15 Sep 2020
Professor Christal Sheppard was featured in two different Bloomberg Law articles offering her insight on the fairness of patent appeals, and raising awareness and increasing visibility of intellectual property law and litigation as an option for Black law students.
On Aug. 6, Sheppard was featured in "Black IP Lawyers Who’ve Made It Look to Grow Ranks Beyond 1.7%" and shared her experience of learning about patent litigation, while finishing up a PhD in molecular biology.
On Sept. 8, Sheppard was interviewed for "Big Bonuses for Patent Appeals Judges Raise Fairness Questions" and gave her opinion on whether PTAB judges are incentivized by bonuses to institute more reviews.