Student Articles

By Taylor Brown, a first year J.D. candidate at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Before law school she completed her B.S. in Biological Sciences. While in law school she serves as a Research Fellow for the McCarthy Institute, and is a Center Scholar for the Center for Law, Science, and Innovation. LKQ Corporation […]

By Veronica Andreev 1. What qualifications are required to become a trademark examiner at KIPO? Is there a specific background that is perhaps more advantageous? According to Enforcement decree of the Korean Patent Act, to qualify as an examiner, a person must be a state public official ranked at Grade VI or higher, working for […]

By Ariana Garrotto, a 1L at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Ariana is a fellow in the McCarthy Institute. Introduction Patent pools are agreements between two or more patent holders to share or license their patents to each other or to external parties. [1] In 1856, the first patent pool […]

By Lauren Isagholian, interviewing Nick Huskins. Nick Huskins, Senior Corporate Counsel for IP at Amazon Studios and Prime Video has built a distinguished career at the intersection of entertainment and intellectual property (IP) law. His legal career began at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where, after taking a few entertainment classes, he quickly discovered […]

By Rayne Wolf, interviewing Steven Laxton. Steven Laxton, an alumnus of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, is a patent litigation associate at Winston & Strawn. With a unique blend of engineering expertise and legal acumen, Steven’s career exemplifies the intersection of technology and law. His time clerking for one […]

By Annie Weiler Annie Weiler is a 1L J.D. candidate at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. As the Chair of Line Editing and Cite Checking for the McCarthy Institute, she is particularly interested in the intersection of intellectual property, entertainment, and consumer protection Outside of intellectual property, Annie is interested in professional ethics, […]

By Kylie Snow Kylie Snow is a third year J.D. candidate at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Before law school she completed her B.S. in Biological Sciences and her M.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology. While in law school she serves as the Senior Note and Comment Editor for Jurimetrics, is the McCarthy […]

By Timmy Basista Timmy Basista is a 3L JD candidate at ASU Law with a strong interest in clerking aiming to carve a pathway up to clerking at the Federal Circuit. They are one of the Student Co-Executive Directors of the McCarthy Institute. They especially enjoy copyright and patent within the field of IP. Along […]