COVID-19 Status - AU/WCL are conducting all summer classes online. WCL and Pence Law Library are physically closed.
Each summer, AUWCL’s renowned intellectual property program offers a broad selection of evening, weekend, and short courses. Summer Session courses are available for academic credit to students from any law school, and a certificate of attendance for practitioners. This year for the first time, all of the courses will be offered online. This is an incredible opportunity to attend courses normally not open to students outside the Washington D.C. area. All timings are Eastern Standard Times.
Instructor: Jonas Anderson
May 26-29 | TF | 9:15 am-12:45 pm
+ Additional Asynchronous Sessions
1 Credit
This course will serve as an introduction to the basics of patent litigation and practice. It will cover aspects of litigating before U.S. Federal Courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, as well as post- grant review proceedings before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Full Course Description
Instructor: Michael Carroll
May 26-29 | TuWThF | 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
+Additional Asynchronous Sessions
1 credit
This class focuses on the interaction between copyright law and standardized open copyright licenses, particularly open source software licenses and Creative Commons licenses. Significant amounts of commercial software are “open source,” meaning that the code comes with a copyright license that permits free copying and modification subject to certain conditions. Full Course Description
Instructor: Christine Farley
Jun 1-4 | MTuWTh | 10:00 am-12:30pm
+ Additional Asynchronous Sessions
1 Credit
This concentrated survey will cover the protection of fashion design and industrial design (from furniture to graphical user interface) by means of intellectual property law (namely design patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright law). Full Course Description
Instructors: David Cavanaugh (Wilmer Hale), Jon Stroud (Unified Patents)
Jun 5 & 6 | FS | F 1:00 pm -3:15 pm; S 10:00 am - 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm
+ Additional Asynchronous Sessions
1 Credit
This course will cover post-grant proceedings (PGPs) before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO). With the enactment of the America Invent Acts in 2011, the PTO has implemented several new proceedings which permit the review of the validity of U.S. patents through a contentious proceeding at the PTO. Full Course Description
Instructor: Ross Dannenberg
Jun 15-18 | MTWTH | 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
+ Additional Asynchronous Sessions
1 Credit
Video game developers face a unique combination of legal issues and hurdles from initial concept, through development, and continuing through the release of each new game. At the outset, intellectual property plays a key role in protecting video games, and freedom of speech is a recurring theme. Full Course Description
Instructor: Alex Joel
May 28 - Jun 18 | TH | 2:00 pm-3:10 pm
+Additional Asynchronous Sessions
1 Credit
This seminar will explore the regulatory and oversight structures that countries are putting in place to ensure that society realizes technology’s promise while managing its privacy risks. Full Course Description
Director, Michael Carroll