; cosponsored, NH Humanities Council and Administrative Conference of the U.S.
- 1976 -- Arbitration of Patent and Other Technological Disputes; cosponsored, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Since 1992 -- NH Public Employee Labor Relations Board; Arbitrator, fact finder & mediator
- 1994-95 -- American Arbitration Association (AAA); Mediator, trademark case
- 1991 -- Responsible for change in AAA Commercial (and Construction) Rule 9
- 1990 -- AAA; Sole arbitrator, copyright-contract dispute
- 1980-84 -- NH Chrysler Customer Satisfaction Arb. Bd.; Consumer Advocate [charter member]
- 1977-79 -- AAA; Sole arbitrator, copyright-contract dispute
- Amicus, consultant, expert witness
- 2009 -- Bilski v. Doll, (with Ann McCrackin & Jeff Hawley -- U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief filed on behalf of Franklin Pierce Law Center)
- 2006 -- KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief filed on behalf of the IP Amicus Clinic)
- 2006 --Dutch copyright, design-patent, trade-dress case (Expert)
- 2006 -- eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange (U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief, joined by Pierce Law colleagues)
- 2006 -- APA rulemaking petition to the USPTO
- 2005 -- Purdue Pharma, L.P. v. Endo Pharaceuticals, Inc. (Federal Circuit amicus brief with Professor John F. Duffy and others)
- 2005 -- H.R. 2795 (a patent reform bill) (statement concerning provisions in the bill, with Professor Joshua D. Sarnoff and others)
- 2005 -- response to Copyright Office inquiry about "orphan works"
- 1999 -- Intellectual Property Training Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (U.S. Information Agency Consultant)
- 1998-99 -- Patent cases (Expert)
- 1998 -- Lehman v. Zurko (U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief, with Professors John F. Duffy & Craig A. Nard; published in 4 MARQ. I.P.L.REV. 54 (2000))
- 1997 -- In re Zurko (solo Federal Circuit amicus brief)
- 1996-97 -- Copyright and patent cases (Expert)
- 1994 -- Trademark case (Expert)
- 1992, 1995, 1996 -- Patent, trade secret, licensing cases (Expert)
- 1980 -- Department of Commerce, Office of Strategy and Evaluation (Consultant) [Intellectual Property Needs for the 1990s]
- 1977 -- National Ctr. Appropriate Tech. (Consultant) [Strategic IP planning]
- 1976 -- U.S. Congress, House Judiciary Committee (Committee witness) [Trademarks and antitrust]
- Miscellaneous -- continuing
- 2008-2011, Editorial Board, AIPLA Quarterly Journal
- Since 2007, Editorial Baord, Int'l Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry
- Since 2005 -- Judge, NH Bar Ass'n, Project Citizen (law related education)
- Since 2004 -- Charter op-ed columnist, 7+ on the IP Richter Scale, for ipFrontline.com
- Since 1996 -- Host, IP Professors' listserv (subscription-moderated)
- Since 1988 -- Instructor, corporate workshops [basic intellectual property, strategic IP planning]
- Since 1987 -- Charter Member, Editorial Advisory Board, U.S. Patents Quarterly (BNA)
- Miscellaneous -- terminated
- 1995 -- Invited participant, Economics Institute for Law Professors (George Mason University)
- 1992 -- Special Acknowledgement, Advisory Commission on Patent Law Reform (Department of Commerce) (for survey of ADR use by patent attorneys)
- 1987-88 -- Chair, Education Committee, American Intellectual Property Law Association
- 1984-87 -- Public member, Device Good Manufacturing Practices Advisory Committee, U.S. F.D.A.
