2. Ph.D. in Biology, Harvard University, 1997, A.M. in Biology, Harvard University, 1994, B.Sc. Intellectual Property and Biodiversity Conservation, 2008 American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, New York, N.Y. PatentSim and Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Global Scholars Program, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Mo. ~ The Northwestern Law Transfer Application Process 1, No. On Friday, students can attend a Mock Class and Diversity Reception. Admissions Events | University of Chicago Law School Prev Next. Students admitted to a program in The Graduate School need only accept the admission offer. "The Patent Game: Experiments in the Cathedral of Law,"Google Tech Talk, Google Inc., Mountain View, CA. Get every new post delivered right to your inbox. He served as in-house patent counsel at Inverness Medical Innovations, a global biotechnology company with headquarters in Boston, and as the first in-house patent counsel at Stirling Medical Innovations, a cardiac diagnostics biotechnology company based in Scotland. Admissions Rate: 9.1%. 27, No. Torrance, Andrew W., 2000, "Bioprospecting and the Convention on Biological Diversity," Food and Drug Law. Torrance, Andrew W. and Hopper, Lydia, 2019. Participant, Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property, and Entrepreneurship, Research Roundtable, Searle Center, Northwestern Law School, Chicago (Invited). Required fields are marked *. Torrance has given more than 100 scholarly presentations at numerous universities, research organizations, governments, and intergovernmental agencies in seven countries. Northwestern University Center on Law, Business, and Economics (312) 503-1811. Your Email (Invited), Participant, Research Roundtable on Empirical Studies of Patent Litigation, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Law School, Chicago (Invited), "Biology as the Future of Law," Biolaw 3.0: Law at the Frontiers of Biology conference, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kan. (Host and presenter). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2001; United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2001. This tells you how competitive the school is and how serious their requirements are. "Property Rules, Liability Rules, Patents, and Innovation: One Experimental View of the Cathedral," Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, Calif. (Competitively selected), "Property Rules, Liability Rules, Patents, and Innovation: One Experimental View of the Cathedral," User and Open Innovation Conference, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Mass. The U.S. Supreme Court found race-based university admissions policies to be unconstitutional on Thursday, forcing universities across the . He is a formerEarl B. Shurtz Research Professor. "Open Biological Innovation From Patents to Commons to Copyright to Open Source," Berkeley Open Innovation Forum, Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA (Invited). Torrance was quoted in anABC 49 News story about the Westboro Baptist Church being under fire for potential copyright infringementfor its parody of the song "We Are the World" and in the Seattle Times on the use ofpatents as a strategy for technology companies. "Evolution, Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Diversification of the Australasian Hydromyinae (Rodentia: Muridae)," 1997, Ph.D. Thesis, Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. In Intellectual Property Conference, Michigan State University School of Law, East Lansing, Mich. "Intellectual Property in Taiwan, Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA) 2007 East Coast Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Several of his articles have been listed on SSRN (Social Science Research Network) Top Ten Lists. Students asked everything from when theyd be registering for classes (during Orientation) to the MSL programs relationship with the JD program. "Patents and Progress of Useful Arts," Gruter Institute Annual Conference on Innovation and Economic Growth: Exploring the Origins and Effects of Innovative Behavior, Gruter Institute, Squaw Valley, CA (Invited). The Continuum International Publishing Group (Updated reprint of Torrance, Wendy E.F., and Torrance, A.W., 2006, "Transnational Environmentalism: Spinning the Green Web," in Transnational Civil Society: An Introduction, Srilatha Batliwala and David Brown eds. If you are a first-time test taker, you must complete your LSAT Writing Sample in order for your score to be released with your November score. J.D. Admissions | Cornell Law School Events for LLM Applicants Stay tuned as we update this webpage with even more fall 2022 recruitment events! (Invited Participant), "Knowledge Sharing and Intellectual Property," Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Conference on Knowledge Sharing Mechanisms, OECD Headquarters, Paris (Invited). MIT Innovation Lab, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (Invited Participant), Experimental Approaches to Intellectual Property, Law and Society Annual Conference, San Francisco, Calif. (Competitively Selected; Panel Organizer and Moderator, Speaker), Patents and Progress of Useful Arts, Gruter Institute Annual Conference on Innovation and Economic Growth: Exploring the Origins and Effects of Innovative Behavior, Gruter Institute, Squaw Valley, Calif. (Invited), Beauty in the Eye of the Judicial Beholder, Gruter Institute Annual Conference on Law, Institutions, and Human Behavior, Gruter Institute, Squaw Valley, Calif. (Invited), Lions and Tigers and Brains, MRI!, Gruter Institute Annual Conference on Law, Institutions, and Human Behavior, Gruter Institute, Squaw Valley, Calif. (Invited). He served as marshall at the law school's December 2008 hooding ceremony after being elected for the role by the graduating class. 