Jeffrey E. Depp

Jeff is a registered patent attorney and an intellectual property and innovation policy professional with a unique combination of training and real world experience. Jeff has done policy work for trade organizations, professional societies and other organizations. He has worked in university technology transfer, the pharmaceutical industry, the law and the non-profit sector. Jeff is also currently a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA). His dissertation consists of an analysis of the current state of U.S. innovation from an Austrian economics perspective. His broader research interests include innovation policy at the intersection of economics, intellectual property law and antitrust law. In addition, he is a Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellow at the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP 2 ) at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.

Jeff has a bachelor’s degree in chemical and biomedical engineering with concentrations in molecular biology and fermentation technology and from Carnegie Mellon University. He also has a master’s degree in industrial administration (business) from Carnegie Mellon where he concentrated on international management, marketing and finance. He earned his law degree from the Duquesne University School of Law with a focus on intellectual property law.