Professor Hagelin teaches intellectual property and technology commercialization
law, and his research focuses on intellectual property strategy and patent valuation. He
has developed a new method to value patents, called Competitive Advantage Valuation or
CAV, and currently has a patent application pending on the CAV method. Professor Hagelin
is the founder and director of the Syracuse University New Technology Law Center (SUNTEC)
and of the Technology Commercialization Research Center (TCRC). In his capacity as
director of the TCRC, Professor Hagelin has supervised over 100 research projects on the
commercial development of early-stage technologies on behalf of universities, federal
research laboratories, technology development organizations, and large, medium, small and
start-up companies. Professor Hagelin has also directed foreign law programs in London
and Hong Kong. 

In March 2004, Syracuse University College of Law was selected by the New York State
Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), in a peer review state-wide
competition, to be the New York State Science & Technology Law Center (NYS STLC) for
the next three years. With funding in excess of $1 million, the mission of the NYS STLC
is to provide legal education, research, information and support services to the more
than 30 research centers supported by New York State. Professor Hagelin will serve as
director of the NYS STLC. 

In August 2007, Syracuse University College of Law was re-designated as the New York
State Science & Technology Law Center for a second three year term ending in August
2010. The re-designation included an additional $1 million in funding to support NYS STLC
activities, technology commercialization research projects, and student scholarships and
grants. Professor Hagelin will continue to serve as director of the NYS STLC 

Professor Hagelin was the editor-in-chief of the law review while in law school. He
practiced in the area of corporate/commercial law with Dechert, Price and Rhoades in
Philadelphia, and taught at the University of Cincinnati Law School prior to joining the
Syracuse law faculty. Professor Hagelin is a member of the New York State Bar, the
Pennsylvania State Bar, the Licensing Executive Society, the American Intellectual
Property Law Association and the Association of University Technology Managers.