Patent Basics

Catalog description

Cardozo will offer a 2-credit introductory course for students interested in learning the basic legal doctrines, policy questions, and skills involved in patent practice. Half of the course will be devoted to discussion of patent law, focusing on the key issues facing business lawyers and policy makers. The other half will be structured as a series of skills workshops in which students work with a hypothetical client on all stages of the patent process, from counseling and advice through drafting patent claims, asserting or defending against them in litigation, and negotiating a settlement. Students will earn two skills credits and the course is eligible for writing credit with permission of the instructor.