Export Control and Intellectual Property
Over the last decade India has established itself as a major player in global electronics manufacturing and design. This is especially true when it comes to semiconductor development. India accounts for 20% of global semiconductor chip design currently, and the Indian semiconductor industry is expected to grow to a market value of $64 billion by 2026.
Understanding export controls is critical to India’s growing semiconductor industry. Export controls help protect sensitive technological infrastructure, strengthen foreign policy, maintain economic competitiveness, and secure supply chains so that innovation can thrive. Professionals who work in the semiconductor industry in India must invest in export controls and intellectual property education so they can keep up with rapidly changing regulatory environments.
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Why Choose this course?
Purdue University is a global leader in semiconductors and technology education, offering state-of-the-art semiconductor research, academic programs focused on semiconductor education, and partnerships with industries leading semiconductor development. We are the #1 most recognized public university in the U.S. (American Caldwell, 2025) and in the top 10 for most innovative universities in the U.S. (U.S. News and World Report, 2026). We are also consistently recognized for the number of patents we generate (U.S. Patents and Trademark Office, 2024).
Our Export Control and Intellectual Property series offers six courses to help India’s high-tech workforce navigate the complex regulations that effect semiconductor development. The first three courses cover U.S. export control policies, and the next three courses cover intellectual property protections in the technology industry. Together, these courses prepare semiconductor professionals to navigate complex regulatory environments with confidence.
Learners that successfully complete the three IP courses are also prepared to take the National Academy of Inventors IP certification test.
What you will learn
This course prepares professionals to understand the basics of export controls through illustrating how controlled technologies are handled in a global market and emphasizing the importance of compliance. Topics include an introduction to what export controls are, how export controls apply to the technology industry, the basics of trade compliance, and how to develop and apply risk mitigation strategies.
This course prepares professionals for how to understand and mitigate proliferation risks. It covers U.S. export control regulations and compliance requirements and how professionals can mitigate risks and protect sensitive technologies and multilateral regimes. Topics include how to practice counterproliferation tools and export controls, case studies, the U.S. export controls regulatory framework and compliance requirements, and best practices in trade compliance.
This course prepares professionals to understand how export controls apply to the semiconductor industry specifically. Students work to develop a comprehensive understanding of trade laws and export control regulations and mechanisms, as well as best practices in developing compliance strategies.
This course prepares students to understand the basics of intellectual property (IP) protection. It details IP types, confidentiality and trade secrets, how to report IP issues, and how to mitigate security challenges. Students analyze real-world case studies to build strategic skills. Topics covered include IP categories, patents, trademarks, copyright laws, and how to identify and report IP issues.
This course teaches students how to strengthen intellectual property rights awareness, protection and compliance, and how to develop enablers while addressing barriers for IP generation and management. Topics covered include the salient features of IP, how to document an idea in an invention disclosure, how patents are structured, and the risks and investments associated with monetizing IP.
This course teaches students how to understand the Intellectual Property Life Cycle and the opportunities, infringements, and associated risks and rewards of monetizing IP. It also covers how to execute Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs), and Joint Development Agreements (JDAs) as these relate to work for hire and collaborative research and development.
Faculty
Andrea Viski
Dr. Andrea Viski is the founder and director of the Strategic Trade Research Institute (STRI), the founder and editor-in-chief of Strategic Trade Review, and an affiliated expert with CRDF Global. Dr. Viski is a global thought leader on export controls, sanctions, foreign direct investment (FDI) screening, research security, economic security, counterproliferation finance and nonproliferation. She has conducted over 75 hands-on training courses and published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, reports and book chapters. Dr. Viski received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Georgetown University and her Ph.D. and LL.M from European University Institute.
Santokh Badesha
Dr. Santokh Badesha is the Distinguished Professor of Innovation in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University and a corporate fellow at Xerox. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering contributions to digital printing technologies that helped usher in the era of on-demand digital printing. Dr. Badesha holds 277 issued U.S. patents and his innovations span the full spectrum of Xerox printing system families. He is also an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Inventors, as well as a foreign fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. His record has been recognized through numerous honors, including the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Mountbatten Medal, the American Ceramic Society’s Rishi Raj Medal for Innovation and Commercialization in Ceramics, and an honorary doctorate from Clarkson University.