- Summer, 1981 -- Von Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Institute (for intellectual property law), Munich
- 1978-80 -- Member, technology assessment panel, National Institutes of Health, Biomed. Eng. & Instrmt. Branch [See below, Microcomputers in Patient Care]
- 1969-70 -- Food and Drug Law Fellow, New York University
- Books
- Fundamentals of Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials (Pierce Law 2009)
- Introduction to Administrative Process: Cases & Material (Pierce Law 2009)
- Introduction to Administrative Process: Cases & Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2004) (based on several earlier editions published by Pierce Law)
- Introduction to Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2003) (based on several earlier editions published by Pierce Law)
- [Editor, revised edition] James Lardner, Fast Forward: A Machine and the Commotion it Caused (Pierce Law 2002)
- Science in the Legal Process: Pharmaceuticals (Pierce Law 2d ed. 1985)
- Consumer Product Regulation: Marketing, Packaging and Design (Pierce Law 3d ed. 1980)
- Articles -- shorter pieces, below
- Originality: Does the Copyright Office Hide the Ball?, 37(4) AIPLA Q.J. (forthcoming)
- Jurisdiction and Remedies for Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights by National and State Governments, Landslide (ABA), May-June 2009, at 41
- From Custom to Law in Copyright, 49 Idea 125 (2008); reprinted 41 I.P.L.Rev. 637 (2009)
- 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)
- Judicial Review of Copyright Examination, 44 Idea 479 (2004)
- Zurko, Gartside and Lee: How Might They Affect Patent Prosecution?, 44 Idea 221 (2004)
- Direct Judicial Review of PTO Decisions: Jurisdictional Proposals, 42 Idea 537 (2002)
- Making the Most of Commercial Global Domains, 41 Idea 101 (2001)
- Pursuing Transparency through Science Courts, Proceedings, Values in Decisions on Risk, Stockholm, June 14-17, 1999, at 228, reprinted 11 Risk 209 (2000)
- Zurko Raises Issue of Patentability Standards, National L.J., Feb. 8, 1999, at C2
- (With Michelle J. Burke), Promulgating Requirements for Admission to Prosecute Patent Applications, 36 Idea 145 (1995)
- Which Scientist Do You Believe? ..., 6 Risk 95 (1995) -- introduction to a symposium
- Intellectual Property -- Some Practical and Legal Fundamentals, 35 Idea 79 (1994)
- Review of PTO Intramural Appeal Procedures, 33 Idea 117 (1993)
- Access to and Authority to Cite Unpublished Decisions of the PTO, 33 Idea 153 (1993)
- The Science Court is Dead: Long Live the Science Court!, 4 Risk 95 (1993) -- introduction to a symposium
- (With Michael Rose), Prospects for ADR in Patent Disputes: An Empirical Assessment of Attorneys Attitudes, 32 Idea 309 (1992). See also, Patent ADR: The Difference a Decade Makes, Alternatives, Jan. 1993, at 6 [Center for Public Resources]
- Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property: Meeting Needs Throughout the World, 31 Idea 3 (1990)
- Law and Fact in Patent Litigation: Form Versus Function, 27 Idea 153 (1987)
- Brief Survey... Patent, Trademark, Copyright..., 26 Idea 57 (1985)
- Patent Arbitration: Past, Present and Future, 24 Idea 235 (1984)
- Law/Science in Law Schools, 23 Idea 69 (1982)
- (With Juanita V. Field) Post Hoc Evaluations of Obviousness: Preliminary Report..., 20 Idea 29 (1979)
- Appraising Private and Public Roles in Returning Small Economic Consumer Losses, 29 Mercer L.Rev. 773 (1978)
- Science, Law and Public Policy: Meeting the Need in Legal Education, 13 N. ENG. L.REV. 214 (1978)
- The Young Consumer: A Paradigm Analysis of the Roles of Public and Private Law..., 29 Mercer L.Rev. 523 (1978)
- Training Lawyers to Cope with Science, Learning and the Law, Fall 1977, at 28. See also, Juanita V. Field, ... Serendipitous Result Obtained in Developing Science Literacy Course, 19 Idea 183 (1978)
- (With D. Piacenza), Informed Consent and the Investigational Use of Medical Devices ..., 32 Food, D. Cos. L.J. 585 (1977), reprinted with revisions, 19 Idea 171 (1978)
- Intellectual and Industrial Property in a Nutshell, 77 W.V. L.Rev. 525 (1974), reprinted, 14 PEAL 301 (1976).
