Sci.Ev. Consent Form for Spring 2013 200412.0229 RJM
IP: Scientific Evidence in Patent Litigation
(Law 343 and Genetics 243)
Prof. Roberta J. Morris
Application for Spring 2013
Last Name _____________________________ SID# _____________________
First Name and Middle Initial _______________________________________________
Email Address ___________________________________________________________
Undergraduate Institution, year of graduation, major, degree _______________________
Please feel free to use additional sheets. You may attach a C.V. if you wish. Please email rjmorris@stanford.edu
with any questions. Also email me your completed.
LAW STUDENTS
1L ___ 2L ___ 3L ___
Other ___________
GRAD. STUDENTS
Year Ph.D. Expected __________
Department ________________________
Name of Adviser(s) ________________
In the space below, please describe your familiarity with science. Mention advanced degrees, jobs, etc., identifying educational institutions, employers, and dates.
In the space below, please: (1) state when you reached TGR status, (2) give the date when you completed the course work for your Ph.D., and (3) briefly describe your thesis research.
A.
Familiarity with US Patent Law
LAW students: You must know some US patent law.
GRADUATE students: You do not need to know any patent law at all. But if you do know something, please give details.
Describe your familiarity with United States patent law. For example: If you have done coursework, give the name of each course, the professor, the institution and the year. If you have worked for a patent firm, give the name of the firm, the city, and the time period. If you have been involved with patent applications as an inventor or otherwise, please explain your role and give relevant non-confidential details, including dates.
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Sci.Ev. Consent Form for Spring 2013 200412.0229 RJM
B.
Trial Experience
Everyone : You do not need to have any trial experience, but do you? YES ___ NO ___
By the way, trial would include an arbitration, administrative hearing, or anything where evidence was taken by live witness testimony. If you have had trial experience, please tell me your role: were you a litigant, a witness, a law student in a clinical course, a paralegal, a hearing officer, a clerk to a judge, or something else? __________________
Below or on a separate sheet, please add non-confidential details, including when and where the trial(s) took place, the nature of the dispute(s), and the duration of both the trial and the controversy.
C.
Interest in this Seminar
Everyone : Please answer these questions. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.
How did this seminar first come to your attention?
Why are you interested in taking it?
Please read the course description at http://lawreg.stanford.edu/stanford/prereg/CourseDetails.asp?cClschedid=+26369 and write at least one question or comment about it.
D.
Have you attached a CV? Yes ____ No ____
E.
Optional
(If the space below is insufficient, please attach a separate sheet.)
1. If you have not been in school for every academic year since the age of 17, please explain what you did instead.
2. In addition to what is apparent from this application form and any attachments, what special knowledge, expertise, or character traits will you bring to the class?
3. What unassigned book(s) are you reading or did you recently finish? ( Recently means in the last three months.) Do you recommend it (them)?
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Please email your completed application to rjmorris@stanford.edu.