IPLI

Professor Howard Abrams
(B.A. University of Michigan, 1963; J.D. University of Chicago, 1966)
has been a full time faculty member of the University of Detroit School of Law since 1977. Professor Abrams began his legal career as a public defender in the city of Chicago. He then engaged in private practice for eight years with a Chicago law firm before entering law teaching. Professor Abrams pursues scholarly interests in the copyright and entertainment law areas. He is a former Trustee of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. He has recently published two major law review articles, one a historical overview of copyright doctrine in the courts, the second a critical look at copyright law.

Professor Myra J. Tawfik
(B.A. McGill, 1981; LL.B. B.C.L., McGill, 1985; LL.M. Queen-Mary College, University of London,1989), Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, formerly of the Bar of Quebec. Professor Tawfik is a member of the Academic Co-ordinating Committee of the Centre for Innovation Law & Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and is the Executive Director of the Canadian-American Research Centre for Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor. Professor Tawfik teaches courses in The Law of Confidential Information, Trademark Law, and Internet Law. Her primary research interests lie in the areas of copyright law and trade related aspects of intellectual property rights.

Donald H. MacOdrum
received his B.A. in Chemistry and Physics in 1963 at Queen’s University, his LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1966 and his call to the Bar in 1968. He is a partner in the Lang Michener law firm in their Toronto office. Mr. MacOdrum has been in practice since 1968, specializing in civil litigation in the area of intellectual property litigation, and in particular patent law litigation.

Peter Wells:
B. Sc., Queen’s University, 1973; LL.B, Queen’s University, 1976; Call to Bar, Ontario, 1978. Mr. Wells is a member of the Lang Michener's Intellectual Property Group. He practices in the area of technology litigation and civil litigation relating to intellectual property, including patents and trade section. He has experience as counsel in all aspects of computer litigation, including hardware, software and systems integration disputes.

Professor Jessica Litman
(B.A. 1974; Reed College; M.F.A. 1978, Southern Methodist University; J.D. 1983 Columbia). While in law school, Professor Litman was Notes and Comments Editor of the Columbia Law Review. In 1983-84, she clerked for Judge Betty B. Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Litman taught at the University of Michigan for six years before joining the Wayne faculty in 1990. She teaches courses in Torts, Copyright, Trademarks and Internet Law. In 1989, Professor Litman was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.

Professor John Rothchild
(J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1986, Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif., A.B. Princeton University, 1979, cum Laude Politics) began teaching at Wayne State Law School in the Fall of 2001. From 1991 to 2001, he worked at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, specializing in law enforcement efforts addressing Internet-based fraud and online compliance issues. From 1998 to 1999, he was engaged in research and writing as a Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, where he received the Victor H. Kramer Foundation fellowship. From 1987 to 1991, he was an associate in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser, representing labor unions and pension plans. He clerked for the Hon. Arlin M. Adams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, from 1986 to 1987.

Professor Katherine White
is a graduate of Princeton University, University of Washington School of Law (J.D.) And George Washington University National Law Center (LL.M.). Professor White served as a law clerk to the Honourable Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and also as intellectual property counsel to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prior to joining the faculty in the Fall of 1996.

Professor Sukanya Pillay
B.A.(Windsor), LL.B.(Windsor), LL.M.(NYU), of Osgoode Hall, Barrister & Solicitor. Professor Pillay teaches Administrative Law, Contracts, Judicial Review and Internet Law. Her research interests include international humanitarian law and conflict resolution as well as the use of video in promoting human rights.