[bioundgrd] Fwd: opening a law class to Course 7 students

[Janice Chang]

>Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:05:44 -0400
>Subject: opening a law class to Course 7 students
>
>  There is a very interesting "hot topics" class that we are opening 
>to Course 7 students who might be interested in IP and 
>innovation-related law. The class is called Basic Businesses Law, 
>Tilted Towards Strategy and Innovation and is taught by Prof. John 
>Akula.
>
>This class covers the fundamentals of law that relate to cutting 
>edge technologies and those issues affecting transnational business, 
>legal issues that may directly affect the work of MIT School of 
>Science graduates. The topics covered, include: 1) the basics of 
> Patents, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Marks; 2) Technology 
>transfer and licensing /biomedical innovation; 3) Mobile Devices / 
>IP litigation; 4) Open source software / R&D alliances; and 5) BRIC 
>laws.  Professor Akula invites in seasoned lawyers who are experts 
>in their field.
>
>Attached is the syllabus. If you would prefer to speak with 
>Professor Akula directly, his contact information is:
>
>Instructor:  John Akula
>E62-316
>857-928-4488 (cell)
><mailto:jakula at mit.edu>jakula at mit.edu
>
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