The University of Connecticut School of Law has announced the new course, “Quantum Computing and Intellectual Property Law,” to be taught by in the 2027 Spring semester.  (https://coursecatalog.law.uconn.edu/law-course-catalog/course/LAW/7274/).  The course will be taught by Attorney Mark Myers of McCormick, Paulding & Huber PLLC.  Students will be introduced to the variety of ways that the advent of quantum computing may affect – and be affected by – the law, particularly intellectual property law. Students had the opportunity to exercise skills essential to the work of an IP lawyer, including efficiently absorbing enough understanding of an emerging technology to be effective and knowledgeable advocates for clients inventing, adopting, or affected by new technologies. The course will be based on Dr. Myers’ recent paper, “A Survey of Quantum Computing for the Working Attorney at the Dawn of the Fault-Tolerant Era” available as a preprint at https://zenodo.org/records/22031924.

In the November | December 2023 issue of the CT Lawyers, MPH attorneys authored two articles on copyrights and trademarks. Attorneys John C. Linderman and Justin Durelli co-authored “Copyrights for the General Practitioner.” Attorneys John C. Linderman and Mallory Hein co-authored “Trademarks for the General Practitioner.”

On Wednesday, JUUL Labs, Inc., filed trademark complaints in the District of Connecticut and District of Nevada. The complaints allege the defendants have counterfeited JUUL Products by illegally manufacturing, selling, and distributing fake, copied, and non-genuine versions of JUUL Products and related packaging bearing JUUL trademarks. McCormick, Paulding & Huber is representing JUUL Labs in the Connecticut case. Read more here.

On June 14, 2020, McCormick, Paulding & Huber (MP&H) presented the MP&H Patent Award at the Connecticut Invention Convention Virtual State Finals to Reiley Delizo-Jasper for her “Make It Fun! Kid Safe Kitchen Knife.” MP&H is proud to be a long-time sponsor of the Connecticut Invention Convention and is committed to encouraging the growth of innovation and problem-solving in Connecticut’s next generation of inventors!

MPH Attorney Justin Durelli spoke at a Continuing Education Education Event “Ethics in Intellectual Property: Key Insights From Application to Jury Verdict” on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. Along with Alison Caless from Cantor Colburn LLP and Drew A. Hillier from Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Justin spoke on ethical issues arising during trademark clearance and investigations, appropriate conflict-of-interest screening for in-house and outside counsel during patent prosecution, and ethical jury selection strategies for federal intellectual property litigations.

On September 2, 2026, Attorney Mark Myers and Dr. Florian Carle, Director of the Yale Quantum Institute at Yale University co-presented the two-hour CLE, “Quantum Computing and the Law” (https://quantuminstitute.yale.edu/events/2026-09-02-quantum-computing-and-the-law) as part of YQI’s brown bag seminar series.  Quantum computing aims to provide tools that leverage the principles of quantum science to solve complex problems that are difficult – even intractable – using conventional digital computers. Quantum computers promise revolutionary advancements in medicine, materials science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, encryption, and financial risk analysis. At the same time, quantum computing – like many disruptive technologies of the past and present – can be expected to impact both the quality of life and the laws that provide guardrails for society’s adoption of new tools and techniques. The purpose of talk seminar was to explore some of the ways that the advent of quantum computing may affect, and be affected by, the law.