Ben Roin

Academic Fellow, 2006-08

benroin@law.harvard.edu
23 Everett St., Room 327
Office: 617-495-9410

Ben has accepted an appointment as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School, begining in the
2008-2009 academic year.

Ben 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 fellowship, he is working on on issues involving pharmaceutical innovation, FDA regulations and the patent system.

Bibliography

Pharmaceutical Innovation and the Limits of the Patent System (article in progress)

Note, The Disclosure Function of the Patent System (or Lack Thereof), 118 Harv. L. Rev. 2007 (2005)

Research Interests

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

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

Admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 2006
American Law & Economics Association

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2005
- Sears Prize (2003)
Amherst College, B.A., magna cum laude 2000

Previous Experience

2005-2006, Clerk forJudge Michael W. McConnell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

“More than any of the other doctrines in patent law, the novelty requirement epitomizes the patent system’s failure to adequately promote pharmaceutical innovation by ignoring the development and commercialization costs of inventions.”

Ben Roin

Academic Fellow 2006-08


	Ben Roin Academic Fellow, 2006-08 benroin@law.harvard.edu 23 Everett St., Room 327 Office: 617-495-9410 Ben has accepted an appointment as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School, begining in the 2008-2009 academic year. Ben 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 fellowship, he is working on on issues involving pharmaceutical innovation, FDA regulations and the patent system. Bibliography Pharmaceutical Innovation and the Limits of the Patent System (article in progress) Note, The Disclosure Function of the Patent System (or Lack Thereof), 118 Harv. L. Rev. 2007 (2005) Research Interests Patent Law Trade Secrecy Copyright Law Trademark Law Health Law Food & Drug Law Property Law Professional Affiliations and Memberships Admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 2006 American Law & Economics Association Education Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2005 Sears Prize (2003) Amherst College, B.A., magna cum laude 2000 Previous Experience 2005-2006, Clerk forJudge Michael W. McConnell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. “More than any of the other doctrines in patent law, the novelty requirement epitomizes the patent system’s failure to adequately promote pharmaceutical innovation by ignoring the development and commercialization costs of inventions.” Ben Roin Academic Fellow 2006-08


Copyright © 2006 The President and Fellows of Harvard College