This topic covers the myriad transactions involving intellectual property rights in the modern economy with an emphasis on the high technology industry. Increasingly, conventional transactional lawyering involves an intellectual property component; this topic is designed to help those students and r…
This topic is intended for students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia who are interested in a general overview of intellectual property. The topic begins with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property laws. It covers…
Patents, and intellectual property rights more generally, are central features of the “information economy” and pharmaceuticals are widely understood to be the sector for which strong patent protection is most justified as an innovation …
This topic is a topic on the role of law in the management of international environmental issues. students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia will benefit from but need not have taken topics in international law and/or environmental law. The topic will include a brief overview of public internat…
It is common today to hear that we live in a “global information society.” Information and cultural objects -” books, movies, music, software, data, genetic sequences, brands, medical technologies, etc.”- are increasingly important to the global economy, and increasingly manipulable and mobile. They…
In this topic, we will explore how antitrust regulation has shaped the way that firms to business on the internet. A wide variety of recent, cutting-edge cases will help us cover much of the U.S. and European antitrust landscape, including monopolization, tying, …
This topic is intended both for students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia who are interested in a general overview of intellectual property and as a gateway to Boalt's Law and Technology program. The topic begins with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property l…
This topic will focus on the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law. We will examine current antitrust cases in high-technology fields, including computers, software, and pharmaceuticals. The topic takes a practical approach to real issues currently being litigated, including- IP an…
This topic will examine copyright and other legal issues relating to film, television, music, and multimedia in industrial context. Each industry will be examined from a variety of perspectives, detailing the business, legal, social, and ethical issues encountered by practitioners as well as the pol…
This topic focuses on intellectual property strategy for high technology companies and investors in technology-focused businesses. The topic is designed to provide students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia with a solid understanding of key strategy issues in the field of intellectual property …