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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

IP Compliance Law: Open Source, Infringement, & Enforcement

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera

Overview

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This course helps business professionals manage the operational side of intellectual property at technology companies. You will learn how open source licenses work, how to build compliance processes, and how to reduce infringement risk when using third-party code, content, scraped data, and AI training data. You will also learn how to manage and audit an IP portfolio, decide when and how to enforce your rights, respond to patent assertion entities, maintain DMCA safe harbor protection, and prepare IP assets for valuation and due diligence.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Open Source, Infringement Risk, and Content Use
    • You will learn how open source licenses work, including the differences between permissive and copyleft licenses, and how to build compliance processes such as software composition analysis and license approval workflows. You will also learn how direct and indirect infringement arise, how to respond to a demand letter, and how to clear third-party content, web-scraped data, and AI training data for lawful use.
  • Module 2: Managing and Enforcing Your IP Portfolio
    • You will learn how to inventory and align an IP portfolio with business strategy, maintain and audit it, and use gap analysis to prioritize IP investments. You will also learn how to decide whether and how to enforce your IP rights, respond to patent assertion entities, maintain DMCA safe harbor protections, and prepare your IP for valuation and due diligence.

Taught by

Elizabeth Rothman

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