Nick Psyhogeos

This is a transactional skills development course that focuses on IP law and emerging technologies. Students take on the persona of law firm associates of a niche IP law firm and work through actual cases. It is well suited for lawyers seeking to improve both (a) their substantive knowledge of IP law as applied to today’s cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI and (b) their practical legal skills including communication, written & oral advocacy, cross examination, and deal-making & negotiations. Students will examine actual pending IP AI cases (like Author’s Guild v OpenAI) and conduct simulated exercises – taking on the role of plaintiff, defendant, law clerk, and judge – in litigating the cases. Whether you are counsel to engineers, sales, marketing or business development professionals, or managers or organizational leaders who create or use IP – or looking to sharpen your transactional skills as a lawyer - this program is for you.

In our modern global information economy, the law of intellectual property has taken on enormous importance to both creators and users. This course introduces students to the principles of trade secret, patent, copyright, and trademark law, and explores the ways in which those principles are shifting and adapting in response to new technology. The course will also focus on the international comparative aspects of intellectual property and address the practical application of key IP concepts for global practitioners. The course is open to LLM students in the ALP and IP programs, without prerequisite. No scientific or technical background is required.