Elective Course
Intellectual Property and Competition Law
This class provides an overview of the antitrust laws which generally govern competitive practices in the United States. It then provides a series of self-contained discussion sessions on various issues arising as a result of conflicts, or perceived conflicts, between intellectual property law and competition law. Students will draft a substantial paper satisfying the Upper Level Writing Requirement and will present that paper during a class session. This class will be unusual in that it will be taught by a team of professors who will present a series of related, but in many ways distinct, problems. The class will not have the sort of overall structure normally associated with a seminar. Although individual conferences will be included in the syllabus to discuss papers with a professor, students taking this class must be able to work independently (much like they would on a directed study project) in preparing their papers and presentations.
Prerequisite: None