About

The innovations that produce economic growth and social progress first arise as ideas. The cost of bringing a new idea to market can be extraordinarily high, but the cost of copying that innovation is often very cheap. Intellectual property law tries to balance the incentive to create with society’s interest in spreading the benefits of innovation. The ability of digital technologies to copy and exploit the advantages of unique intellectual achievements presents new challenges for intellectual property law, making it one of the fastest-growing legal specialties in the United States. UVA Law School’s Center on Intellectual Property Law — combining a broad array of courses, hands-on clinics and professors who are focused on the real-world applications of their scholarship — offers students a unique foundation for exploring these challenges.

Faculty Director(s)
John F. Duffy
Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law
Class of 1966 Research Professor of Law
Director, Center on Intellectual Property Law
Elizabeth A. Rowe
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law
Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor of Law
Director, Center on Intellectual Property Law
Director, LawTech Center