275.3 sec. 001 - Intellectual Property Law (Fall 2026)
Instructor: Sonia Katyal (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 4
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
MTu 3:35 PM - 5:25 PM
Location: Law 132
From August 17, 2026
To November 24, 2026
Course End: November 24, 2026
Class Number: 32538
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 81
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 81
As of: 08/07 11:49 PM
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 intellectual property law. It then covers the basics of 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; protecting trademarks on the Internet; and the application of common law intellectual property doctrines to the Internet. Throughout, our analysis of doctrine will be informed by competing theories of the subject matter, purposes, and political economy of IP laws and alternative innovation policies.
Exam Notes: (F) In-person Final Exam
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Exam Length: 4 hours
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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Books:
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- Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: Vol. I: Perspectives, Trade Secrets, and Patents
Menell, Lemley, Merges, and Balganesh
Edition: 2025
Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing
ISBN: 9781945555282
e-Book Available: unknown
Price: $35.00
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Law-school Bookstore prices are unavailable at this time. - Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: Vol. II: Copyrights, Trademarks and State IP Protections
Menell, Lemley, Merges, and Balganesh
Edition: 2025
Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing
ISBN: 9781945555299
e-Book Available: unknown
Price: 42
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Law-school Bookstore prices are unavailable at this time. - Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2026 Supplement
Menell, Lemley, Merges, and Balganesh
e-Book: Yes
e-Book procurement note: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7096178
Price: To Be Determined