The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property (MIIP) champions the widespread understanding of IP fundamentals to empower students, educators, and budding inventors, entrepreneurs, and creators. The initiative aims to close the existing IP education gap among young inventors and students, women, and people of color by providing access to free, highquality educational content.
In 2018, Michelson IP partnered with the University of Southern California to debut one of the nation’s first undergraduate IP courses, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property. Taught by IP lawyer Luke Dauchot and featuring guest lectures from IP leaders at prominent companies and startups, the course— designed for students from all academic disciplines— was such a resounding success that it was given permanent status in the curriculum.