- Representation Elections, Films and Free Speech (abbreviated version of ... An Empirical Assessment, below), 25 Labor L.J. 217 (CCH 1974)
- (With J. Field), ... An Empirical Assessment of Two Labor Relations Propaganda Films, 1 Pepperdine L.Rev. 21 (1973)
- The Fourth Dimension in Labeling: Trademark Consequences of an Improper Label, 25 Food, D. Cos. L.J. 347 and 372 (1970)
- Intellectual property discussions for non-IP lawyers and non-lawyers[Over 130,000 booklets distributed by FPLC, 35,000 in 1995, alone; now out of print -- online versions are updated regularly]
- Copyright in Written Work -- online in 2005, not otherwise published.
- Copyright on the Internet -- first online 1996; reprinted IP Counselor, June 2001, at 2, and in 17(3) Corp. Counsel's Q., July 2001, at 1.
- Avoiding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Problems -- Small Business Administration [SBA] 1990; FPLC 1991-96, reprinted Income Plus, Aug. 1994, at 45; NH Bar News, Jan. 17, 1996, at 11
- Seeking Cost-Effective Patents -- FPLC 1994-96, serialized Newsletter, Am. Chem. Soc'y, Div. Chem. & Law, Fall 1994, at 12, and Spring 1995, at 2. Revised and reprinted as a chapter in Successful Patents and Patenting For Engineers and Scientists (Inst. Electrical & Electronic Engineers, 1995)
- Trademarks and Business Goodwill -- SBA 1990-?, FPLC 1991-96
- So You Have An Idea -- FPLC 1989-96
- Copyright in Visual Arts, FPLC 1989-96
- Copyright for Computer Authors, FPLC 1989-96
- Nationally distributed computer assisted instruction [Excludes over 60 computer-assisted course supplements used only at FPLC/Pierce Law from 1985 through about 1996.]
- Arbitration Exercises, Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (five exercises with text supplements, 1988)
- HyperTA, [Template for creating Macintosh computer assisted instruction with manual -- First prize, Macintosh Division, non-commercial programming contest sponsored by the Apple Programmers and Developers Association, 1989; last revised 1992.] Kinkos, Chariot Software, Intellimation (1989-95) -- now "freeware"
- Selected miscellaneous publications [Excludes over 90 short (usually 2 or fewer pages) publications appearing in , e.g., ABAJ, ACS Chem & Law Newsletter, Idea, IIC (Munich), Law Books in Review, Risk and Regulation. Also excludes over 35 op-ed columns published by ipFrontline and listed on the related biographical page.]
- Comment: Considering the Reach of Phelps, 7 Pierce L.Rev. 121 (2008)
- Coping with Freelance Termination Interests, Pierce Law Magazine, Summer 2007, at 14
- Federal Circuit Works Well: KSR and Obviousness, Nat'l L.J., Dec. 4, 2006, at 30 (op-ed).
- (with Annemarie Field), Justice Gone Astray-- Why More Lawyers Need to Understand Copyright Basics, 8 Section Rev. 13 (Mass. Bar. Assn. 2006).
