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Requirements:

15 credits from the​ following courses and additional experiential credits::

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  • Copyright Law
    Credits: 3

    The course will explore the issues concerning protection of intellectual creativity under the United States copyright laws; we will consider such matters as the nature of copyright, the statutory scheme, the kinds of works subject to copyright, and the extent of protection afforded those works. The grade will be based on performance on an end of semester examination.

    Heverly, Robert

  • Introduction to Intellectual Property
    Credits: 3

    ​Introduces fundamental components of intellectual property law, focusing on patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.

    Seita, Alex Y.

    Falati, Shahrokh

  • Patent Law
    Credits: 3

    The objectives of the course include learning the fundamentals of U.S. Patent Law; exploring the policies underlying those principles; and discussing the assigned cases to develop skills in critical reasoning and advocacy. We will study what types of discoveries are contemplated under the Patent Act, including recent hot topics such as Computer Software and Biotechnology. The objectives include covering the specific requirements for patentable subject matter, such as the utility, disclosure, enablement, novelty, and nonobviousness requirements, and the statutory bars of public use, sale, and abandonment. Also covered will be the recent statutory changes, such as the American Invents Act, as well as recent patent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Seita, Alex Y.

    Falati, Shahrokh

  • Trademark Law
    Credits: 3

    The course deals with the creation, enforcement, and limitation of trademark rights, including the impact of technological change (such as the use of the internet) on traditional concepts, and related unfair competition issues. The grade will be based on performance on an end of semester examination. ​

    Falati, Shahrokh

Electives:

  • Cyberspace Law
    Credits: 3

    ​Focuses on the legal requirements of electronic commerce including issues of electronic contracting, tort, defamation, constitutional law, intellectual property, procedural, domestic and international conflicts and regulation.

    Students who have taken Internet Law will not receive credit for this class.

    Heverly, Robert

  • Entrepreneurship Law in Emerging Technologies
    Credits: 2

    This course offers students the opportunity to work with faculty and students from the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany and will expose them to the science, art and law of entrepreneurship and emerging technologies. Students will not only receive grounding in the law of business development and intellectual property, but will also be steeped in the science behind nanoscale technologies so that they can practice effectively in this rapidly emerging field.

    Falati, Shahrokh

  • International Business Transactions
    Credits: 3

    ​Examines topics related to conduct of international business: international private trade, U.S. and international regulation of trade, international private investment, international financial markets, international regulation of monetary affairs, and dispute resolution.

    Halewood, Peter H.

    Harrington, Dr. Alexandra R.

  • Patents & Technology Licensing
    Credits: 2

    ​Examines principal issues in patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and software licensing. Topics include standard terms and conditions of a technology license, negotiating royalty rates, and the impact of licensing on development and/or commercialization of technology.

Related Courses:

  • Antitrust: Trade Practices
    Credits: 3

    ​Covers principles and operation of the Sherman Act, Clayton Act and Federal Trade Commission Act and their effect upon conduct, as opposed to structure, of American industry. Examines issues of price fixing, boycotts, exclusive dealing, territorial allocation, tie-ins, franchise terminations, and governmental immunity for anti-competitive regulations.

    Hutter, Michael J.

    Seita, Alex Y.

  • Bioethics Seminar
    Credits: 2

    ​Explores bioethics issues such as clinical decision making, informed consent, organ donation and transplantation, physician assisted suicide, ethics in managed care, death and dying, and medical research.

    Ouellette, Alicia

    Tenenbaum, Evelyn

  • Business Torts
    Credits: 2

    ​Refers to a collection of statutory and common law recognized causes of action that arise out of business competition. Surveys these causes of action and analyzes them in the context of providing a source of protection to a business which is subject to potential economic harm from competitors, employees, suppliers, and others. Coverage will include false advertising, business defamation and disparagement, interference with contractual and prospective business relationships, misappropriation of trade values such as ideas, trade secrets, publicity rights, and misrepresentation. Prohibitions against unfair and deceptive practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act will also be covered. Trademark issues fall outside the coverage of this course. Not open to students who have taken Unfair Trade Practices.

    Hutter, Michael J.

  • Genetics and the Law
    Credits: 3

    ​Describes the medico-legal paradigm within which genetic technologies are presently pursued or restricted. Discusses the scientific basis of the genetic technologies providing students with basic appreciation of potential issues and a guide to the scientific, rather than the legal, literature related to the growing area of genomics. The course will be organized along six areas of the law: criminal law, family and property law, tort law, insurance law, labor law, and intellectual property law. No science background is required.

    Willey, Ann M., Esq. '00

Experiential Requirement:

Field Placement or SIP related to Intellectual Property Law, including related and existing clinical offerings.

Writing Requirement:

Students are required to complete one significant piece of writing in the concentration area. The writing requirement does not require that students earn any credits beyond the required credits described above. The topic and the arrangement for fulfilling the writing requirement, however, must be approved in advance by the Concentration Advisor. The paper could be written to fulfill the requirements of a course, an independent study, or a law journal note and comment. It may also be possible to fulfill this requirement by completing a substantial piece of writing in conjunction with an experiential course, clinic, or Field Placement, such as a brief, a series of Motions, or a significant legal memorandum. It could also be fulfilled by writing a paper independently, such as a submission to a writing competition or an article for publication. In all of these arrangements, the prior approval of the Concentration Advisor is required.

(Effective December 18, 2018)

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