The Master of Intellectual Property Program (MIP) of the Franklin Pierce Law Center was created in the 1980's following a decade long commitment to training IP professionals from developing nations. The proto-MIP program involved bringing government, academic, corporate and legal professionals to the Law Center to audit classes, brainstorm with the IP Faculty and take guided site visits to locations such as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This was the first interdisciplinary IP master's program in the U.S..

During the course of this degree, a Faculty Assisted Paper was required to graduate. These papers were short of the rigor of a thesis. The requirement was that they be helpful in some way to some sector of the IP community. They were required to be of publishable quality. Some were produced by law students earning the join J.D./M.I.P. degree.

These papers demonstrate the breadth and depth of the scholarship during that era in the history of the school. The Law Center embraced both practice ready and interdisciplinary education since it's founding.

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The content of these papers is of course dated. They are a snapshot of these topics at the time they were written. They are also a tribute to our many global M.I.P. scholars and their Faculty Advisors:

• William Hennessey
• Thomas Field
• Karl Jorda
• Christopher Black