2. Learning: Class or Pass?

As mentioned in my introduction, I am a person that really likes to see and experience new things. This has led me to explore the various courses that Berkeley has to offer me during my last semester, especially with the luxury of time as a senior. After searching for potential classes, I then had my internal debate of whether I should take classes to learn more things or if I should give those classes a pass and enjoy my free time. Patent Engineering then stood out to me because of the entrepreneurship nature of the course, and also because I know that I will be reading up on it even in my free time. Entrepreneurship is something that always interested me, because entrepreneurs always come up with new ideas. It then made me wonder how these entrepreneurs are able to prevent other more established competitors from 'eating' them out by them imitating what these startups are going to do. I then felt that Patent Engineering might answer those questions I have, and provide me the foundation to have a startup of my own in future. In the duration of the course, I do hope that I will be able to discover the usefulness of patents, learn the process of obtaining one, and also learn strategies to manage competitors in the absence of any patents.