IP & Health Care (LAW-719-010)
J. Grossman, J. Cubert
Meets: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM (MT) - Room 601
Enrolled: 16 / Limit: 25
Notices
Meets 6/27-6/28
Description
Provides significant exposure to the many relationships between U.S. patent, trademark and copyright laws and health care, including: Introduction to trademark law; Issues concerning trademarks and pharmaceuticals; Introduction to patent law; Introduction to Hatch-Waxman; Drug development pipeline and IP counseling; Reverse Payments and Heath Care Reform; Patenting Life Forms; Introduction to copyright law; Copyright and medical coding- who owns CPT?; Copyright issues and medical imaging; Copyright and medical technology - databases, software; Introduction to the international IP protection schemes; IP issues concerning medical devices; and The interplay in health care between privacy and IP-- data privacy, genetics, and biotechnology.
Academic credit requirement: Take home exam, due 3 weeks after the course ends.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
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Syllabus
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