law: Faculty
- Titles:
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Professor of Law
- Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship
- Co-Director, IP Law Center
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Professor of Law
- Department:
- Law
- Campus:
- San Francisco
415-369-5339
- wgallagher@ggu.edu
Co-Editor: The IP Law Book Review
COURSES TAUGHT
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
EDUCATION
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PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
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JD, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
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MA, University of Chicago
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BA, University of California, Berkeley
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society, UC Berkeley School of Law, 2009-2010
- Former partner in the San Francisco office of Townsend and Townsend and Crew, specializing in intellectual property and complex business litigation.
- Extensive trial and appellate experience in federal and state courts.
- Lecturer in law and sociology at Santa Clara University for eight years, teaching Intellectual Property Law; Legal Ethics; and Business, Technology, and Society.
- Co-founder, Collaborative Research Network on Intellectual Property Law and Policy for the Law and Society Association.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Founding Editor: The IP Law Book Review
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SSRN Scholarship Social Science Research Network scholarly papers by Prof. Gallagher.
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Trademark and Copyright Enforcement in the Shadow of IP Law, 28 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L. J. 453 (2012).
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Book Review: The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research, by Peter Cane and Herbert M. Kritzer (eds.) (Oxford Univ. Press, 2010), in 46 Law & Society Rev. 460 (2012).
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IP Legal Ethics in the Everyday Practice of Law: An Empirical Perspective on Patent Litigators, 10 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 309 (2011).
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Book review: Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk (Princeton University Press, 2008), by James Bessen and Michael Muerer, in 19 Law & Politics Book Review: 568 (2009).
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What is a "Law and Society" Approach to Intellectual Property? Introduction to Intellectual Property, William T. Gallagher, ed. (Ashgate Press, 2007).
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Editor, Intellectual Property (Ashgate Press, 2007).
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Book Review of Injury: The Politics of Product Design and Safety Law in the United States, by Jain, Sarah S. Lochlann (Princeton University Press, 2006).18 Law and Politics Book Review 4 (January 2008).
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Strategic Intellectual Property Litigation, the Right of Publicity, and the Attenuation of Free Speech, 45 Santa Clara L. Rev. 581 (2005).
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Ideologies of Professionalism and the Politics of Self-Regulation in the California State Bar, 22 Pepperdine L. Rev. 485 (1995).
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Review of Judging Credentials: Nonlawyer Judges and the Politics of Professionalism, by Doris Marie Provine. 12 Legal Studies Forum 251 (1988).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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Member, Executive Committee, State Bar of California Intellectual Property Law Section
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American Bar Association
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International Trademark Association
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American Intellectual Property Law Association
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Member, State Bar of California; Court Admissions: US District Courts for the Northern District of California; US District Court for the District of Colorado; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; Third Circuit Court of Appeals
LINKS
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Del Valle, Alica.The 'Governator' Bobblehead: An Exploration of the Right of Publicity in California - an interview with William T. Gallagher of Golden Gate University School of Law, 5 U.C. Davis Bus. L.J. 21 (2005).