Amy Landers
Associate Professor of Law
B.F.A. Rochester Institute of Technology
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law
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Tel: 916.739.7003
Professor Landers graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1993. She began her law career as a law clerk for the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, a U.S. District Court judge in the Eastern District of California. After her clerkship, she began practice at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where she became a partner in 2001. Professor Landers has extensive experience litigating complex patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters, as well as business torts in complex and high stakes cases for high technology and Fortune 100 clients. Professor Landers’ scholarly interests focus on intellectual property matters, particularly patent law.
Courses: Torts | Patent Law | Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition
Curriculum Vitae:
Academic Honors:
Magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
Thurston Society
Academic Experience:
First year discussion group leader
Research assistant
Journal Experience:
Second Year: Hastings COMM/Ent Communications and Entertainment Quarterly (member)
Third Year: Constitutional Law Quarterly (note editor)
Rochester Institute of Technology BFA Photographic Illustration/Video
Legal Work Experience:
1994-2004
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
1993-94
Judicial Law Clerk Hon. Oliver W. Wanger
United States District Court, Eastern District of California
Fall, 1992
Judicial Extern Hon. J. P. Vukasin, Jr.
United States District Court, Northern District of California
Summer, 1992
Summer Associate, Kindel & Anderson, LLP San Francisco, CA
A representative listing of Prof. Landers's publications and lectures:
Selected Writings:
Author: Understanding Patent Law (Lexis/Nexis Publishing forthcoming 2008)
Author: “Liquid Patents,” 84 Denv. U. L. Rev. 199 (2007).
Author: “Technology Law, Mark Grossman (Book Review)”, Int. J. Law. Info. Tech. (2006).
Author: “Let the Games Begin: Incentives to Innovation in the New Economy of Intellectual Property Law,” 46 Santa Clara L. Rev. 307 (2006).
Author: "US Supreme Court Set to Make A Lasting Impression In Trademark Law: KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I," Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal (November 2004)
Author: "Intentional Waivers of Privilege and the Opinion of Counsel: Can the Scope of Disclosure Be Managed?" Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal (March 2004)
Author: “The Current State of Moral Rights Protection for Visual Artists in the United States,” Hastings Comm/ENT Law Journal, Fall 1992.
Co-author: Patent Law Academics Position Paper on Patent Law Reform Issues (submitted to the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property concerning HR 2795)
Co-Author: “Hi-Tech Visuals Tell a Story,” T.P. McMahon, A.L. Landers, The National Law Journal (November 27, 2000).
Co-Author: “Those Absolutely Necessary Experts,” J.P. Coll, A.L. Landers, New York Law Journal (August 21, 2000).
Speaking Engagements and Media:
Author: Amy Landers, “2007 Patent Reform: Proposed Amendments on Damages,” PATENTLY-O, April 29, 2007, http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/04/2007_patent_ref.html.
Speaker: “Liquid Patents and Market Power,” University of Texas School of Law Intellectual Property Symposium (Feb. 9, 2007)
Closing Remarks/ Moderator: I Think I Can, I Think ICANN: Regulating the Internet...or Not, University of the Pacific/ McGeorge School of Law (Feb. 23-24, 2007)
Conference Fellow: “What Ifs And Other Alternative Intellectual Property And Cyberlaw Stories,” Michigan State University College of Law ( March 30-31, 2007).
Quoted: “Balking Over Team’s Name,” Jim Sanders, The Sacramento Bee (Nov. 11, 2006).
Quoted: "Wild Card Contracts," by Marc L. Songini, Computerworld (November 22, 2004)
Speaker: "KP Permanent Make-up v. Lasting Impression, Inc.," University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Supreme Court Preview (October 6, 2004)
Quoted: "Could Kodak Cool Off Java?," by Penelope Patsuris on www.Forbes.com (October 5, 2004)
Speaker: “Knorr-Bremse and Opinions of Counsel,” University of Dayton Advanced Computer and Cyberspace Law 15th Annual Seminar (June 2004)
Speaker: "What Can Silicon Valley Learn From Hollywood?, Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs Annual CEO Conference (Oct. 1, 2003)
Speaker: "Computer & Online Litigation Update," University of Dayton Advanced Computer and Cyberspace Law 14th Annual Seminar (June 2003)
