Collaborating to solve IP challenges
The McCarthy Institute sits at the intersection of patent law, copyright, trademark law, technology and consumer behavior. A joint program with Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, The McCarthy Institute conducts regular symposia, workshops and networking groups, and pursues original IP research and scholarship.
Connecting the world’s best IP professionals
The McCarthy Institute is named after J. Thomas McCarthy, its Founding Director and world-renowned author of the multi-volume treatise, McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition Law, which has been cited in over 7,000 judicial opinions. Over the past decade, The McCarthy Institute has grown into a community of IP professionals focused on the latest developments in patent law, copyright, trademark law and the technologies driving these fields. The McCarthy Institute strives to develop a better understanding of the way that culturally transformative business trends shape the law and vice-versa.
The McCarthy Institute pursues original research, publishes peer-reviewed scholarship, sponsors industry events and hosts an annual symposium that draws hundreds of the world’s top legal professionals.
In 2021, The McCarthy Institute joined Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in Phoenix, Arizona.