Author: misty

The Spring Advanced Legal Applications course if offered first to students graduating in May 2014 that are required to take the course.  Registration will take place after the November 1st graduation application deadline to insure that all students intending to graduate have applied for graduation.  Once all required students are registered for the course then any remaining seats will be registered for the course on a first-come, first-served basis.  If you would like to be placed on the waiting list for the Spring offering, please email Misty Franklin at misty@uakron.edu.

If you are planning to graduate in May 2014 make sure that you apply for graduation!  The deadline to apply for graduation is, November 1, 2013.    Log on to your MyAkron account and apply immediately so we can begin your clearance process!  If you have any questions please contact Ivy Banks at ikw1@uakron.edu.

Licensing is offered on Monday evenings from 6:40 – 9:40 P.M.

This course covers much of the law and some of the business and economics of licensing intellectual property.  Intellectual property is a broad field, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights, semiconductor chip protection, trademarks, trade dress, Internet domain names, and rights of publicity.  As a result, licensing of intellectual property takes many different forms in different types of businesses.  Research and manufacturing businesses typically license technology, such as patents and trade secrets.  They also may license copyrights (for example, in computer programs) and protected semiconductor chip designs.  Multimedia businesses often involve simultaneous licensing of multiple copyrighted properties, and virtually every business has a trademark or trade name that might (or must) be licensed.

The course begins with a brief survey of the business goals and risks of licensing and the strategy involved in determining the “scope” of a license. The course then covers practical procedures and skills to be used in serving clients’ needs, including intellectual property audits, negotiating strategy, intellectual property valuation, and special problems of multimedia licensing.  Next it raises important legal issues in drafting and finalizing licenses, including general terms and conditions, ambiguities, contractual limitations, implied licensing, and contract enforcement. Finally—to the extent time permits—it will cover areas of special concern, such as antitrust restrictions, international aspects of licensing, tax, and bankruptcy.

The course information is located at: http://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/registration.dot

Legal Drafting: Law Practice (Professor McBurney)

Tuesdays 6:40 – 7:40 P.M.

This course covers some of the key instruments that you will be drafting in the actual practice of law.  Students will begin on a simulated case by drafting a research memo.  From there, students will draft a client advice letter, and a demand letter or response.  The case will culminate with a settlement negotiation, the results of which students will memorialize in a settlement agreement.  The course will also cover related topics such as email drafting and etiquette, oral presentation of research, and client counseling.

The Spring 2014 Schedule is now posted at: http://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/registration.dot.  Please make sure that you read all materials including in the registration packet.  The registration materials include course offering times, prerequisites, meeting dates and times, and course descriptions, along with Add/Drop dates and all other important information.