Intellectual property is the currency of the tech world, with the world’s most valuable intellectual property assets dwarfing the value of their real-world counterparts. Apple’ trademarked brand was valued at over $100 billion as of 2017. J.K. Rowling’s Harry potter franchise has generated over $25 billion to date. But how did the law come to create such enormous value in intangible assets? This course will introduce the various types of U.S. intellectual property: patents, which cover inventions and process innovations; copyright, which protects original works of authorship; and trademarks, which protect a business’ commercial identity as the source of valuable goods and services. You will then explore case studies of how global businesses have used intellectual property law to generate enormous value from these intangible assets.
FX
This course gives a legal foundation to understand intellectual property and a complete review of three major forms of intellectual properties. Great engaging lectures. Highly recommended.
GC
Mr. Wagner is so thorough in providing you with a simple explanation of the entire Intellectual Property Law. Would definitely take other courses instructed by him..
IE
Excellent course, however it can be done in less than a week! Or add more functional and actual cases to study. Maybe add more resources on how actually I can file an application for IP.
AN
Coursera online courses are really helping. I am so happy to Coursera for offering Intellectual Property Law and its major forms and alternatives and issuing certificate for completion of my course.
GJ
the only downfall is that the course is not updated, but overall you will get a good understanding of how IP works in real life with different case studies etc
SS
Excellent course for someone who is interested in learning the basics of IP law. The lectures were crisp, to point and informative. I really enjoyed learning about IP.
NJ
Polk Wagner makes an exceptional job at explaining the concepts. The supporting material is of high quality as well. Im extremely happy with the course and will follow through with the specialization
JR
I really appreciate the whole new set of tools with intellectual property, and simple could not or would not have done it without you. Highly recommended. Thank you very much.
MP
Thoroughly detailed and enables you to "speak the language" when conversing with a copyright attorney. Information could have been condensed slightly.
WC
The University of Pennsylvania offers the best courses here with no doubt! They are totally achievable, quizzes are the way the should be not too hard
FM
This course is amazing. The lecturer, Mr Polk (I think) is very straight forward at explaining things and makes things so easy to understand. I have loved this course.
HW
Brief survey on the subject broaden my horizon for the subject. Lecturer was able to provide an overview using sound pedagogy that enhance my understanding in this diverse area of law.
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A very nice and effective course in imparting skills about IPR
Fantastic, easy to understand overview for anyone looking to get into IP law. Though I am still new to the field, as a profession, I can attest to the quality of this course while I was trying it out, but I will aim to complete the specialization. A big plus is the constant review and application of specific laws, claims and mindset when approaching practical IP intensive situations. A big thanks to UPenn LAw.
Introduction to Intellectual Property Law was the perfect opportunity to introduce myself to the field of study. It is appropriately outlined, and includes an overview of the major IP Law areas.
The online course is well structured. Video-taped course material given by Professor Wagner is conscience and clear. The lecture and reading materials covered the basics of the 3 major forms of IP for people to gain a round knowledge about IP law. The 3 examples strengthened the understanding of IP applied in real world commerce. I recommend the course to those who desire to have basic knowledge about IP.
This has been one of the best experiences for me. I totally enjoyed this class and have a lot of different things about IP laws and their alternatives and how to use them in day to day life.
This gave an excellent overview of the Intellectual Property. Although, I would have wanted a more detailed analysis of the theories of Intellectual Property. However, given the introductory nature of the course, I am thrilled to take this course with excellent community. Thank you Dr Paul Wagner for designing this course.
The course is very helpful in understanding the pillars as well as the basics of IP, that is Copyright, Patent and Trademark laws. It is a complex topic but the instruction did his best to make thing simple and understandable. I would definitely recommend this to others
Personally I found this course to be truly useful. Not only did I learned the basics of Intellectual Property Laws, I also was able to learn the difference between the differences between my IP laws of India and USA which was fascinating to me.
This course gives a legal foundation to understand intellectual property and a complete review of three major forms of intellectual properties. Great engaging lectures. Highly recommended.
Extremely informative. This is my first online course and I can not began to tell you how much I've learn in just one session. I am looking forward to week two.
The course was amazing, the professor was top tier really, I only have good things to dsay about it, I learned a lot, and I am really grateful. The only reason why I'm giving 4 stars and not 5 is because I didn't like the way the final assignment which is 60% grade is evaluated by my peers. I reviewed about 8 to 9 works, some of them were 5 lines long, some of them were really bad, so I don't think it's accurate for a person who delivers a 5 line work to review others. I wish they could have been reviewed by a professor, or a machine maybe. Besides that, the course was amazing.
The peer review is not effective - we have to wait for a long time to get that.
The development of technology has to improvise the techniques of business delimiting the boundaries extendable to international approaches making the requirement of physical and intellectual right to safeguard and protect ownership, this course has outset enshrine high quality of knowledge leading to grasp the individual form of the intellectual property right henceforth. Hopefully very useful in practice.
Excellent course! I learned a great deal about this subject and am excited to utilize the base line knowledge in a new entrepreneurial venture. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to gain greater knowledge in this subject line!
Polk Wagner makes an exceptional job at explaining the concepts. The supporting material is of high quality as well. Im extremely happy with the course and will follow through with the specialization
The explanations of the themes in the course are easy to understand and the activities gave the opportunity to put on practices everything that we learn in the course.
the only downfall is that the course is not updated, but overall you will get a good understanding of how IP works in real life with different case studies etc
This corse is very good and easy to understand for the non-native English speakers, like me.
Is the first time studying online and UPenn and Coursera make it a great experience. Thanks
Curso fantástico! Professores dedicados e com uma didática excelente! Adorei o curso!