What is Patent Law?-Introduction to Patents
What is a Patent?
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Pre-Course Survey (Optional)
The Importance of Patent Claims
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Segway Patent
Understanding a Patent
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Optional Reading: Understanding Patent Claims
What is Patent Law?-The Patent System and Enforcement
The Institutional Structure of the Patent System
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Enforcement via the U.S. Courts
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Trends in Patent Lawsuits
Life of a Patent
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Takeaway Points
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Patentability-How to Get a Patent
How Do You Get a Patent? Patent Prosecution
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Patent Prosecution
The Standards for Patentability
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Optional Reading: Patentability Requirements
Patentability-Patentability Requirements: Disclosure, Novelty, Nonobviousness
Patent Disclosure Requirement
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Understanding the Enablement Requirement
The Novelty Requirement
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The Nonobviousness Requirement
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Patent Obviousness
Patentability-Patentability Requirements Continued: Inventorship, Utility, Subject Matter
The Inventorship Requirement
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Inventor? Author? Contributor? Owner?
The Utility Requirement
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The Subject Matter Requirement
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When Can an Invention Be Patented?
Takeaway Points
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The Scope of a Patent-Patent Claims
What Does a Patent Cover?
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The Components of Patent Claims
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Patent Claim Structure
Interpreting Patent Claims
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How to Define Claim Terms
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Caveats and Cautions when Determining Patent Coverage
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Takeaway Points
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Patent Enforcement-Patent Enforcement
How to Enforce (or Avoid) a Patent
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The Mechanics of Patent Enforcement
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Patent Infringement
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Patent Enforcement-Case Study: The Super Soaker
Case Study: The Super Soaker
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The Doctrine of Equivalents
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Optional Reading Doctrine of Equivalents
Patent Enforcement-Patent Infringement
How to Avoid Infringement
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Remedies for Infringement
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Takeaway Points
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Patent Enforcement-Summative Assessment
Patent Claims: Broad vs. Narrow
Concluding Thoughts
Post-Course Survey (Optional)