COURSE DESCRIPTION
Intellectual Property is a broad category of law concerning the rights of the owners of intangible products of invention or creativity. For example, IP law grants exclusive rights to certain owners of artistic works, technological inventions, and symbols or designs. Subcategories of IP law include patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets. IP lawyers work in litigation, licensing, technology transfer, venture capital, IP asset management, and trademark and patent prosecution.
COURSE OUTCOMES
- Upon successful completion of this
course, students will able to:
- Understand
the owners of intangible products
- Understand
of IP law grants exclusive rights to certain owners.
- Provide
an understanding of the dynamics and regulation of some of the most prominent industries
and applications.
- Provide understanding of trademark and patent
prosecution.
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COURSE CONTENT
- Introduction
of intellectual Property.
- Rights
of the owners of intangible products of invention or creativity. For example, IP
law grants exclusive rights to certain owners of artistic works,
- Technological
inventions, and symbols or designs.
- Subcategories
of IP law include patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets.
- IP
lawyers work in litigation
READING MATERIALS
Manuel Castells (2000), “The Rise of the Network Society”
Brynjolfsson, E., & Saunders, A. (2009). Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy
Schiller, D. (2000). Digital Capitalism: Networking the Global Market