Patent Fairs Forum

[dreman510]

Any other ones aside from Loyola?

[JPeavy44]

What are these all about? I just got an email about the loyola one

[wiseowl]

Any other ones aside from Loyola?

Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair in Atlanta, same week as Loyola

http://law.gsu.edu/careers/index/SIPJF

[Bosque]

From what I gather, Loyola is the big one. I am gonna be there (if I get an interview).

[awesomepossum]

Loyola is the big one. I actually ended up getting my upcoming summer job through the Loyola PLIP.

It's a lot of fun. It can be pretty intense, but it's very enjoyable as well.

[A'nold]

That's really cool that you guys have a specialty you can look to with this economy.

[Bosque]

That's really cool that you guys have a specialty you can look to with this economy.

Uh... thanks?

[engineer]

We should consider a TLS meet-up at the Loyola one

[skiridedrive]

Yea, I am planning on attending. Also, I have never been to Chicago so I was thinking of staying an extra day to check out the city, it would be cool to get a group together to do that.

[A'nold]

That's really cool that you guys have a specialty you can look to with this economy.

Uh... thanks?

Uh.....welcome?

I'll just quietly take my unworthy BA ass and shut the door behind me as I go.

[Bosque]

That's really cool that you guys have a specialty you can look to with this economy.

Uh... thanks?

Uh.....welcome?

I'll just quietly take my unworthy BA ass and shut the door behind me as I go.

Hehehehe...

You're good people A'nold.

[A'nold]

That's really cool that you guys have a specialty you can look to with this economy.

Uh... thanks?

Uh.....welcome?

I'll just quietly take my unworthy BA ass and shut the door behind me as I go.

Hehehehe...

You're good people A'nold.

[ZXCVBNM]

it says on the loyola website that you dont have to have a patent background, although it's stronly preferred. Anyone have info on how people without patent backgrounds do at the fair? Anyone actually get an offer that way?

[awesomepossum]

it says on the loyola website that you dont have to have a patent background, although it's stronly preferred. Anyone have info on how people without patent backgrounds do at the fair? Anyone actually get an offer that way?

I know a couple people who tried to get interviews without a tech background and it didn't happen.

On the other hand, it doesn't hurt to apply. After all, most schools will pay your registration fee for you. The worst thing that can happen is you simply don't get any interviews.

Keep in mind this isn't an IP interview program. They're taking people who they're expecting to do patent. While patent lit doesn't strictly speaking require a tech background, practically speaking they're not going to hire an English major to decipher patents.

[dreman510]

Loyola is the big one. I actually ended up getting my upcoming summer job through the Loyola PLIP.

It's a lot of fun. It can be pretty intense, but it's very enjoyable as well.

How important are undergrad grades...especially in the sciences?

[awesomepossum]

Loyola is the big one. I actually ended up getting my upcoming summer job through the Loyola PLIP.

It's a lot of fun. It can be pretty intense, but it's very enjoyable as well.

How important are undergrad grades...especially in the sciences?

It depends. GP firms that do patent (e.g. Kirkland, Ropes etc etc) did not me for my undergrad transcript. Patent boutiques (Fish & Richardson etc) will ask you for your undergrad grades.

Here's the thing though, they only ask you for your undergrad stuff AT the screening interview. Therefore, good undergrad grades will not GET you a screening interview. My guess is at that point, a poor undergrad record can only get you dinged. But I guess if you got into a good enough law school your grades are probably decent anyway?

[engineer]

How important are undergrad grades...especially in the sciences?

This is pure speculation, but I feel like the people who'd make the best attorneys are the ones who didn't have the A+ in organic chemistry or, my personal favorite, discrete time systems. The students with the top grades in discrete time systems could barely function socially, much less practice as an attorney.

[engineer]

it says on the loyola website that you dont have to have a patent background, although it's stronly preferred. Anyone have info on how people without patent backgrounds do at the fair? Anyone actually get an offer that way?

I know a couple people who tried to get interviews without a tech background and it didn't happen.

On the other hand, it doesn't hurt to apply. After all, most schools will pay your registration fee for you. The worst thing that can happen is you simply don't get any interviews.

Keep in mind this isn't an IP interview program. They're taking people who they're expecting to do patent. While patent lit doesn't strictly speaking require a tech background, practically speaking they're not going to hire an English major to decipher patents.

REALLY?

Ugh, looks like I just wasted $35

[wiseowl]

it says on the loyola website that you dont have to have a patent background, although it's stronly preferred. Anyone have info on how people without patent backgrounds do at the fair? Anyone actually get an offer that way?

I know a couple people who tried to get interviews without a tech background and it didn't happen.

On the other hand, it doesn't hurt to apply. After all, most schools will pay your registration fee for you. The worst thing that can happen is you simply don't get any interviews.

Keep in mind this isn't an IP interview program. They're taking people who they're expecting to do patent. While patent lit doesn't strictly speaking require a tech background, practically speaking they're not going to hire an English major to decipher patents.

REALLY?

Ugh, looks like I just wasted $35

My school reimburses rather than pays upfront. Yours may as well.

[awesomepossum]

How important are undergrad grades...especially in the sciences?

This is pure speculation, but I feel like the people who'd make the best attorneys are the ones who didn't have the A+ in organic chemistry or, my personal favorite, discrete time systems. The students with the top grades in discrete time systems could barely function socially, much less practice as an attorney.

I happened to do very well in organic chemistry.

[LawSchoolWannaBe]

How important are undergrad grades...especially in the sciences?

This is pure speculation, but I feel like the people who'd make the best attorneys are the ones who didn't have the A+ in organic chemistry or, my personal favorite, discrete time systems. The students with the top grades in discrete time systems could barely function socially, much less practice as an attorney.

Aww, what's wrong with doing well in signal classes?