This is a transactional skills development course that focuses on IP law and emerging technologies. Students take on the persona of law firm associates of a niche IP law firm and work through actual cases. It is well suited for lawyers seeking to improve both (a) their substantive knowledge of IP law as applied to today’s cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI and (b) their practical legal skills including communication, written & oral advocacy, cross examination, and deal-making & negotiations. Students will examine actual pending IP AI cases (like Author’s Guild v OpenAI) and conduct simulated exercises – taking on the role of plaintiff, defendant, law clerk, and judge – in litigating the cases. Whether you are counsel to engineers, sales, marketing or business development professionals, or managers or organizational leaders who create or use IP – or looking to sharpen your transactional skills as a lawyer - this program is for you.

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