CLI-1050: Clinic: Intellectual Property Law

This course will provide students with direct experience working with clients and practicing attorneys in the areas of copyright, patent and trademark law. Students will apply their substantive learning of the law to related IP projects, where they will have an opportunity to hone their basic skills and theoretical understanding in various IP areas. Students with a particular interest in one of the IP focus areas will, to the extent possible, be assigned cases in that area. The Clinic will focus on representing clients in a broad array of IP matters, including filing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications before the USPTO, policy-making, and educating the business and arts communities on the essentials of IP protection. Students who are interested in representing clinic clients in patent matters before the USPTO must be eligible for admission to the patent bar. To participate in the USPTO clinical program, students enrolled in the clinic will need, in coordination with the IP Law Clinic, to apply for temporary registration to practice before the USPTO. The Clinic is offered as a year-long (fall and spring semester) course to provide students with the broadest range of opportunities to work with clients and before the USPTO. Students graduating after fall semester may take the Clinic for fall semester only, and any spring openings because of graduating fall students may be filled on a case-by-case basis. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may not drop a clinic course online later than one week prior to course the start of the semester. Students may drop through the add/drop deadline by using the drop form found on the registrar's website. The classroom component for this clinic meets remotely and synchronously. This clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." Undergraduate transcript(s) and resume must be submitted to Sue McBrayer prior to the first day of class. For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/intellectual-property-clinic-patents/ PreReq: LAW- 2000, LAW- 2015, LAW- 3470, & LAW-3471