Jason Rantanen

Associate Dean for Faculty

David L. Hammer and Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd Chair

Professor

Overview

Jason Rantanen is the David L. Hammer and Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd Chair at the University of Iowa College of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty. He writes and teaches in patent law, federal courts, civil procedure, and empirical legal studies, bringing practical, empirical, and theoretical perspectives to questions of law and legal institutions.

Professor Rantanen has authored numerous articles and book chapters addressing law from practical, empirical, and theoretical perspectives. He is also the creator of the Federal Circuit Dataset Project, a public domain dataset of decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; an open-access intellectual property law textbook; open-access educational videos on intellectual property law; and an open-access book of rules and statutes for law students. He advises the Iowa Intellectual Property Law Society and the College of Law’s combined degree students. He is also the past director of the Innovation, Business & Law Center.