Benjamin Roin

Hieken Assistant Professor of Patent Law

Biographical Statement

Benjamin Roin is a 2000 graduate of Amherst College and a 2005 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was Primary Editor of the Harvard Law Review and received the Sears Prize (awarded to the two students receiving the highest grade averages in their year). After graduating he clerked for Judge Michael McConnell on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. His past scholarship includes work on why the patent system fails to achieve one of its functions, the disclosure of patented ideas to others. During his tenure as a Petrie-Flom fellow, he worked on issues involving pharmaceutical innovation, FDA regulations and the patent system. He was appointed to the Law School faculty in 2008.

Research Interests

• Patent law
• Trade Secrecy
• Copyright Law
• Trademark Law
• Health law
• Food & Drug Law
• Property Law

Appointments

• Hieken Assistant Professor of Patent Law, 2008

Education

• Amherst College B.A. 2000
• Harvard Law School J.D. 2005

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