Ideally each enrollee should take the basic modules, starting with the Intellectual Property Law Survey, before attending the advanced modules. If you cannot follow this order of preferred attendance, you are encouraged to complete the basic modules as soon as possible. Starting with the introductory Intellectual Property Law Survey module (3 hours) will provide you with an overview of trademark law, copyright law, patent law and trade secrets law. After completion of this module attendees must complete the following modules which can be taken in any order (each module is 3 hours): 

IP Survey
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 4-7 p.m.

IP Patent Law | Thusday, February 28, 2013, 4-7 p.m.

• America Invents Act of 2011
• Patent-eligible subject matter
• Types of patents
• Duration of patents
• Utility requirement
• Disclosure requirements
• Novelty requirement
• Nonobviousness requirement
• Parts of a patent
• Foreign rights
• Patentability and infringement opinions
• Patent infringement
• Remedies

Trademark Law | Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 4-7 p.m.

• What can be a trademark
• Types of trademarks
• What is a trademark search
• How can trademark rights be protected under state law and federal law
• How is a trademark registered under federal law
• What are the advantages of registering a trademark under federal law
• Protecting trademarks
• Concurrent use
• Trademark genericide
• Trademark incontestability
• Managing a trademark portfolio
• Basics of trademark infringement
• Basics of trademark dilution
• Lanham Act section 43(a) actions
• Trade dress
• Domain names
• Foreign rights

IP Copyright Law | Date to be Announced

• What can be protected by copyright law
• Duration of copyright
• Copyright clearance
• Copyright registration
• Who is an author
• Works for hire doctrine
• Rights granted by copyright law
• Copyright infringement
• Statutory damages
• Foreign rights
• Statutory exemptions from copyright protection
• Fair use
  

IP Trade Secrets Law| Date to be Announced

• What can be protected by trade secrets law
• Duration of protection
• Uniform Trade Secrets Act
• MA trade secrets law
• Federal Economic Espionage Act
• Trade secret misappropriation actions
• Remedies for trade secret misappropriation
• Reverse engineering
• Independent development
• Choosing between trade secrets protection and patent protection