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Intellectual Property Law @ TTU

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY-RELATED CLASSES:

• Introduction to Intellectual Property Law (2 credits): This is a general survey of the legal protection of intellectual property, including patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark.
   
• Museum and Art Law (3 credits): Comprehensive study of the law and legal problems related to museums, including tax considerations. Includes copyright law, art law, historical preservation, wildlife regulation, and laws relating to cultural properties.
   
• NAFTA (3 credits): This course introduces students to the substantive legal, procedural, and institutional aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Students will develop tools for transnational practice by analyzing the legal issues involved in trading goods and services, investing, and protecting intellectual property among the countries of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Special attention will be given to methods of resolving disputes under NAFTA and to the controversies of environmental and labor law enforcement under the NAFTA Side Agreements. The course also will examine prospects for future integrations, particularly the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
   
• Copyright Law (3 credits): A detailed analysis of the Copyright Act of 1976 and amending statutes. Issues include copyrightability, fair use, educational exemption, public performance rights, ownership renewal and transfer, and infringement.
   
• Intellectual Property and High Technology (2 credits): This course examines issues involved in protecting works of intellectual property that are used on the Internet and other emerging information technologies. Prerequisites: Previous completion of or concurrent enrollment in Introduction to Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, Business Torts, or Patent Law.
   
• Law and Biotechonlogy (3 credits): This interdisciplinary course is designed for nonscience and science majors to examine the law and the underlying science and policy of biotechnology. The course will examine biotechnology issues in law concerning genetically modified organisms and foods, stem cells, cloning, DNA, the Human Genome, intellectual property, patenting, and human health and environmental impacts. These issues will be considered within the context of governmental management as well as private sector interaction. The course will include a trial practice opportunity related to a biotechnology case file with a focus on skills concerning lawyers and expert witnesses. The course will have no final examination but will require a written paper that may be submitted for credit for the advanced writing requirement. No substantial overlap exists with the Law and Science.
   
• Patent Law (2 credits): Devoted to fundamentals of patent law; patentable subject matter, novelty, nonobviousness, and utility as well as content requirements for a patent application, infringement, defense, and remedies.

LAW AND SCIENCE CERTIFICATE -- SPECIALIZATION IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

The Law and Science Certificate Program offer students an opportunity to concentrate in an area of the law relating to science. The program requires that students complete particular courses and directed research at a high level of performance. Completion of the certificate program is noted on the student's transcript. Students may obtain a General Law and Science Certificate or, among others, choose a specialization in Intellectual Property Law.

Source: Texas Tech University School of Law, 2007-2008 Registration Booklet.

Texas Tech Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property [website]: "The mission of the Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property (OTTIP) is to manage the Intellectual Property of the Texas Tech University System and assure that the technology developed by the System benefits the public and generates income to support the research and education missions of the System and rewards and encourages the recruiting and retention of creative faculty. "