4, Issue 1, pp 3-9. Our collegial, noncompetitive environment plays a large role in the success of our students. #8 in Median LSAT Copyright Office Addresses a Matter of First Impression (Holman, C., Torrance, A.W., & Gustaffson, C.; presented by C. Holman), Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School, CA (August 12, 2015), Trolls and Top Patents, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School, CA (August 11, 2015), Are Litigated Patents More Valuable?, 14th Annual Open and User Innovation Society Meeting, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA (August 2, 2016), Village Elders Meeting, 14th Annual Open and User Innovation Conference, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA (Invited participant and Village Elder) (July 31, 2016), MIT Innovation Lab, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA (Invited participant) (July 25-26, 2016), Aukward: Extinction is Fornever, NeueHouse Speakers Series, NeueHouse LA, Los Angeles, CA (Invited) (June 29, 2016), Genetic Modification Editing The Elements of CRISPR Style, Gruter Institute Annual Conference, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Squaw Valley, CA (Invited) (May 26, 2016), Are Litigated Patents More Valuable, Gruter Institute Annual Conference, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Squaw Valley, CA (Invited) (May 24, 2016), Patient Innovation FDA Should Pave, Not Block, the Way, MIT Innovation Laboratory Meeting, La Jolla, CA (hosted by Dexcom) (Invited) (April 22, 2016), Design Patent Developments, USPTO Design Day 2016, United States Patent & Trademark Office, Detroit, MI (Invited) (April 19, 2016), Free Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Toronto, Canada (Invited) (March 23, 2016), Are Litigated Patents More Important?, 13th Annual Works in Progress in Intellectual Property Conference, University of Washington School of Law (February 20, 2016), Are Litigated Patents More Important?, Technology Law and Policy Colloquium: Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Focus, Georgetown University Law Center (Invited) (February 8, 2016), The History and Lessons Learned from Regulating GMOs, National Academies (ILAR) Workshop on Gene Editing to Modify Animal Genomes for Research Scientific and Ethical Considerations, a Workshop of the Roundtable on Science and Welfare in Laboratory Animal Use, National Academies, Washington, D.C. (Invited) (December 8, 2015), Started from the Bottom Now Were Here A Comparative Approach to the Promise of the Patent, Fourth Annual U of T Patent Colloquium, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Invited) (November 20, 2015), Are Litigated Patents More Important, CodeX Annual Conference, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA (Invited) (November 18, 2015), MIT Innovation Lab, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA (Invited participant) (October 16, 2015), Are Litigated Patents More Important?, Intellectual Property Law Scholars Roundtable, Texas A&M Law School, Fort Worth, Dallas, TX (October 9, 2015), The Right to Innovate, MIT 15.356 - Product and Service Development in the Internet Age, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA (October 6, 2015), Are Litigated Patents More Important?, Canadian Law and Economics Annual Conference, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Canada (September 25, 2015), Are Litigated Patents More Important?, Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, DePaul College of Law, Chicago, IL (August 7, 2015), Innovating not Waiting NightScout inside the Innovation Wetlands, 13th Annual Open and User Innovation Society Meeting, Fundo Calouste Gulbenkian and Catlica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Lisbon, Portugal (July 13, 2015), Aukward Law Laws Governing Deextinction, Great Auk Deextinction Meeting, The Center for Life, Newcastleupon-Tyne, United Kingdom (Invited) (June 25, 2015), "Values in Impact Assessment" (Commentary), Hastings Center Meeting on "Values in Impact Assessment" (NSFfunded report on synthetic biology), Hastings Center, Garrison, NY (Invited) (June 18-19, 2015), "An Introduction to Patent Pledges: Beyond ICT", Patent Pledges Symposium 2015, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (Invited) (June 12, 2015), Are Litigated Patents More Important?, Understanding Innovation and Growth: Cross-Disciplinary Analysis, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Squaw Valley, CA (May 28, 2015), Innovation by Means of Unnatural Selection, Understanding