Intellectual Property and Technology Licensing LAW 281

Description

Professors Gattari and Drutchas's section: This course emphasizes the management of intellectual property. The intent is to provide the future corporate practitioner with important information about managing, marketing, selling, buying, and licensing corporate intellectual property assets (including patents, trademarks, copyrights, data, trade secrets, software, know-how, and other types of valuable information), and limiting corporate liability with respect to those assets. The course places particular emphasis on software and other emerging technologies, but will also cover traditional intellectual property issues. (revised 11/03) Professor Dicig's section: This course emphasizes the business and contractual aspects of intellectual property. The intent is to provide the future corporate practitioner with experience in managing IP and doing IP-related transactions, including asset sales, licenses and master agreements. The course places particular emphasis on drafting and negotiating customary agreements from both sides, using actual agreements from instructor's practice. Knowledge of intellectual property is not required. No final exam; the grade is based on written assignments. (revised 11/11)

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