This course begins with an overview of general intellectual property law in the United States, then examines how the policy choices behind those laws shapes the behavior of major players in the healthcare industry. We will examine how patents and trademarks shape the behavior of pharmaceutical companies, and how complex issues involving medical research in university settings, and ownership of genetic information and material, are resolved by intellectual property laws. The course concludes with in-depth case studies of an international pharmaceutical company, a major medical device company, and a start-up in the emerging DNA-testing industry.
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This specialization is for any business professional dealing with R&D for competitive technologies, brand management, and business strategy
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Identify the various forms of intellectual property protection available under U.S. Law
Understand the special intellectual property laws developed for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, especially as regards to drug patents
Examine how the law has responded to cutting-edge medical developments such as ownership of genetic material and genetic information
Recognize the variety of intellectual property strategies employed by healthcare-oriented businesses of all sizes
This specialization is for any business professional dealing with R&D for competitive technologies, brand management, and business strategy
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Existing Intellectual Property Protection in the U.S.
Philosophical and Economic Justifications of IP Rights
Special Intellectual Property Rules for Healthcare
Case Studies in Intellectual Property
Reviews
- 5 stars85.04%
- 4 stars12.14%
- 3 stars2.80%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
A well detailed course that is informative without being unncessarily difficult, thank you to the course intstructors.
A very useful introductory course. Provides a good foundation to build on. I also enjoyed Professor Wagner's lecture style.
Great course on a very interesting subject, would be good to have something similar on other countries.
At first this doesn't seem relevant to health care. But they get to it.
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