Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons
Associate Professor of Law

Office:   LC2014A
Campus Phone : 419-530-4175
Fax Number: 419-530-7878   
E-Mail   llew.gibbons2@utoledo.edu

Secretary:  Diane Bohn (419) 530-295

 

Fall 2009

IP Survey

Texts:

Merges, Menell, Lemley
Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age
Aspen Law & Business
latest edition
required

Merges, Menell, Lemley
Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2007 Statutory Supplement
Aspen Law & Business
latest edition
required

Trademark

Texts:

Ginsburg, Litman, Kevlin
Trademark and Unfair Competition Law:  Cases & Materials
Foundation Press
Latest edition
required

Ginsburg, Litman, Kevlin
Trademark and Unfair Competition Law:  Cases & Materials, 4 th, 2007 Supplement and Statutory Appendix
Foundation Press
Latest edition
required

Schechter
Selected Intellectual Property & Unfair Competition:  Statutes, Regulations & Treaties
West Group
Latest edition
required

Professor Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons, a faculty member since 1998, is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law (JD), and Temple University School of Law (LLM). 

He teaches in the areas of Antitrust, Copyright, Cyberlaw, Ecommerce, Intellectual Property Licensing & Management, Intellectual Property Survey, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Torts and Trademark.

Professor Gibbons is responsible for coordinating the College of Law’s certificate program in Intellectual Property Law, the joint Juris Doctor/Masters in Engineering program, and developing a Center for Technology and Intellectual Property Law. 

Professor Gibbons is a panelist for e-Resolution; one of four ICANN recognized Internet domain name dispute resolution services.

Professor Gibbons regularly presents papers on issues relating to cyberlaw, ecommerce, and ODR at national and international symposia and conferences. He has participated in symposia at Cornell University School of Law, Villanova University School of Law, Ohio State University School of Law, among others and presented a paper at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting.

In addition, he frequently teaches continuing legal education courses on cyberlaw, ecommerce, and intellectual property. Two of the CLE courses that he is most proud of are American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), CLE-TV: Ecommerce and American Law Institute-American Bar Association (ALI-ABA), CLE-TV: Practicing Law on the Internet panels on “The Internet” and “Law Firm Web Sites.”

Professor Gibbons also participated in the Federal Trade Commission Public Workshop: U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace, Panel on Alternative Frameworks: Role and Efficacy of Private Sector Initiatives, (June 8-9, 1999).

Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Gibbons was an Adjunct Professor at Franklin Pierce, an Assistant Professor at the University of Orlando, and a Lecturer-in-Law at Temple University School of Law. Professor Gibbons also was a Court Law Clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a Law Clerk for the Massachusetts Teachers Association.