LAW 7773 - Intellectual Property Licensing

This course will examine, in-depth and from a legal practitioner perspective, the licensing of a variety of items of intellectual property - patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrighted materials. We will simulate the negotiation and drafting of complex commercial IP licenses in a sophisticated corporate technology setting. In doing so, we will address legal, business, political, organizational, psychological, technological and ethical dynamics involved in negotiating and closing the deal.