Professor Ward teaches contracts, commercial law and intellectual property at the University of Maine Law School.  In addition, Professor Ward currently serves as Co-Chair of the ABA Subsection on Intellectual Property Financing and is a Research Fellow for the Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada).  He is also the Co-Reporter for the United States Patent and Trademark Office Study To Assess Requirements Associated with a Centralized Registry for the Recording of Security Interests in Intellectual Property.   Professor Ward’s published work, including his recent treatise, Intellectual Property in Commerce, (West Group rev. ed. 2003) covers a broad range of topics in the areas of commercial law, bankruptcy and intellectual property.