Participants in the 2011 Hongik University Internship on U.S. IP Law and Practice Presented by Hershkovitz & Associates
Graduate students of Hongik University College of Law in Seoul, Korea, participated in a one-week internship on U.S. intellectual property law and practice presented by Hershkovitz & Associates and H&A Intellectual Property Law in Alexandria, Virginia on July 23-31, 2011, followed by a one-week internship at Cornell University in New York.
The internship curriculum presented by Hershkovitz & Associates consisted of intensive training in U.S. patent law and prosecution before the USPTO – including patent filing and practice procedures regarding the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), examinations, petitions, reexaminations, and the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences (BPAI). H&A Intellectual Property Law’s curriculum included U.S. trademark and copyright law and procedures.
In addition to academic programs, the students were given guided tours of the USPTO in Alexandria, Va., and the U.S. Copyright Office and U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. received the students and select employees of Hershkovitz & Associates and H&A IP Law in his chambers for a discussion of events related to the Court. Judge Edward J. Damich of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims also met with the group for a discussion held in his courtroom.
The students were accompanied by Hongik University Professor of Law Sun-pil Eum. The internship program was coordinated by Dr. Wan Sik You of Hershkovitz & Associates. The presenters were Messrs. Abe Hershkovitz, Eugene Rzucidlo, Harold Novick, Brian Edward Banner, Dinh Nguyen, and Steve Jaeyoun Kim of Hershkovitz & Associates and H&A IP Law.
Extracurricular events included a barbeque picnic lunch and a soccer game with Hershkovitz & Associates staff. The final day’s graduation ceremonies were held during a Potomac River luncheon cruise aboard the ship, “Nina’s Dandy.”
