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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Scott Alessandro <<a href="mailto:salessan@mit.edu">salessan@mit.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Openings Available in 15.618, Law and Cuting-Edge Technologies</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">February 5, 2015 at 2:48:53 PM EST<br>
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The course is 15.618 - Law and Cutting-Edge Technologies. </div>
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15.618 will be a hands-on “deep dive” into the full range of law-sensitive issues faced in organizing, financing or working for a technology-driven new venture, including: </div>
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the right kind of entity;</div>
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ownership;</div>
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agreements such as non-compete, non-disclosure, and shareholder agreements;</div>
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as compensation;</div>
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financing, including founder financing, friends and family, angels, and VC; </div>
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developing and protecting IP;</div>
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early employees;</div>
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and accelerator arrangements; and</div>
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the company.</div>
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The course will pay special attention to the legal issues posed by cutting-edge technologies and intellectual property rights in the startup and other contexts.</div>
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<span style="">Students do not at this point need to participate in the Sloan bidding process to register for this course. They can use online registration or the online add form. The course will be meeting in a large room, so my expectation (although there
is no guarantee) is that no interested student will be turned away. </span></div>
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The course meets Mondays 4-7pm in E62-233, and the first class is Monday 2/9.</div>
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A full syllabus is attached, and information about all my courses is available at </div>
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<a href="http://jakula.scripts.mit.edu/" style="color:purple; text-decoration:underline">http://jakula.scripts.mit.edu/</a></div>
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There are no prerequisites, and no background in business or law is expected – it will be provided in the course. P/D/F grading is an option.</div>
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Best,</div>
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John Akula</div>
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