Law

Intellectual Property Law

Students are exposed to the fundamental doctrines underlying intellectual property cultivation and protection, with particular emphasis on patent law and trade secrets. Teams are required to analyze newly disclosed intellectual property in terms of protection strategies and approaches to cultivation.

Throughout the coursework, students are challenged to deepen their understanding of the options for securing and enhancing the asset value of intellectual property — and the means through which that value can be transferred to, or secured from, others.

Corporate Law Fundamentals

Basic concepts of corporate law: the structure and functionality of corporate entities, and their impact on the commercialization and investment process. Emphasis falls on the transactional tools available to drive commercialization — joint development, licensing, and the other contracting modes typically involved in technology transfer.

Investment and governance contracting are a focus of team work, with direct exposure to identifying and negotiating the terms and conditions of investment in a new technology venture.

Securities Law and Investment

Selected state and federal laws governing investment transactions, with particular emphasis on disclosure.

Industry Regulation

The regulations that shape a technology's path to market and define what the product can be. For life science applications, students work through the regulatory processes for proving safety and efficacy of a new medical innovation — the FDA approval pathway among them — at the level of detail that business and financial decision-making actually requires.