Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution

3 units

Enrollment limit: 24. There are no pre/co-requisites, however, students enrolling in this course will find it helpful to have had or be enrolled in Civil Procedure, Evidence, Trademarks & Unfair Competition, Copyright & Related Rights and/or Patent Law. This applied skills course will offer practical experience in dealing with pretrial and trial litigation issues unique to patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation. The course covers intellectual property litigation from the initial cease-and-desist letter through appeal. Students draft pleadings and other litigation-related documents for a wide variety of state and federal intellectual property disputes, and inter parties proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Grading is anonymous, based upon weekly graded assignments, and a final drafting project. 3 units.