Laura Pedraza-Fariña joined the Northwestern faculty in 2013 as an assistant professor of law. She is also a faculty affiliate of the science in human culture program at Northwestern. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her Ph.D. in genetics from Yale University. Her research interests include intellectual property, patent law, and international organizations. Her scholarship on intellectual property law uses the methodology of history and sociology of science and technology to analyze and inform the design of patent law. Her current projects include an analysis of the implications of sociological studies on tacit scientific knowledge for the disclosure theory of patent law, and a study of how the specialized court structure of patent law influences the content of patent decisions.
Laura Pedraza-Fariña and David Schwartz discuss their research interests and current projects at Northwestern.
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