Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunitySean Seymore
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-1262
E-mail: s-seymore@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Phone: (312) 503-1262
E-mail: s-seymore@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Sean Seymore joins the Northwestern Law faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor for 2007-2008. Professor Seymore’s research focuses on how the patent law should evolve in response to advances in science. Prior to joining the law school faculty, Seymore was an associate in the patent practice group at Foley Hoag LLP in Boston. Before law school he was a chemistry professor. Seymore holds a BS in chemistry from the University of Tennessee, a MSChem from Georgia Tech, a PhD in chemistry from Notre Dame, and a JD from Notre Dame Law School. Professor Seymore is a member of the Massachusetts bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Patents
- Law and Science
PUBLICATIONS
Recent Publications
- The "Printed Publication" Bar After Klopfenstein: Has the Federal Circuit Changed the Way Professors Should Talk About Science?, Akron Law Review , 2007
- The Competency of State Courts to Adjudicate Patent-Based Malpractice Claims, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal , 2006
- My Patent, Your Patent, or Our Patent? Inventorship Disputes Within Academic Research Groups, Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology, 2006
EDUCATION
- BS, University of Tennessee
- MSChem, Georgia Institute of Technology
- PhD, University of Notre Dame
- JD, University of Notre Dame
