ADVANCED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEORY (INDL9313)
2 or 3 credits. Seminar.
Prerequisites: Intellectual Property, or Patent Law & Practice, Copyright and Trademark & Unfair Competition 

This seminar focuses on the theoretical foundations for patent, copyright, and trademark law, including public goods theory,which is the traditional basis for patent and copyright law, and competition theory and search-cost theory, which are traditional bases for trademark law. This seminar focuses on these theories and the common ground shared by all theories of intellectual property, which is providing incentives for suppliers of intangible creations and preventing free riding by others.