- What is Intellectual Property?, Ch. 1 in Focus on Intellectual Property Rights (U.S. Department of State , Jan. 2006)
- In Case of Emergency..., Concord (NH) Monitor, Oct. 23, 2005, at D.1
- Colloquia Instead of Seminars?, The Law Teacher, Fall 2005, at 9
- Weekly Quizzes, The Law Teacher, Spring 2005, at 5
- The ABC's of IP, MAPLA Briefs, Winter 2004 at 7
- Guest Editorial: Technology Worth Patenting…, RTI TechVentures, June 2004, reprinted Pierce Law magazine, Summer 2004, at 18
- Book Review: Edison in the Boardroom, 43 Idea 147 (2002)
- The Need to Convert Intellectual Assets into Property, Corporate Counsel's Q. Oct. 2002, at 73
- Feltner's Pyrrhic Victory, The Pierce Law Advocate, Summer 2002, at 8; 43 Idea 327 (2003)
- Chevron Deference to the USPTO at the Federal Circuit, in Conflicts in Federal Circuit Patent Law Decisions, 11 F.Cir. B.J. 723, at 773 (2002) (Ed. Pasquale A. Razzano)
- Copyrights and Beyond in the Digital Age, The Pierce Law Advocate, Fall/Winter 2000, at 10.
- Copyright in E-mail, 5 J. Elec. Publishing (Oct. 1999); reprinted Revista ElectrÓNica De Rerecho InformÁTico (No. 16, Nov. 1999. El autor agradece la colaboración de María Helena Barrera, quien tradujo este artículo al Español.)
- Publishers' Rights and Wrongs in the Cyberage, 39 Idea 429 (1999); reprinted 4 J. Elec. Publishing (June 1999), M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture (Oct. 1999)
- Editorial: Scientific Facts vs. Political Values, 8 Risk 207 (1997)
- Commentary: Premysler v. Lehman, 36 Idea 341 (1996)
- Arbitration and Mediation; Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks, in Ready Reference: American Justice (Salem Press 1996)
- Mining the Information Age, Careers and the College Grad, 1996, at 32; revised Careers and the Minority Lawyer, 1996, at 39.
- Technology and Law: A Growth Industry, Careers and the Engineer, Fall 1994, at 40
- Book Review: Authors and Owners..., Bimonthly Review of Law Books, Mar.-Apr. 1994, at 5
- Maximizing the Return from Genome Research, 5 Risk 95 (1994) (introduction to symposium)
- The Evolving Legal Protection for "Useful" Works, NH Arts, Spring 1994, at 9 (legal advice column)
- Inadequate Labeling: Use at Your Own Risk, Med. Device & Diagnostic Ind., Mar. 1994, at 26-7 (letter)
- (With Colleen M. Keegan), Daubert's Significance, 4 Risk 283 (1993) (comment)
- Scientific Evidence in the Courts, 262 Science 1629 (1993) (letter)
- Review of PTO Intramural Appeals, 33 Idea 117 (1993) (comment)
- Book Review: Protecting Trade Secrets, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, 71 Denv. U. L. Rev. 301 (1992)
- Perceptions of Chief Patent Counsel at Large Corporations of the Effects of Patent Term, Products Liability and Government Regulation on Firm R&D, 32 Idea 277 (1992) (comment)
- The Possibilities for Engineers in Patent Law, Chapter One [for chem. eng. undergraduates], Feb. 1990, at 29 reprinted Careers and the Engineer, Spring 1994, at 58 and Spring 1992, at 48
- GMPAC: A Perspective, Med. Device & Diagnostic Industry, Dec. 1986, at 8 (guest editorial)
- Reflections on the Betamax Decisions, 22 Idea 265 (1982)
- The Use of Microprocessor-Based "Intelligent" Machines in Patient Care (H.S. Eden and M. Eden eds., D.H.E.W. 1979), republished as Microcomputers in Patient Care (Noyes 1981) (materials at, e.g, 36-38 and 56-59 were drawn from my contributions as the only lawyer on the initial panel)
- Introduction [to proceedings of intellectual property ADR conference], 18(4) Idea 1 (1977)
- Ovarian Epic: A Comment on 35 U.S.C. § 103, 17 Idea 102 (1975)
