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for Innovation and Competition in Munich, Germany,
researching the formation of Europe’s Unified Patent Court.
“I am honored to have been selected by the Fulbright
Commission and grateful for the Law Center for providing
me with research leave to pursue this project,” Kumar said.
“I have been learning German for the past four years and am
looking forward to putting my skills to good use.”
The innovation grants support work that can create better
transatlantic understanding of issues at the heart of the U.S.-
EU relationship, particularly at the intersection of policy
and technology.
At the Law Center, Knake teaches Constitutional Law
and Professional Responsibility; Kumar teaches Patent Law,
Federal Courts, Administrative Law and Property.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship foreign exchange
scholarship program of the United States, aimed at
increasing binational collaboration, cultural understanding,
and the exchange of ideas.
Born in the aftermath of WWII, the program was
established by Sen. J. William Fulbright in 1946 with the
idea of turning “swords into ploughshares,” whereby credits
from the sale of surplus U.S. war materials were used to fund
academic exchanges between host countries and the U.S.
Since its establishment, the Fulbright Program has grown
to become the largest educational exchange program in
the world, operating in more than 160 countries. In its
70-year history, more than 370,000 students, academics
and professionals have received Fulbright Scholarships to
study, teach or conduct research, and promote bilateral
collaboration and cultural empathy. ■

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