Tim Lemper

Clinical Professor of Business Law
Faculty Liaison for Undergraduate Student Engagement
Director of the Legal Advising Forum at the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Chairperson of East Asian Initiatives

Department: Business Law & Ethics

Campus: Bloomington

Biography

Tim Lemper teaches in Kelley’s Undergraduate Program, Full-Time MBA program, and Kelley Direct Online MBA program, as well

Tim Lemper teaches in Kelley’s Undergraduate Program, Full-Time MBA program, and Kelley Direct Online MBA program, as well as in Kelley’s partner MBA program at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Seoul, South Korea. He has also taught courses for the Media School, the Cybersecurity Risk Management program, and the Wells Scholars program at IU. Tim serves as Kelley’s faculty liaison for undergraduate student engagement, having previously served nearly a decade as chairperson of Kelley’s Academic Fairness Committee. He is also director of the Legal Advising Forum at the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and is affiliated with the Center for Intellectual Property Research at IU’s Maurer School of Law. Tim is a co-author of a business law textbook, and his teaching and research focus on the law of unfair competition, intellectual property law, marketing law, First Amendment and constitutional law, and media law. In 2012, in direct response to Tim’s research, Public Law 112–190 was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama to amend the federal trademark dilution statute. Tim has a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School, a Master of Science in Public Administration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and bachelor’s degrees in political science, history, and English from Indiana University, where he also completed the Liberal Arts and Management Program. He is a former Harry S. Truman Scholar and Herman B Wells Scholar, and currently serves as chairperson of IU’s Nominating Committee for the Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, and Churchill Scholarships. Tim has a broad range of professional experience, including practicing as an intellectual property and First Amendment litigator, serving as a staff assistant to US Senator Richard Lugar, working as a consultant to the Air Staff for the United States Air Force at the Pentagon, interning in the British House of Commons, and participating in several businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Areas of Expertise

Law of Unfair Competition, Intellectual Property Law, Marketing Law, First Amendment & Constitutional Law, Communications & Media Law

Academic Degrees

JD, Harvard Law School
MSc, With Merit, London School of Economics & Political Science
BA, Summa Cum Laude, Indiana University
Certificate in Management, Liberal Arts & Management Program, Indiana University

Professional Experience

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP (Washington, D.C.), Litigation Associate
Baker & Hostetler LLP (Cleveland, Ohio), Litigation Associate
United States Air Force (Pentagon, Alexandria, Virginia), Consultant
United States Senate (Washington, D.C.), Staff Assistant to U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar
British House of Commons (London, UK), Intern to Harriet Harman MP, Shadow Employment Secretary

Awards, Honors & Certificates

Herman B Wells Scholars Program Distinguished Alumni Award, 2017
Frank Banta Award for Student Advocacy, 2016
Kelley School of Business Outstanding Service Award, 2015
William Panschar Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2011, 2015
Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award, 2008, 2013
Kelley School of Business Innovative Teaching Award, 2009
Elvis J. Stahr Senior Recognition Award, 1996
Harry S. Truman Scholar, 1995
Herman B. Wells Scholar, 1991

Selected Publications

Lemper, T. A., Barnes, A. J., and Richards, E. L. (2020). Law for Business (14th Edition). New York, NY: McGraw Hill Publishing, Inc.
Lemper, T. A., and Smith A.A. Immunity Reform and the Nonparty Defense. 36 The Verdict 25 (2015).
Lemper, T. A. The Supreme Struggle: “Obamacare” and the New Limits of Federal Regulation. 56 Business Horizons 797 (2013).
Lemper, T. A. The Critical Role of Timing in Managing Intellectual Property. 55 Business Horizons 339 (2012).
Lemper, T. A., and Heavner, B. B. (2012). Infringement and Unfair Competition on the Internet. In Brian E. Banner (Ed.), Trademark Infringement Remedies. New York, NY: Bloomberg BNA.
Lemper, T. A., and Bruce, J. R. Beware the Scrivener’s Error: Curing the Drafting Error in the Federal Registration Defense to Trademark Dilution Claims 19 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 169 (2011)..
Lemper, T. A. Five Trademark Law Strategies for Managing Brands. 55 Business Horizons 113 (2011).
Lemper, T. A., and Bruce, J. R. The Dilution Defense Congress Never Meant to Create (and Needs to Fix) 101 The Trademark Reporter 1580 (2011).
Lemper, T. A., and McLeod, L. K. Embracing Marketplace Realities: Rediscovering Section 18 of the Lanham Act on the Twentieth Anniversary of its Revival, 99 The Trademark Reporter 1299 (2009).
Lemper, T. A., and McLeod, L. K. Evolution of the Fraud Doctrine in the Trademark Office: Medinol and Its Progeny. 16 Bright Ideas 3 (2007).
Lemper, T. A. The Promise and Perils of ‘Privileges or Immunities’: Saenz v. Roe, 119 S. Ct. 1518 (1999). 23 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 295 (1999).

Edited on June 26, 2024