Pilot Sites

California

• Adams Middle School, Redondo Beach (social studies)
• Richard Henry Dana Middle School, Hawthorne (social studies and language arts)
• North Park Middle School, Pico Rivera (social studies)

New Jersey

• West Essex Middle School, North Caldwell (language arts, science, and social studies)

Virginia

• Hayfield Secondary School, Alexandria (social studies and technology)
• Liberty Middle School, Clifton State (social studies)

Partner and Funder Information

Educating to Protect Intellectual Property is a collaborative effort of Street Law, Inc., and the Constitutional Rights Foundation.  It is funded by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Lesson Plans and Resources

• Educating to Protect Intellectual Property : A best practices toolkit for teachers!

This toolkit is a free resource for teachers interested in teaching about intellectual property and/or providing professional development to their colleagues on the topic.  It provides basic information about IP, projects for students, and training agendas and tips for teachers. The resources in the toolkit are ideal for teachers of science, technology, art, music, media, social studies, and law. 

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• Educating to Protect Intellectual Property Lessons

• Patents and copyrights lesson:  Origins of Patents and Copyrights – Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles

Community Resource People

Community resource people are individuals with expertise in a particular subject area who volunteer their time to assist teachers with classroom instruction.  Below are the names and e-mail addresses for attorney experts in intellectual property who have agreed to serve as resource people to teachers educating about IP. 

Arent Fox LLP - Washington, DC office

• Aziz Burgy -  (patents)

• Jim Davis -  (trademarks and Internet law)       

• Mike Grow -
• David Gryce -
• David Modzeleski -

Arent Fox LLP - New York, NY office

• Katrin Lewertoff -  (trademarks)

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. - Newark, NJ office

• James Flynn -
• Philip Mitchell -   

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP  – Washington, DC office

• Cliff Sloan -  

Web sites

• USPTO's i-©®eaTM

• Constitutional Rights Foundation's Bill of Rights in Action:  Explores issues related to intellectual property, an area of law and ethics rapidly expanding due to the development of new technologies.

• National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc.