Ben Dugan is a former CSE graduate student who went on to get a law
degree and become an intellectual property lawyer. He is a superb
teacher – he won our departmental teaching award as a graduate
student.
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From: Ben Dugan <ben.dugan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:12 AM
Subject: CSE 490T/590T course announcement
To: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>, John Zahorjan
<zahorjan@cs.washington.edu>
Hi Ed and John,
Just in case you want to share this with anyone, here is the course
announcement for this year’s IP Law for Engineers offering. I’ve sent
this to Pim as well, but not sure if he uses the same media outlets
(e.g., grad students vs. undergrads, etc). It looks like the course
is on the time schedule, so they can sign up anytime…
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CSE 490T / 590T: Intellectual Property Law for Engineers
Wednesdays 3:30-5:20, 2 units CR/NC
Perplexed, annoyed, or interested in patents? Confused by copyright
laws? This course provides a survey of intellectual property law for
a technical (non-legal) audience. The purpose of the course is to
assist engineers and scientists in navigating and utilizing various
intellectual property regimes effectively in the business context. In
the patent space, we will study the significant revisions of U.S.
patent law under the America Invents Act of 2011, including the change
from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file patent system and new
post-grant review procedures. Additional patent-related topics will
include patent preparation and prosecution, claim interpretation, and
assessing patent validity and infringement. Other intellectual
property areas will also be addressed, including copyright, trademark,
and trade secret law. The course will balance the discussion of
practical legal considerations with broader policy questions (e.g.,
should certain subject matter be off limits for patenting? the
relationship between innovation and intellectual property regimes,
etc.).
Prerequisites: Open to graduate students and 4th-year College of
Engineering students. Many of the cases and teaching examples will be
situated in the computer arts, so some background in computer science
or engineering is preferred.
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