Susan Barbieri Montgomery

As a member of the faculties of the College of Business Administration and the School of Law, Professor Montgomery teaches a variety of intellectual property (IP) courses, including IP Asset Strategies for International Business, IP Transactions Practice and International IP Law. She previously taught Trademark Law and an International IP Law Seminar at Suffolk University Law School.

 

Professor Montgomery is also Of Counsel in the Boston office of Foley Hoag LLP, where she practiced for 22 years as an associate and partner.  Her practice focuses on strategic planning for global development, exploitation and protection of IP assets; representing parties to domestic and international business transactions, including acquisitions, alliances, licenses and professional services contracts; advising on the purchase, sale, collateralization and license of IP assets; managing the prosecution and enforcement of international trademark portfolios; and advising companies on trademark selection and clearance, online use of IP and advertising, packaging, franchising and trade practices compliance. Her clients include US, foreign and multinational companies in a range of fields, including new technology start-ups, NGOs, professional service firms, software companies and mature manufacturing operations. She served for many years as outside general counsel to several technology companies.

 

Professor Montgomery is past chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association, and previously served the section as an officer, council member and chair of various committees. She has testified before Congressional committees on behalf of the ABA, co-chaired the ABA Joint Task Force on Security Interests in Intellectual Property and served on the ABA Working Group on the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). 

 

Professor Montgomery is an advisor to the American Law Institute on Principles of Software Contract Law and a member of the IP Programming Advisory Board of ALI/ABA. She has served on the advisory board of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, and the boards of directors of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) and the International Trademark Association (INTA). She has published and lectured in the US and overseas on a variety of topics relating primarily to IP and business transactions.