| Module I - Basic Building Blocks |
| 1 |
Introduction |
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| 2 |
The Law of Duties |
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| 3 |
The Hard Edge of Regulation |
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| 4 |
Contract I |
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| 5 |
Contracts II |
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| Module II - Launching, Growing, and Exiting a Venture |
| 6 |
Setting Up a New Venture
Guest: Joe Hadzima, Main St. Partners |
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| 7 |
Financing the Venture I - Venture Capital
Guest: Kenneth Gordon, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault |
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| 8 |
Financing the Venture II - Going Public
Guest: Kenneth Gordon, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault |
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| 9 |
Joint Ventures and M&A |
1st exercise available two days after lecture 9 at 9 a.m. and is to be completed the next day at 9 p.m. |
| 10 |
Employment; Module Wrap-up |
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| Module III - Innovation, Commercialization, and Intellectual Property |
| 11 |
Introduction to Technology Transfer |
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| 12 |
Copyrights and Software |
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| 13 |
Patents I: The Basics of Patent Law
Guest: Bo Pasternack, Choate Hall |
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| 14 |
Patents II: Breakthrough Technologies - The Example of Biotechnology Patents
Guest: Anita Meiklejohn, Fish & Richardson |
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| 15 |
Antitrust, JVs and IP |
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| 16 |
IP Rights and Business Strategies I
Guest: Sarah Cabot, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo |
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| 17 |
IP Rights and Business Strategies II
Guest: Joe Hadzima, Main St. Partners |
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| 18 |
Shifting Business Models and the Law: The Example of the Internet
Guest: Jorge Contreras, Hale & Dorr |
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| 19 |
International IP Protection; Licensing; Wrap-up |
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| Module IV - Innovation: The Regulatory and Liability Risks |
| 20 |
Litigation |
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| 21 |
The Inside Counsel's Perspective
Guests: Tom DesRosiers,
Genzyme |
2nd exercise is available the day after lecture 21 at noon |
| 22 |
Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Guest: Jeanne Darcey, Palmer & Dodge |
2nd exercise is due one day after lecture 22 (which is two days after it was made available) at 9 p.m. |
| 23 |
National Security and Dealing with Government |
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| 24 |
Products Liability
Guest: David Geiger, Foley Hoag |
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