Timeroom: Summer 2020

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 923 (1ON) - Trademark Searching

Trademark Searching

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 1.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71073

This course will introduce students to the principles of searching trademarks records at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, underscoring the connection between trademark prosecution practice and trademark law theory. The course will provide students with strategies for navigating Trademark Office records from a former Trademark Examining Attorney and with an understanding of how the U.S. trademark registration process functions under the Lanham Act. Students with an interest in trademark prosecution, litigation and transactional practice will benefit from this course.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/28/2020	8/13/2020	TR	3:00pm - 4:30pm	ONLINE

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 924 (1ON) - Cannabis & Intellectual Property

Cannabis & IP

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 1.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71075

Cannabis (marijuana) is listed on Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, and the possession, sale, and use of marijuana remains unlawful at the federal level. Meanwhile, cannabis legalization is sweeping the nation on a state-by-state basis. This federal and state divide presents unique challenges to businesses serving patients and consumers in the cannabis industry and the lawyers who advise them. This one-unit course will provide an overview of the current state of the cannabis industry, identify key legal and business challenges, and explore how lawyers are helping their clients address these challenges. The course will lay the groundwork for the type of issue spotting and creative thinking required to navigate the legal and business landscape of this emerging legal field.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/27/2020	8/13/2020	MW	5:00pm - 6:30pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 930 (1ON) - Patent Licensing

Patent Licensing

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 1.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71076

This course addresses legal issues related to patent licensing based upon general commercial needs and requirements. This course will focus on understanding the intersection of patent rights and limitations, contractual provisions and the objectives of the business. The course will look at key licensing agreement interpretation issues and restriction on patent rights that should be considered when licensing patent rights. Students will look to understand different business scenarios and how to think about structuring licensing relationships and agreements to fulfill the business objectives.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/6/2020	7/22/2020	MW	7:30pm - 9:00pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 931 (1ON) - Media Law

Media Law

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 2.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71077

This course offers broad exposure to various legal issues confronted by mass media enterprises, ranging from traditional broadcasters and similar internet-based services, to the major internet platforms and the new class of ?media enterprises? that they spawned, such as YouTube influencers and TikTok stars. By examining current issues and events, students will navigate areas of law including defamation, rights of publicity and privacy, newsgathering and right of access, advertising, broadcast and internet regulation, intellectual property, and antitrust ? to understand how the law?s staple doctrines apply to the business of producing and distributing news, information, and entertainment for mass audiences.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/6/2020	8/12/2020	MW	1:00pm - 2:30pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 932 (1ON) - Name, Image & Likeness in Sports

Name Image & Likeness in Sport

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 1.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71078

This course centers on the rights of athletes to control their identifying characteristics. Legal reforms call for college athletes to be able to hire agents and negotiate the use of their names, images and likenesses with video game companies, apparel companies, trading card shows, athletic camps and other industries. The NCAA regards these reforms as unlawful and has lobbied Congress for a federal solution. This course examines NIL rights and their relationship to other legal conventions, including rights of publicity, media law, agency law, video game law, trademark law, copyright law, labor law, antitrust law and ?influencers? and the law.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/7/2020	7/23/2020	TR	11:00am - 12:30pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 934 (1ON) - Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship

IP & Entrepreneurship

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 2.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71079

This course concerns the intersection between intellectual property and entrepreneurship, and how overlaps and conflicts regarding stakeholder interests create both opportunities and responsibilities for attorneys. This course explores the realms of creativity and innovation, ethical considerations, research & development, idea evaluation, intellectual property protection, business plans, sales & marketing, licensing contracts, and other topics to understand the entrepreneurial process and considerations for legal practice. This course consists of lectures, presentations, readings, notes, discussions, resources and experiences designed to introduce the concepts associated with examining the entrepreneurial process.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/7/2020	8/13/2020	TR	1:00pm - 2:30pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 935 (1ON) - Doing Business in China

Doing Business in China

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 2.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71080

China has presented unprecedented business opportunities as well as unique challenges over the past few decades. And this dynamic landscape will further intensify in the new normal of COVID-19. This two-credit course will provide an overview of the underlying policy, economic and legal frameworks, highlight recent developments on IP protection and enforcement, antitrust and other regulatory compliances in particular. Guest speakers (in-house counsel and law firm practitioners) will share their experiences from doing business in connection with China, as well as offer best practices on culture intelligence and negotiation skills needed to be successful. The course will also explore growing areas that may lead to robust opportunities in China.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/6/2020	8/12/2020	MW	10:30am - 12:00pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 936 (1ON) - IP Colloquium

IP Colloquium

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 1.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71081

Companies are using traditional forms of intellectual property in non-traditional ways. This course provides an overview of six companies in different technology areas that are currently in transformational situations - Spotify, TikTok, 3M, Disney, Holdredge Wines and Allied Security Trust. Each lecturer will share their experiences and challenges of their company. Each business? use of copyrights, patents and trademarks, privacy, antitrust, trade secrets and contracts will be discussed, including the nuances and challenges of each.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/10/2020	8/14/2020	F	4:00pm - 5:30pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 940 (1ON) - Supreme Court & the CAFC: IP Tug of War

Supreme Court & CAFC

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 1.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Special Summer Session (05/18/2020 - 08/30/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 50
CRN: 71083

Each class will cover a Federal Circuit Decision and the certiorari petition filed in U.S. Supreme Court. The second hour of the class will be a complete and exhaustive discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court Opinion and the oral argument at the Supreme Court.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
7/7/2020	7/23/2020	TR	2:45pm - 4:45pm	TBA

Law Franklin Pierce School of Law :: Intellectual Property (LAW)

LIP 944 (1ON) - Fundamentals of Intellectual Property

Fund of Intellectual Property

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 3.0
Term: Summer 2020 - Law (05/18/2020 - 08/07/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 15
CRN: 70679

S/U grading option not available for first-year students. But other students who have completed any course covering the substance of U.S. copyright, patent or trademark law may receive only S/U grades. Objectives: To introduce basic substantive requirements and procedures for obtaining, maintaining and enforcing patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and related subject matters such as rights of publicity and domain names. Description: Beyond the basics, the course explores underlying policy goals and conflicts among types of intellectual property, for example, the tension between patent and copyright protection or the tension between federal and state protection. It also considers goals and conflicts with other laws such as free speech. It also considers matters such as the extent to which various types of IP are "property," available remedies, sources of law, and responsibilities of the two main IP agencies as well as those of various courts. Eligibility: Open to all students. Course format: lecture. Grading: other (see syllabus), 100%. This course may be taken for an S/U grade.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
5/18/2020	8/7/2020		Hours Arranged	ONLINE