Benjamin Roin

Hieken Assistant Professor in Patent Law

Office:	Hauser 510
Assistant:	Irina Goldina 617/496-1670
Phone:	617/496-4446
Email:	benroin@law.harvard.edu

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

Academic Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, 2006-2008
Hieken Assistant Professor in Patent Law, 2008
Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, 2009

Education

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

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