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Jason Rantanen
Associate Professor of Law
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AB, Brown University, 1999
MA, University of Chicago, 2000
JD, University of Chicago, 2003 -
Email jason-rantanen@uiowa.edu
- Phone 319-335-9109
- Office 408 Boyd Law Building
- C.V. download PDF
- Website www.patentlyO.com
Jason Rantanen joined the faulty in 2011. His teaching and writing interests are in the area of intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent law. This year, he will teach Patent Law in the fall and Introduction to Intellectual Property in the spring.
Professor Rantanen obtained his Master's Degree in History and J.D. from the University of Chicago, where he graduated with honors, served as a member of the University of Chicago Law Review, and was awarded the Order of the Coif. Before coming to the College, he served as a law clerk to Judge William C. Bryson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Following his clerkship, he practiced with the firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP for six years, focusing on patent litigation and counseling. Immediately prior to joining the College he was a Visiting Researcher at the University of California Hastings College of the Law.
Professor Rantanen's scholarship focuses on two aspects of patent law: the use of mental state elements in patent law doctrines and innovation theory. In addition, he is a contributing author for the widely read law blog Patently-O. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming in the University of Southern California Law Review, the American University Law Review, and the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal. Examples of Professor Rantanen's scholarship can be found at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=684806.