This course is intended as a broad overview of intellectual property, one of the fastest growing areas of the law. The course will consider the protection of patent, trademark, and copyright law and related bodies of state law, such as trade secret and the right of publicity. The explosion of interest in intellectual property is directly related to the ever increasing role that its production and distribution plays in our lives.
Intellectual property is the law of our information age.
Because of its intangibility, information disdains national boundaries. Consequently, this course will review the vast changes that are taking place in the international protection of intellectual property as well as domestic developments.