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The Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy was formed by Sean P. Bamford (Class of 1999) and Kevin W. Buckley (Class of 1999) in February 1999. The Journal was formed in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh Intellectual Property & Technology Law Society ("IPTLS"). The Journal's initial membership consisted of fourteen University of Pittsburgh School of Law (hereinafter the "School of Law") law students and one member from the Duquesne University Law School. The Journal's funding was to come from The Pennsylvania Technology Law and Policy Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation"), an independent 501(c)(3) organization. The Foundation was formed as a Non-Member, Nonprofit Corporation under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988.

The Journal's original membership pool consisted of Pittsburgh graduate students from a number of local universities including Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, and the University of Pittsburgh (the "Contributing Universities"). The Journal was intended to be an online publication written and edited by Pittsburgh graduate students with the purpose of promoting Pittsburgh as a leader in high-technology innovation and to provide a local forum for timely and rigorous analysis of issues related to technology law and policy. Any graduate student who qualified for membership from a Contributing University could become a member of the Journal.

In the spring of 2003, organization questions mandated dissolution of the Foundation and conversion of the Journal to an independent University of Pittsburgh School of Law student publication.