Innovation and Growth: Cross-Disciplinary Analysis, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Squaw Valley, CA (May 27, 2015), New Frontiers on Perennial Questions: Game Theory, Biology and Neuroscience: Tell Us Whats New and Innovation Theory and Practice (Chair), Understanding Innovation and Growth: Cross-Disciplinary Analysis, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Squaw Valley, CA (May 27, 2015), MIT Innovation Lab, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA (Invited participant) (April 15-16, 2015), Are Litigated Patents More Important?, The 5th Annual Patent Conference (PatConV), University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS (Competitively-selected; note: I chaired the selection committee) (April 10, 2015), The Patent Conference at Five, The 5th Annual Patent Conference (PatConV), University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS (Remarks given as host and co-founder) (April 10, 2015), Users, Regulation, and the Innovation Wetlands, Workshop on Understanding the Effect of Regulation on Innovation, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research and The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., (Invited) (March 27, 2015), User Innovation, Workshop on Understanding the Effect of Regulation on Innovation, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research and The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., (Invited) (March 27, 2015), Design Patents by the Numbers, Collision Course Design Patents and the Convergence of Existing IP Regimes, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA (Invited) (March 19, 2015), Users, Patents, Experiments, and the Innovation Wetlands, Government of Canada (Industry Canada), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Invited) (February 26, 2015), User Innovation, Dexcom, Inc., La Jolla, CA (Invited) (February 11, 2015), The Law and Biology of Ebola, Biolaw Section, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (Invited) (January 5, 2015), George Mason Law & Economics Center: 2014 LEC-PERC Workshop on Environmental Economics Institute for Law Professors, Duck Cay, FL (Competitively-selected) (December 6-10, 2014), Users, Patents, and the Innovation Wetlands, Third Annual U of T Patent Colloquium, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Invited) (November 21, 2014), MIT Innovation Lab, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA (Invited participant) (November 13-14, 2014), Collaborative Research Inside and Outside the Innovation Wetlands, Driving Regenerative Medicine to the Market and Clinic An Exploration of Enables, Impediments and Ethical-Legal Challenges, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Invited) (November 7, 2014), Software Patents: Code in the Eye of a Legal Storm, Kansas City Google Development Group, Google (Kansas City) (Invited) (October 23, 2014), DNA Copyright, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, MO (Invited) (October 15, 2014), Innovation Rights, Michigan State University College of Law Fall 2014 Law Review Symposium, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI (Invited) (October 3, 2014), One of these Patents is not like the Others Accuracy in PTO and IPC Patent Classifications, 2014 Roundtable on Empirical Studies in IP (hosted by the Center for Empirical Studies of IP and the United States Patent and Trademark Office), Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL (Competitively selected) (September 19, 2014), Commentary on Experiments in Sequential Innovation, 2014 Roundtable on Empirical Studies in IP (hosted by the Center for Empirical Studies of IP and the United States Patent and Trademark Office), Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL (Invited) (September 19, 2014), Charter Technologies Will Innovation Thrive without Patents?, David & Ann Brennan IP Scholars Forum, University of Akron School of Law, Hudson, OH (Invited) (September 18, 2014), Intellectual Property Protection of Software, EECS 581, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Kansas School of Engineering, Lawrence, KS (Guest lecture) (September 8, 2014), Ideas in Chains: Law in the Eye of the Innovation Storm, 2014 Self Fellows Lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Invited) (August 15, 2014), The Three Patent Cultures: A Comparative Analysis of Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Citation Networks, 14th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, University of California Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA (Competitively Selected) (August 7, 2014), An Analysis of the Complete Patent Citation Network, Office of the Commissioner of Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA (Invited) (August 4, 2014), Law and Innovation, 12th Annual Open and User Innovation Conference, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA (Invited participant) (July 28, 2014), Village Elders Meeting, 12th Annual Open and User Innovation Conference, Harvard Business School, Allston, MA (Invited participant and Village Elder) (July 27, 2014), Evolution, Information, Law, and Innovation, House of Lords Symposium on Is Innovation Evolutionary?