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IP
Intellectual Property
US copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret. Take them in any order. Tell copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret apart, and work a basic US infringement / defence problem in each.
- 6 headings
- Any order
- Test out a heading you have
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A class on this path
Copyright · First class
Pick where you want to start
Each heading is its own course. Take them in any order. Skip one you already have.
Copyright
Decide whether something is protected, who owns it, and whether a use is infringement or fair use.
Patent
Check patentability (101/102/103/112) and walk a basic infringement vs invalidity argument.
Trademark
Analyse distinctiveness, likelihood of confusion, and a typical defence.
Trade secret
Say what counts as a trade secret, what misappropriation looks like, and how it differs from a patent.
Defences and limits
Choose the right limit — fair use, first sale, independent invention, functionality — on a mixed fact pattern.
Enforcement
Pick a forum and a remedy (injunction, damages, ITC) and know what you still have to prove.
What this is for
- 01
Decide whether something is protected, who owns it, and whether a use is infringement or fair use.
- 02
Check patentability (101/102/103/112) and walk a basic infringement vs invalidity argument.
- 03
Analyse distinctiveness, likelihood of confusion, and a typical defence.
Why a path, not a playlist
US copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret. Take them in any order.
Each heading is its own course with a tutor. Take them in any order, or test out of one you already have.
After you sign in
- •You land on this map — every heading is already there.
- •Take the open class, or test out of a later heading to unlock it.
- •Each heading is one shared course — same syllabus and first class for everyone. Later classes continue on your copy.