A. Samuel Oddi joined The University of Akron School of Law faculty as the Giles Sutherland Rich Professor in Intellectual Property in 2000. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and LL.M. from George Washington University. Professor Oddi teaches patent law and policy; torts; jurisprudence; and international intellectual property law. Prior to joining the Akron Law faculty, Professor Oddi was a professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of California (Davis) College of Law, The Ohio State University School of Law, and the University of Pittsburgh School of law. His professional experience includes working as a patent attorney at Westinghouse Electric Corporation and as patent counsel at Rockwell International Corporation, both located in Pittsburgh, Pa. He also served as a senior legal officer in the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He has been admitted to practice in Illinois and Pennsylvania, and before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has published numerous articles in the fields of intellectual property and torts. His recent articles include “The Regeneration of American Patent Law: Patentable Subject Matter,” 46 IDEA 491-560 (2006) and “Patent Attorney Malpractice: An Oxymoron No More,” 2004 U. Ill. J. L., Tech. & Pol’y 1-72 (2004).
Articles
The Regeneration of American Patent Law: Patentable Subject Matter, IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review (2006)
This article will undertake an analysis of the decision-making process of the courts in patent...
Patent Attorney Malpractice: An Oxymoron No More, University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy (2004)
With increasing frequency, clients are bringing malpractice claims against their patent attorneys. Malpractice and the...
Assault on the Citadel: Judge Rich and Computer-Related Inventions, Houston Law Review (2002)
Following this brief overview of the historical assault on the Citadel against protecting computer-related inventions,...
The Tragicomedy of the Public Domain in Intellectual Property Law, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (2002)
While the public domain is a pervasive concept in intellectual property law, it is hardly...
Product Simulation: From Tort to Intellectual Property, Trademark Reporter (1998)
In sum, the law relating to the protection of product configurations seems to have come...