Madhavi Sunder

Madhavi Sunder (1970 or 1971[1]) is the Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property at Georgetown University Law Center. She is known for her work on intellectual property, law and technology, women's human rights, and international development.

Education

A resident of Northfield, New Jersey, Sunder graduated from Mainland Regional High School in 1988 ranked first in her class of 287 students, where she was the co-editor of the school newspaper.[2][1][3]

She attended Harvard University[4] and received her A.B. in 1992. She then moved to Stanford University where she earned a J.D. in 1997.[5] After law school she worked in New York City for the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.[6] From 1998 until 1999 she clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.[7]

Career

Sunder was a professor at the University of California, Davis, School of Law from 1999 to 2018. As of 2025 she is the Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property at Georgetown Law.[8]

Selected publications

  • Sunder, Madhavi (2002–2003). "Piercing the Veil". Yale Law Journal. 112: 1399. doi:10.2307/3657449. JSTOR 3657449.
  • Sunder, Madhavi (2006–2007). "IP3". Stanford Law Review. 59: 257.
  • Chander, Anupam; Sunder, Madhavi; Loi, Angelia (2011). Fred Korematsu. Carolina Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-61163-000-8.
  • Sunder, Madhavi (June 26, 2012). From Goods to a Good Life. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14671-4.[9]
  • Kavanagh, Matthew M.; Gostin, Lawrence O.; Sunder, Madhavi (July 20, 2021). "Sharing Technology and Vaccine Doses to Address Global Vaccine Inequity and End the COVID-19 Pandemic". JAMA. 326 (3): 219–220. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.10823. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 34196659.

Honors and awards

In 2006 Sunder was named a Carnegie Scholar.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Rehrmann, Laura. "Court May Cramp Style Of Student Journalists", The Press of Atlantic City, January 26, 1988. Accessed August 21, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "'It seems there's a trend now in the Supreme Court that they're taking away the rights of students. They put an age limit on the First Amendment,' said Madhavi Sunder. Sunder is the 17-year-old editor of Mainland Regional High School's Hoofprints, a monthly paper that won a first-place award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association last year."
  2. ↑ Rehrmann, Laura (February 14, 1988). "Two win awards from Foundation for the Arts". Press of Atlantic City. p. 119. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Mainland Regional High School", The Press of Atlantic City, June 27, 1988. Accessed August 21, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "Madhavi Sunder. Northfield, Class rank: 1st, Law / Journalism. College: Harvard"
  4. ↑ Jouzaitis, Carol (February 26, 1992). "Studying in small groups seen helpful to collegians". Asbury Park Press. p. 190. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Madhavi Sunder CV" (PDF). Georgetown Law.
  6. ↑ "Madhavi Sunder". The Sacramento Bee. October 12, 2014. pp. S17. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  7. ↑ Martin, Joseph (November 30, 2017). "Harry Pregerson, Ninth Circuit Judge and Friend to King Hall, Dies at 94 | School of Law". law.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Madhavi Sunder". Georgetown University. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ Reviews of From Goods to a Good Life
  10. ↑ WebDev, I. E. T. (June 23, 2006). "Carnegie Scholar's territory: Where the law meets culture". UC Davis. Retrieved October 16, 2024.