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276.41 sec. 001 - Advanced IT Contracts: Drafting and Negotiating (Spring 2022)
Instructor: David William Tollen (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
Tu 6:25 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Law 140
From January 18, 2022
To February 15, 2022
Course End: February 15, 2022
Class Number: 32084
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 42
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 50
As of: 07/19 11:58 AM
Students learn to write and negotiate technology contracts. The goal is to prepare them to practice as transactional attorneys in the IT industry. The secondary benefit is training on contract drafting and negotiation in general, which supports legal work in any industry.
The primary content is a clause-by-clause review of the key terms in cloud computing contracts, software licenses, and the other bread-and-butter agreements of the IT industry. But the course will also include content that is not clause-specific, particularly a primer on contract drafting itself, a review of the IT industry and its particular legal concerns, and a primer on intellectual property as it applies to the industry.
This is not a course on IP licensing. That topic, however, will play a role.
The course is taught by David W. Tollen, who is an author, expert witness, trainer, and attorney. He wrote The Tech Contracts Handbook: Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers And Businesspeople (ABA Publishing 2021). The book is the number-one bestseller from the IP Section of the American Bar Association, and it will serve as the course’s key text. Mr. Tollen is also the founder of Tech Contracts Academy™, LLP, where he teaches lawyers and businesspeople to draft and negotiate IT agreements. Finally, Mr. Tollen is the founder of Sycamore Legal® P.C., an IP and IT boutique law firm in San Francisco. There, he represents buyers and sellers in IT transactions and also serves as an expert witness for cases on the same topic. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and has an Ll.M. from Cambridge University and a B.A. in history from U.C. Berkeley.
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
Exam Length: 3 hours
Course Category: Business Law
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Readers:
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Books:
Required Books are in blue
- The Tech Contracts Handbook: Software Licenses, Cloud Computing Agreements, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople
David W. Tollen
Edition: 3rd ed., 2021
Publisher: ABA Publishing
ISBN: 9781641058537
e-Book Available: Yes
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Price: $42.95
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