UNHInnovation is excited to welcome Chris Harris, the new licensing manager for creative works, to the team.
Chris will primarily cover innovations coming out of the College of Health and Human Services, the College of Liberal Arts, and Cooperative Extension. He will be developing copyright and trademark protection strategies for university assets, while evaluating and expanding program, trademark, and image licensing opportunities. He will also serve as the primary contact for university trademark licensing.
Prior to UNH, Chris worked for nine years in the K-12 and higher education publishing markets. Most recently, Chris was intellectual property & contracts manager for Pearson, Inc., a global education company. At Pearson, Chris negotiated, drafted and managed licensing agreements for text, image and rich media assets. Chris also served as an editor for K-12 history and geography textbooks.
Chris earned his J.D. from New England Law, Boston (formerly New England School of Law), is admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts, and received a B.A. in English from the University of Maine.
Chris’s legal education and training and familiarity of higher education content and licensing will make him a valuable addition to our licensing team. His work will help UNHInnovation commercialize the intellectual assets of the university and disperse the cutting-edge research and work happening at UNH to the general public.
For more information, please contact Christopher.harris@unh.edu or call 603-862-0948.