- (With James B. Gilbert) Quantitation of Methanethiol in Aqueous Solutions by Head-space Gas Chromatography, 38 Anal. Chem. 628 (1966)
- Christopher M. Hennessey, District Court Standards of Review in 35 U.S.C. § 145 Patentability Determinations, 43 Idea 695 (2003)
- Wm. L. O'Brien, Trade secret Reclamation: An Equitable Approach in a Relative World, 21 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 227 (2003)
- Giovanna Fessenden, Peer-to-Peer Technology, 42 Idea 391 (2002)
- Salah Basalamah, Compulsory Licensing for Translation: An Instrument of Development? 40 Idea 503 (2000)
- John Kheit, Public Performance of Copyrights: A Guide to Public Place Analysis, 26 Rutgers Computer &Amp; Tech. L. J. 3 (1999)
- Thomas G. Field III, The Role of Stare Decisis in the Federal Circuit, 9 F.Cir. B. J. 203 (1999)
- Ting Ting Wu, The New Criminal Copyright Sanctions: A Toothless Tiger? 39 Idea 527 (1999)
- Maria Helena Barrera, Protection of Knowledge Tools: A needed patent paradigm in the Information Age?, 3 Princeton U. L. J. (Spring 1999)
- Kevin C. Hooper, Administrative Adjudication and... Court Review in Copyright Registration, 35 Idea 129 (1994)
- Alan L. Koller, The Role of the Patent Commissioner in Designating Panels ..., 34 Idea 185 (1994)
- Timothy P. Linkkila & Timothy E. Tracy, Biotechnology Process Patents: Is Process Legislation Needed ? 5 Risk 177 (1994)
- Michelle J. Burke & Victoria M. Schmidt, Old Remedies in the Biotechnology Age: Moore v. Regents, 3 Risk 219 (1992)
- Peter C. Christensen & Teresa C. Tucker, The "Use in Commerce" Requirement..., 32 Idea 327 (1992)
- William E. Hilton, Risk and Value Judgments..., 3 Risk 37 (1992)
- William E. Hilton, What Sort of Improper Conduct Constitutes Misappropriation...? 30 Idea 287 (1990)
- Gordon R. Blakeney, Jr., Systems of Business Patents 30 Idea 355 (1990)
- Steven J. Grossman, Experimental Use or Fair Use as a Defense to Patent Infringement, 30 Idea 243 (1990)
- Joseph L. Lakshmanan, Nontechnical Representation on the FDA's Advisory Committees: Can There be More? 44 Food, D. Cos. L. J. 181 (1989)
- Joseph L. Lakshmanan, The FDA's Advisory Committees: Some Suggestions..., 43 Food, D. Cos. L. J. 877 (1988)
- Arlene C. Halliday, Judicial Approach to Copyright Infringement, 27 Idea 183 (1987)
- David B. Bernstein, Is a Plant Patent a Form of Copyright ? 27 Idea 31 (1986)
- Edward Tenney, The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test..., 27 NH Bar J. 179 (1986)
- Vincent W. Youmatz, Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto 25 Idea 121 (1984)
- David A. Lowin, Whether Patented or Unpatented: A Question of the Economic Leverage..., 23 Idea 77 (1982)
- Mary Louise duFault, Aflatoxin Contamination in Milk, 20 Idea 269 (1979)
- Robert C. vanRavenswaay, Government Patents and the Public Interest, 19 Idea 331 (1978)
- Douglas J. Wood, Commentary on... the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence, 18 Idea 5 (1976))
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Consumers Union (life member)
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- NH Bar Association (inactive)
- 1966-67 -- U.S. Patent Office, Washington DC; Chemical Examiner, alkene polymers
- 1964-66 -- West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown WV; Research Associate [biochemistry and pharmacology departments]
- 1962 -- Atlas Chemical Co., Wilmington DL; Quality Control Technician
- Birth date: June 8, 1942
- Birth place: Morgantown, WV
- Wife: Juanita V. (Hoover) Field
- Children:
- Thomas G. Field III [12/14/73]
- Jessica V. Field [5/8/78]
