Professor & Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Faculty Scholar, Director of the Program in Intellectual Property & Technology Law, University of Illinois

Jay P. Kesan clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and he worked as a patent attorney in the former firm of Pennie & Edmonds LLP. He continues to be active in the area of patent litigation and he has served as a Special Master in patent lawsuits. An author of several books and articles in the area of intellectual property, his academic interests and writings are in the area of patent law, cyberlaw, entrepreneurship, and law and technology. He is a registered patent attorney and received his J.D. summa cum laude from Georgetown University. He also has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and worked for several years as a research scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York. For a more complete bio, please see www.jaykesan.com .