279.3 sec. 001 - The Business of Intellectual Property (Fall 2026)
Instructor: Jeffrey E Ostrow (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 2
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person Instruction
Meeting:
W 3:35 PM - 5:25 PM
Location: Law 12
From August 19, 2026
To November 30, 2026
Course End: November 30, 2026
Class Number: 32920
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 23
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 35
As of: 06/06 06:13 AM
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, IP issues impact (and can even drive) key business decisions. Increasingly, lawyers must navigate and help craft strategy for their clients that aligns with a set of business, policy, and even cultural goals. This course explores how to weigh competing concerns and approach decision-making in a shifting environment.
This class examines not only how to think about strategic IP issues, but also how IP is perceived, misperceived, used, misused, understood, and misunderstood. It looks at how the best-laid plans have succeeded and failed, and occasionally, how some players just get lucky. For example, we look at how patent monetization entities may impact IP-driven corporate transactions, how the unprecedented reach of global data strains IP protections, and how advances in AI challenge established tenets of IP law and policy. In sum, we look at the business of IP in diverse litigation, transactional, and policy contexts.
Exam Notes: (P) Final Paper
(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:
Business Law
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