Intellectual Property Internships

• Copyright office - Office of the Copyright General Counsel's Program for Law Clerks
  • Not paid
• USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Internship/Externship Program
  for Law Students
  • Deadline for summer is January 31!
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • "WIPO runs a Summer Internship program, whose objective is to provide an
    opportunity for senior students and young professionals to acquire a working
    knowledge of intellectual property and to be exposed to the work of the Organization,
    including its treaty-making, international registration, research and publication activities."
• IPO -Intellectual Property Owners Association Career Bank
• EFF -Electronic Frontier Foundation Internships
  • Unpaid
• National Association of Record Industry Professionals General list
  • COPYRIGHT INTERN
    • Major music publisher seeks copyright intern for school credit. Internet research. Assist with assembling release schedule. Ordering CDS. Phones/Filing/Faxing. Great opportunity to learn about the music industry and gain experience. Office in Santa Monica.
  • LICENSING INTERN
    • Internship for New Music Library & Management Company run by Lawyer/Producer team. Responsibilities include music licensing (wide variety), some admin/paralegal work (filing, cover letters, faxing, copyright registrations, TM registrations, sending out packages and follow up), some song plugging to music supervisors, technical ability appreciated (Mac & PC), flexible schedule, no pay, 10-20 hours per week. After 3 months, possible pay as an independent contractor. Once trained can work some days from home.
• Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  • Paid
  • Position will vary depending upon qualifications: see list of past interns/positions - http://www.emmys.org/foundation/interns-2006.php (note students on list from law schools)
• Public Knowledge
  
  • Public Knowledge is a group of lawyers, technologists, lobbyists, academics, volunteers and activists dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons. 
  • PK offers unpaid internships during the school year and summer to students studying either law or
    public policy. We encourage interns to spend 8-10 weeks with us, either full-time or part time (10-20 hours per week). 
  • An internship with Public Knowledge is an opportunity to work on the latest intellectual property issues and technology policy developments. Please take the time to review our website to see some of our projects. 
  • Legal internships have been filled through the Fall of 2006. If you are interested in an internship for a later period and/or have questions about Public Knowledge, please contact Ann Oliverio, pk@publicknowledge.org. If applying for an internship, please attach a cover letter, resume and a brief writing sample.
• National Gallery of Art
  • Not quite legal internship
• Script Clearance
  • It might be interesting to contact script clearance companies to see if they?d be willing to hire an intern
    • http://www.indieclear.com/ 
    • http://www.therightscompany.com/ 
    • http://www.actonescript.com/