Prerequisites: All first-year courses
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Credits
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Offered
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This course provides a general survey of the domestic legal protections available for intellectual property, focusing upon the key areas of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret. The elements of infringement claims, defenses and remedies will be examined, as will the interaction between the federal intellectual property statutes and competition law. The course will also consider the policies underlying the laws of intellectual property and the ways in which organizations and businesses can protect their intellectual property.
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3
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Annually/
Fall |
