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Course Descriptions

  

What do I need for an IP certificate?

USF offers a concentration in Intellectual Property Law and Cyberlaw that allows J.D. students to
graduate with a certification of advanced study in these fields.

 

Here are the requirements in brief.  Click here for more details. 

 

1.  Complete a research paper analyzing a relevant issue or problem related to intellectual property, cyberspace, or technology law.  The paper must adhere to the Upper Level Writing requirement standards and can be used to satsify that requirement.  (This requirement applies to students who begin their second year in fall 2007 or thereafter.)
 
2.  Apply for the certificate at the beginning of your last semester, on or before the last day to add a class in that semester.


3.  Achieve a C+ or higher in each IP course and a cumulative GPA of 2.700 or higher for all courses applied to the certificate.


4.  Course Requirements: 15 units of IP course work, subject to the following:


Core Courses – Complete at least two of the following courses: Copyright Law, Cyberspace Law,
Intellectual Property Survey, Patent Law, and Trademark Law

 

Elective Courses – Complete the remaining units by taking additional core courses and/or by taking courses
selected from among the approved electives listed below. (Approved electives are coded “9” in the course schedule.) Not every course is offered every academic year.


Antitrust
Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law
Art Law
Biotechnology Law
Cyberspace Law Seminar
Data Privacy Law
Directed Research (limited to a maximum of 2 units
of IP/Cyberlaw research projects supervised by
Professors Franklyn, Freiwald, or McCarthy)
Electronic Commerce
Entertainment and Media Law
Expert Evidence in Intellectual Property Litigation
Global Outsourcing and Intellectual Property
Transactions
Information Privacy Law
Information Technology Law
Intellectual Property Contracts
Intellectual Property Seminar
International Intellectual Property
Internet/IP Justice Project (may only apply 1
semester toward certificate)
Patent Litigation
Patent Licensing
Patent Prosecution
Sports Law
Technology Contracting
Telecommunications & Broadcast Media Law
Transactional Trademark Practice
Venture Capital Law

 
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