LAW COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

LAW-2736 Intellectual Property Transactional Skills Prof. Rebecca Curtin, 2 credits day; 2 credits evening.

Students using this course to fulfill the experiential learning requirement may not also use this same course to meet the legal writing requirement.

Ever wonder how an innovative new invention makes it to market? How a book gets transformed into a film and a film gets transformed into merchandise? How a celebrity makes money from an endorsement? This is where contract meets IP and intellectual property assets become valuable. The course will cover the drafting of and key issues that arise in assignments, licenses and other commercial agreements that facilitate exploitation of IP assets. Grading will be based on short exercises throughout the semester, such as written drafting problems, in-class negotiation simulations, and a group project analyzing a deal.

Faculty comments : No Final Exam

Prerequisite: Prerequisite; IP Survey or at least one of Copyright, Trademark or Pa

Meets Skills Menu Requirement

Meets Intellectual Property Concentration Requirements

Meets Experiential Learning Requirement

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