Michael Risch is a professor of law at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. His teaching and scholarship focus on intellectual property and internet law, with an emphasis on patents, trade secrets, copyright, internet law, and information access. His articles have been published in the Stanford Law Review and Duke Law Journal, among others; online in the Yale Law Journal Online and PENNumbra; and less formally as a regular contributor at the Written Description and Madisonian blogs, as well as guest contributions at the Prawfsblawg, Faculty Lounge, and Patently-O blogs. Two of his articles have been cited by the United States Supreme Court.Professor Risch joined the Villanova faculty in 2010 from the West Virginia University College of Law, where he directed the Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Law Program. Prior to joining the West Virginia faculty, he served as an Olin Fellow in Law at Stanford Law School. Professor Risch received his A.B. with honors and distinction in Public Policy and with distinction in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University, and his J.D. with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to entering academia, he was a partner at intellectual property boutique Russo & Hale LLP in Palo Alto, California.Professor Risch is a member of the bars of the State of California, U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and is available to serve as a brief writer, expert witness, neutral evaluator, arbitrator, mediator, or special master.Specialties: Intellectual property, cyberlaw, entrepreneurship, complex civil litigation, alternative dispute resolution, appeals