Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
Course Information
- Course Number
- L7990
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Intellectual Property and Technology
- Type
- Lecture
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Sol Goldman Professor of Law
Section Description
Instructor: Shyamkrishna Balganesh
This course will introduce students to the basic doctrines and principles of U.S. intellectual property law, focusing on patents, copyright and trademark law. The class discussion will emphasize the scope, architecture and rationale for different doctrines, their interaction with new technological developments, and the ways in which these doctrines have come to be created, reformed and updated over the course of the last century
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2021
- Location
- JGH 101
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Points
- 4
- Method of Evaluation
- Exam
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
-
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None