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295.4E sec. 001 - Berkeley IP Practicum Clinic Seminar (Spring 2025)
Instructor: Adam Cole (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
Instructor: Allison Schmitt (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 2
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
Tu 6:25 PM - 8:15 PM
Location: Law 107
From January 14, 2025
To April 22, 2025
Course End: April 22, 2025
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 17
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 23
As of: 01/18 11:55 PM
This seminar will expose students to aspects of IP due diligence that arise when startup companies seek financing or are involved in merger or acquisition discussions with a thirdparty. Students will learn about how to ready and counsel a startup company for due diligence, draft and evaluate IP from a business perspective, evaluate third-party IP for freedom to operate, and about licensing strategies for third party IP. Students will also engage in a cursory review of other key areas of diligence. This Seminar will emphasize practical, real-world skill building, will be co-taught by Allison Schmitt and Adam Cole, with guest practitioners providing key perspectives.
Enrollment requires completion of Intellectual Property Law 275.3, Patent Law, an equivalent course, or permission of instructor. Preference will be given to students with a technical degree and/or relevant work experience.
To help assess whether to admit you to the IP Practicum Seminar, please complete the application listed below under Supplemental Files. Applications should be emailed to Allison Schmitt (aaschmitt@berkeley.edu), Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Life Sciences Project. All students should apply no later than November 17, 2024.
Please note that this application can be used to apply for either the Seminar or the Practicum + Seminar. Students may not take the Practicum without the Seminar.
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.
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Requirements Satisfaction:
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Submit teaching evaluations for this course between 14-APR-25 and 29-APR-25
Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Practicums
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