Business Administration: Tech, Entr & Commercialization

Provides future business and technology professionals with insights into the processes of transferring research from the university to the marketplace, and transforming new technologies into sustainable products or services that create new economic, social and environmental value. Prerequisites: BUS 2500 or EMGT 3051; Business Administration major or minor; Computer Science and Information Systems major; Engineering Management major; others by permission; minimum Junior standing.

BSAD major and minor, 2BUS Co-Major, CSIS, EMGT. Others by permission – email gsbcss@uvm.edu. Minimum Junior standing. Prereq enforced by the system: BUS 2500 or EMGT 3051.

Will you be working in the 21st century? If yes, technology commercialization will impact your work, it may even be your work. It is everywhere all around us. This class examines how the law impacts innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization. We will study the different types of intellectual property (trade secrets, patents, copyrights and trademarks) in detail. We will examine the laws that impact technology commercialization, including IP licensing, capital raising, company formation and governance. We will examine inventions and creativity from the not-too-distant past and from today and understand how intellectual property law evolved and accommodated these innovations. All the time we will apply what we learn to real world practice.