RALEIGH, N.C. – The News & Observer profiled Campbell Law Associate Professor Lucas Osborn as its Tar Heel of the Week in the Sunday, Jan. 11 issue. Correspondent Marti Maguire penned a lengthy profile on Osborn, which is available at this link.
In addition to his legal research and involvement in the Raleigh legal community, Osborn was selected for the profile in large part due to his recent appointment to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ (OPCW) Confidentiality Commission. One of 20 members, he is the only American elected to the group.
The OPCW is an independent, autonomous international organization with a working relationship with the United Nations. The main function of the Organization is to ensure the implementations of the provisions established in the Chemical Weapons Convention. It has gained increased exposure recently as it has coordinated the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria. The OPCW won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to rid the planet of chemical weapons.
“It’s an honor to be selected as the Tar Heel of the Week,” said Osborn. “It is my hope that this accolade will shine more light on the fantastic accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff at Campbell Law School.”
The director of Campbell Law’s Intellectual Property Law program, Osborn is an expert in the area of Intellectual Property Law, with a focus on Patent Law. He has authored more than half a dozen articles in this area, presented his research over 20 times across the nation, and been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and several local and regional publications. In November 2013 he was named to the Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association’s Board of Directors.
Prior to Campbell Law, Osborn clerked for the Honorable Kenneth M. Hoyt on the United States District Court for the Southern district of Texas and served as an attorney in the Intellectual Property section of Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston, Texas (now Norton Rose Fulbright). At Fulbright, his practice focused on patent litigation, patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing. He is also licensed to practice in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. He also has a degree in chemical engineering.
Osborn’s scholarly work has looked at the intersection of three-dimensional printing and intellectual property law, patent infringement for making an “offer to sell” an infringing device, the doctrine of patentable subject matter, and the Federal Circuit’s jurisprudence. His works appear in journals including the U.C. Davis Law Review, San Diego Law Review, Texas A&M Law Review, the Stanford Technology Law Review, Santa Clara Law Review, and the Saint Louis University Law Journal.
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