Director of Law and Technology, Carter School Center for Peace Technology
Contact Information
Email: mjeans2@gmu.edu
Personal Websites
Biography
Megan is the Director of Law and Technology at the Carter School Center for Peace Technology (CPT). In this role, she oversees program activities at the intersection of law, policy, and technological innovation. Her responsibilities include advocating for policies that advance the Center's goals, ensuring that all operations are compliant with relevant laws and regulations, and driving initiatives that foster peace through technological advancement in a sustainable manner.
Prior to joining the Carter School, Megan worked as a technology and intellectual property attorney, helping innovative companies reach their goals via strategic intellectual property protection. She also revolutionized patent prosecution practice as a product director at LexisNexis, where she oversaw a suite of software tools aimed at illuminating discrepancies in USPTO patent examination through big data.
Publications
Adjustable-Volume Liquid Dispensing Pump, U.S. Patent No. 8,261,949. Issued September 11, 2012.
A Better Way to File Patent Applications. Published on IPWatchDog on April 14, 2016.
Japan Patent Office Relaxes Unity of Invention Requirements. Published in AIPLA Newsstand’s daily letter on September 26, 2013.
Supreme Court Bolsters Patent Owner Rights in Self-Replicating Technologies. Published in AIPLA Newsstand’s daily letter on July 25, 2013.
Supreme Court Establishes International Copyright Exhaustion. Published in AIPLA Newsstand’s daily letter on May 27, 2013.
Federal Circuit “Reverses” Itself, Illustrating Benefits of Pairing Reexamination with Patent Infringement Law Suits. Published in AIPLA Newsstand’s daily letter on July 20, 2012.
Honest Services Fraud: the Trial Court’s Turn. Published in On Remand, the online publication of The New England Law Review, in Vol. 46/Issue 4, on June 2, 2012.
FDA Publishes Guidance Document on Benefit-Risk Analysis for Medical Device Approval. Published in Law360’s “Expert Analysis” section on April 19, 2012.
Degrees
J.D., Harvard Law
B.S., Bioengineering, Rice University