LAW7897

This course will explore substantive laws and legal practice concerning a range of commercial and business transactions involving intellectual property. Topics that may be covered include employer-employee rights in IP; university technology transfer; literary, music, television, film and multimedia licensing; domestic and international product distribution, marketing and franchising; patent pools and technical standards; software development and licensing; IP due diligence in business transactions; bankruptcy treatment of intellectual property; securitization and collateralization of IP; and competition and antitrust issues arising from intellectual property exploitation. It is recommended that all students have a basic understanding of the basic doctrines of IP law, either through an IP survey course or one or more of either Patent Law, Copyright or Trademark.

Basic doctrines of Intellectual Property law.

Fall Odd Year