Experience in the class

Patents are hard to learn in general. From this class, I learned to analyze and summarize patents. I also learned general components of the patents and how patent is made up of. I learned about many cases involving infringement and patent trolls. I was also able to stay current on current technology and smartphone wars that are going on. Furthermore, it was interesting that I was able to interact with other students to learn the topic rather than taking an exam to prove my knowledge.

Learning in general is important because a person needs to keep updated with new knowledge to stay competitive. As I will be going into technology fields working as Software Engineer, I feel that patents are important to learn about. I will surely come across patents in the future in my career, and I hope that I can use what I learned from the class to apply them in the future.

Overall, the experience of this class was a lot different than my other core classes. It involved a lot of peer teaching and learning by researching online journals and cases. I believe I read over hundreds of cases of patent cases in this class, and they were all very informative.