[GOLDEN, 02/25/2016] - The Center for Legal Studies (CLS) offers intellectual property courses designed for engineers. The course’s main concern is patent law. It helps engineers understand the terms of the law under the Constitution, to protect them from potential IP breaches. The intellectual property course, as well as other courses offered by the CLS, is updated to adapt to current trends in both legal and engineering industries.

Components of the Course

The CLS’ intellectual property course aims to protect engineers and their inventions from infringement and unfair competition. The discipline is based on the Constitution and encompasses patent application, research and prosecution. It also includes infringement law, protecting computer applications and software, and patenting hardware.
The course is divided into six lessons, namely, introduction to intellectual property law, the business of IP, utility design and plant patents, conducting a patent search, patent application, and protecting yourself in IP matters.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the participants will be equipped with information to protect their invention/idea. The course should help participants be familiar with the various types of intellectual property and patents and display a basic understanding of disclosure and confidentiality agreements.
This first step to protect the invention/idea of engineers is an important pursuit to protect business development. The participants need to complete reading and writing assignments, with a minimum of 70% passing score on all tests and assignments for the course.

About The Center for Legal Studies

The Center for Legal Studies provides legal courses in colleges and universities across the U.S. The CLS curriculum remains current and on-pace with the newest trends in the legal industry. CLS was awarded top honor by Thomson West Publishing International for its state-of-the-art technique in delivering courses in different formats.

To know more about The Center for Legal Studies and the courses they offer, visit http://www.legalstudies.com.