LAW 7897 - Intellectual Property Transactions

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.