This course covers international sales of goods and services, cross-border transfers of intellectual property, foreign direct investment, and international settlement of disputes. Topics relating to sales of goods and services include documentary and standby letters of credit, bills of lading, and distributorship and franchising agreements. Topics related to intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, know-how) are viewed from the perspectives of industrialized and developing countries, and antitrust policy. Topics relating to foreign direct investment include not only types of establishments but also privatizations, project finance, exchange controls, labor relations, and multilateral institutions. Topics relating to dispute settlement include arbitration, extraterritorial jurisdiction, and the enforcement of foreign judgments. This course has a take-home examination.

This upper-level substantive course covers laws and policies related to the international transactions of goods and services as well as the related intellectual property matters, foreign direct investments matters, and dispute resolution matters.

Recommended for the following Professional Pathways: Corporate Transactions and Governance; Financial Services and Compliance; International Business; Labor and Employment (Corporate Perspective); Real Estate and Land Use; Tax; Immigration; International Law/Human Rights; Labor and Employment; Media, Entertainment, Sports, Fashion; General Practice – Litigation/Dispute Resolution; General Practice – Transactional

3 Credits