# Calendar

Calendar Table
LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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Module I - Basic Building Blocks
1 | Introduction |
2 | The Law of Duties |
3 | The Hard Edge of Regulation |
4 | Contract I |
5 | Contracts II |
Module II - Launching, Growing, and Exiting a Venture
6 | Setting Up a New Venture Guest: Joe Hadzima, Main St. Partners |
7 | Financing the Venture I - Venture Capital Guest: Kenneth Gordon, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault |
8 | Financing the Venture II - Going Public Guest: Kenneth Gordon, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault |
9 | Joint Ventures and M&A | 1st exercise available two days after lecture 9 at 9 a.m. and is to be completed the next day at 9 p.m.
10 | Employment; Module Wrap-up |
Module III - Innovation, Commercialization, and Intellectual Property
11 | Introduction to Technology Transfer |
12 | Copyrights and Software |
13 | Patents I: The Basics of Patent Law Guest: Bo Pasternack, Choate Hall |
14 | Patents II: Breakthrough Technologies - The Example of Biotechnology Patents Guest: Anita Meiklejohn, Fish & Richardson |
15 | Antitrust, JVs and IP |
16 | IP Rights and Business Strategies I Guest: Sarah Cabot, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo |
17 | IP Rights and Business Strategies II Guest: Joe Hadzima, Main St. Partners |
18 | Shifting Business Models and the Law: The Example of the Internet Guest: Jorge Contreras, Hale & Dorr |
19 | International IP Protection; Licensing; Wrap-up |
Module IV - Innovation: The Regulatory and Liability Risks
20 | Litigation |
21 | The Inside Counsel's Perspective Guests: Tom DesRosiers, Genzyme | 2nd exercise is available the day after lecture 21 at noon
22 | Bankruptcy and Reorganization Guest: Jeanne Darcey, Palmer & Dodge | 2nd exercise is due one day after lecture 22 (which is two days after it was made available) at 9 p.m.
23 | National Security and Dealing with Government |
24 | Products Liability Guest: David Geiger, Foley Hoag |