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This course will provide a concise overview of important aspects of intellectual property law. Specifically, topics in copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret law will be presented. Copyright law will be presented with an emphasis on its applicability to emerging-technology issues. The course will also address how trademark law has been affected by – and modified in response to – the growth of the Internet. Patent-law topics will include what constitutes protectable subject matter. The goal of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the impact of intellectual property law on modern society.