| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Module I - Basic Building Blocks | ||||
| 1 | Introduction | |||
| 2 | The Law of Duties | |||
| 3 | The Hard Edge of Regulation | |||
| 4 | Contract I | |||
| 5 | Contracts II | |||
| Module II - Launching, Growing, and Exiting a Venture | ||||
| 6 | Setting Up a New Venture Guest: Joe Hadzima, Main St. Partners | |||
| 7 | Financing the Venture I - Venture Capital Guest: Kenneth Gordon, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault | |||
| 8 | Financing the Venture II - Going Public Guest: Kenneth Gordon, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault | |||
| 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 | |||
| Module III - Innovation, Commercialization, and Intellectual Property | ||||
| 11 | Introduction to Technology Transfer | |||
| 12 | Copyrights and Software | |||
| 13 | Patents I: The Basics of Patent Law Guest: Bo Pasternack, Choate Hall | |||
| 14 | Patents II: Breakthrough Technologies - The Example of Biotechnology Patents Guest: Anita Meiklejohn, Fish & Richardson | |||
| 15 | Antitrust, JVs and IP | |||
| 16 | IP Rights and Business Strategies I Guest: Sarah Cabot, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo | |||
| 17 | IP Rights and Business Strategies II Guest: Joe Hadzima, Main St. Partners | |||
| 18 | Shifting Business Models and the Law: The Example of the Internet Guest: Jorge Contreras, Hale & Dorr | |||
| 19 | International IP Protection; Licensing; Wrap-up | |||
| Module IV - Innovation: The Regulatory and Liability Risks | ||||
| 20 | Litigation | |||
| 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 | |||
| 24 | Products Liability Guest: David Geiger, Foley Hoag | |||