Tech Curriculum 2021-2022

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Berkeley Law offers a remarkably rich curriculum on technology issues, ranging from the intellectual property survey class to the intensive learning experience provided by the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic to advanced courses and seminars on patent prosecution, antitrust and technology platforms, privacy and cybersecurity, computer crime, entrepreneurship, telecommunications, entertainment law— even a course on wine law.

The Berkeley Law curriculum allows students to delve deeply into a particular practice area or to gain breadth over the range of issues posed by technology.

In intellectual property, students can progress from the four-credit survey to more in-depth courses on patent law, copyright, trade secrets, trademarks, patent litigation, patent prosecution, and Chinese IP law. In the privacy and data security field, students can take information privacy law, computer crime, cybersecurity, and privacy counseling & compliance.

Transactional courses include one on drafting and negotiating software licenses, cloud computing agreements, and other IT contracts. Our sports and entertainment courses include video game law, entertainment law in the TV industry, and music law, as well as courses on representing professional athletes, drafting and negotiating sports law contracts, negotiating Hollywood contracts, and social justice issues in entertainment and media law.

— Molly Shaffer Van Houweling Harold C. Hohbach Distinguished Professor of Patent Law and IP and Associate Dean for J.D. Curriculum and Teaching