Innovative Businesses and Breakthrough Technologies: The Legal Issues
MIT Sloan course on business law as it applies to technology-driven companies. Covers foundational topics including contracts, liability, regulation, employment law, and corporate structure, then moves into the legal framework surrounding R&D, commercialization of new high-technology products in both startups and established firms, and the liability and regulatory questions raised by novel products and business models. A significant portion addresses national and international intellectual property protection and strategy. Case examples are drawn from information technology, communications, and life sciences industries. Provided through MIT OpenCourseWare with course materials available for self-study; no certificate is offered, and there is no cost to access the syllabus, readings, and assignments.