Students concentrating in intellectual property enroll in courses that discuss copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Coursework also addresses the policies underlying the protection of intellectual property and compares the different ways intellectual property can be used to protect commercial interests in the areas of technology and the arts. The faculty advisers for this concentration are Professor William Hubbard and Professor Max Oppenheimer.
Attention the requirements for this concentration have been updated for students who are subject to the experiential requirement.
The list below is for students who are NOT subject to the experiential requirement.
Students complete the intellectual property concentration by enrolling in courses complying with the requirements listed below. Descriptions of these courses can be found here.
I. Foundation Courses: Choose two of the following.
II. Advanced Courses: Choose three of the following, one of which must satisfy the scholarly upper-level writing requirement.
III. Experiential Requirement: Choose one of the following courses or activities.
IV. Recommended Courses: While not required, the following courses are recommended
for students wanting to specialize in intellectual property.