Cardozo School of Law is consistently recognized as a leader in intellectual property and information law. Cardozo Law’s IP program offers theory and practical training to students from all backgrounds, who thrive on developing answers that meet current legal problems. The school’s focus on emerging technology, data, privacy, fashion and entertainment law demonstrates its commitment to remain at the forefront of legal issues that arise as innovation continues to shape the intellectual property world. Practical opportunities include the Filmmakers Legal Clinic, the Tech Startup Clinic, and the Cardozo-Google Patent Diversity Project.
Intellectual Property and Information By The Numbers
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#8
Program in the U.S.,
U.S. News & World Report
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#2
Program in NYC,
U.S. News & World Report
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A+
preLaw Magazine
One of the Most Robust IP Programs in the Country
Cardozo is at the forefront of debates over ownership and legal protection for intellectual property in the digital age.
- We are happy to offer a completely online LL.M in Intellectual property: International students may apply here. Domestic USA applicants can apply here.
- The Cardozo Project for Patent Diversity helps women and underrepresented minority groups obtain patents.
- The FAME Center for Fashion, Art, Media and Entertainment Law provides leadership for New York's booming creative industries.
- Tech Startup Clinic Cardozo students provide legal expertise for emerging companies in New York's innovative Silicon Alley technology sector.
- The Filmmakers Legal Clinic Cardozo students provide legal services to independent filmmakers.
- The Cardozo Data Law Initiative (CDLI) Cardozo's pioneering program in business, technology, and data management for the digital age.
- The Blockchain Project explores the legal questions that surround blockchain technology and the field's numerous legal and policy issues.
Our Intellectual Property Faculty
Professor of Practice Jonathan Ashtor
Professor Ashtor focuses on technology M&A transactions, IP licensing, patent analytics and portfolio monetization.
Vice Dean Michael Burstein
Professor Burstein is expert in Innovation law and entrepreneurship. He was previously an appellate litigator in private practice in Washington, DC, and a management consultant at McKinsey & Co.
Professor Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin
Professor Greenberg-Kobrin is the director of The Indie Film Clinic at Cardozo School of Law, which is supported by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.
Professor of Practice Barbara Kolsun
Barbara Kolsun, director of The FAME Center, is a leading fashion industry attorney, an adjunct professor of fashion law at Cardozo Law, and co-editor of the seminal text on the subject, Fashion Law – A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives and Attorneys (Bloomsbury, 2nd Edition, 2014).
Professor Aaron Wright
Aaron Wright is an expert in corporate and intellectual property law, with extensive experience in Internet and new technology issues.
Professor Felix Wu
Professor Wu's doctorate studies in computer science are foundational to his information law scholarship, which spans freedom of speech, privacy law, and intellectual property law.
Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat
Saurabh Vishnubhakat is a Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property and Information Law Program. He is also a Research Fellow at the Duke Law Center for Innovation Policy and a Senior Scholar at the George Mason University Center for IP and Innovation Policy. Previously, he held joint appointments as a Professor of Law and Professor of Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Professor Vishnubhakat’s expertise is in intellectual property, administrative law and federal litigation, especially from an empirical perspective. His legal writings have been cited in federal judicial opinions, agency regulations and over two dozen Supreme Court briefs. His latest work is published or forthcoming in the Indiana Law Journal, the Washington and Lee Law Review and the Iowa Law Review as well as the peer-reviewed Journal of the Copyright Office Society of the USA and Journal of Law and the Biosciences.
Professor Jacob Noti-Victor
Jacob Noti-Victor is an Associate Professor of Law. He previously was an Assistant Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School where he taught property and intellectual property. Noti-Victor’s research focuses on how the law impacts innovation, culture and the deployment of new technologies.
Noti-Victor previously taught at NYU Law School and Albany Law School and was an Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in the intellectual property group where he litigated copyright, trademark and trade secret cases and advised clients in entertainment, art, music, technology and advertising. He also served as a law clerk for Second Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval, widely considered one of the country's most influential judges on issues related to intellectual property.
Cardozo’s intellectual property program is more than a selection of academic offerings. I was part of a thriving community of classmates, alumni, and faculty who supported me in discovering intellectual property and navigating the industry. I received so much practical training through my simulation courses that I was able to work with trademark portfolios for some of the world’s leading companies at my first job out of law school at Kilpatrick Townsend. I built a strong network of intellectual property peers and mentors by participating in Cardozo’s events and mentoring opportunities.
