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275.3 sec. 001 - Intellectual Property Law (Spring 2021)
Instructor: Peter S. Menell (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 4
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: Remote Instruction
Meeting:
MTuTh 2:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Location: Internet/Online
From January 19, 2021
To May 04, 2021
Course End: May 04, 2021
Class Number (1Ls): 31682
Class Number: 31682
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 91
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 150
As of: 05/08 05:45 AM

This course serves as a gateway to Berkeley Law’s extensive law and technology curriculum by providing a general overview of intellectual property law. The course begins with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property laws. It covers the basics of utility and design patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other state IP-related areas of law, as well as some of the salient controversies in intellectual property law, including: patent protection for software and biotechnology; copyright enforcement challenges posed by the Internet age; and protecting trademarks on the Internet.
Real-time attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home examination
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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- Intellectual Property Statutes: 2020
Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Edition: 2020
Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing
ISBN: 9781945555176
e-Book Available: Yes
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $30.00
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Law-school Bookstore prices are unavailable at this time. - Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2020 Vol. I Perspectives, Trade Secrets and Patents
Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Edition: 2020
Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing
ISBN: 9781945555152
e-Book Available: Yes
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 26
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Law-school Bookstore prices are unavailable at this time. - Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2020 Vol. II Copyrights, Trademarks and State IP Protections
Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Edition: 2020
Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing
ISBN: 9781945555169
e-Book Available: Yes
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 30
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Law-school Bookstore prices are unavailable at this time.