Professor of Law
moppenheimer@ubalt.edu
410.837.5127
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 1114
410.837.4561
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 1112
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
B.S., in Engineering, cum laude, Princeton University
Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Expertise
Business Organizations
FDA Law
Intellectual Property
IP Valuation and Venture Capital
Patents (Registered Patent Attorney)
Tech Transfer
Oppenheimer joined the UBalt School of Law faculty in the fall of 2003, specializing in Intellectual Property. Oppenheimer brings many years of experience as a patent attorney and in-house counsel to biotech companies as well as significant teaching experience, both at The Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Maryland Law School, as director of the Law and Entrepreneurship Program, and at UMBC, where he taught in the Biomedical Engineering Program.
Selected Publications
Articles and Essays
Fame: Ownership Implications of Intellectual Property and Agency Law , 30 Fordham Intell. Prop. L.J. 447 (2020).
Progress or Profit: Reconsidering the Shortened Statutory Period Scheme , 36 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 427 (2018)
Defending Breakthrough Innovation: The History and Future Of State Patent Law , 20 UCLA J. L. & Tech. 1 (2016)
Rethinking Compact Prosecution , 25 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 257 (2015)
The Innovator’s Dilemma , 4 Am. U. Bus. L. Rev. 371 (2015)
The Case for Reviving A Statutory Invention Registration System , 83 UMKC L. Rev. 611 (2015)
Zero And The Rise of Technological Lawmaking , 34 Pace L. Rev. 1 (2014)
Patents 101: Patentable Subject Matter and Separation of Powers , 15 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 1 (2012)
Cybertrash, 90 Or. L. Rev. 1 (2011)
Consent Revisited, 13 No. 12 J. Internet L. 3 (2010)
The Time and Place for "Technology-Shifting" Rights , 14 Marq. Intellectual Property L. Rev. 269 (2010).
Return of the Poll Tax: How the Internet Threatens 200 Years of Progress Toward Equality , Catholic University Law Review (2009)
The "Reasonable Plant" Test: When Progress Outruns the Constitution , 9 Minnesota J.L. Sci & Tech. 417 (Lead Article, 2008)
Patents, Taxes, And The Nuclear Option: Do We Need A " Tax Strategy Patent" Ban Treaty? , 8 U. Illinois J.L. Tech. & Pol'y 1 (Lead Article, 2008)
Harmonization Through Condemnation: Is New London the Key to World Patent Harmony? , 40 Vanderbilt J. Transnational L. 445 (2007)
Internet Cookies: When is Permission Consent? , 85 Nebraska L. Rev. 383 (2006)
Yours For Keeps: MGM v. Grokster , 23 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 209 (2005)
In Vento Scribere: The Intersection of Cyberspace and Patent Law , 51 Florida Law Review 229 (1999)
Chips!: Strategic Issues in Computer Industry Negotiation, Dow Jones-Irwin (1987)