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Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are the currency of an innovation economy. Each of these forms of intellectual property may be bought and sold, licensed, or used as security. How each is used will depend on the business context; the needs of a start-up company being far different from those of a multinational corporation. This course will focus on intellectual property transactions in various business contexts, including: maximizing value and assessing risks; organization and financing start-ups involving intellectual property; protecting trade secrets; employment issues related to intellectual property; licensing; and intellectual property in public offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Enrollment Pre-/Co- Requisite Information

Law 270 Intellectual Property

Spring 2016

Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor
754.01	Course Credits 2		Kenneth D. Sibley, John Fuscoe
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