Course Schedule
[ Note that specific assignments are tentative until one week prior. ]
September [12] [14] [21] [26] [28]
October [3] [5] [10] [12] [17] [19] [24] [26] [31]
November [2] [7] [9] [14] [16] [21] [28] [30]
December [5] [7]
Casebook: Craig Nard, The Law of Patents (2nd ed. 2011) ("LOP")
Class 1 ◊ September 12, 2011
An Introduction to Patent Law
- Law of Patents ("LOP") [Casebook], pp. 1-5; pp. 36-55
- 28 U.S.C. 1295, 1338 (skim)
- 35 U.S.C. 111-113, 119, 122, 132, 351 (skim)
- Richard Levin & Mark Myers, eds., A Patent System for the 21st Century 18-38 (National Academies 2004)
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Class 2 ◊ September 14, 2011
The History and Theory of Patents
- LOP, pp. 15-28 (skim), 28-36
- Dan Burk and Mark Lemley, Courts and the Patent System, Regulation (Summer 2009) 18-23
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Class 3 ◊ September 21, 2011
The Patent Document I: Enablement & Written Description (part 1)
- LOP: 87-108; 117-119 (notes 1-3), 130-135
- 35 U.S.C. § 112
Slides (handout format) [ pdf ]
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Class 4 ◊ September 26, 2011
The Patent Document II: The Written Description Requirement (part 2) & the Best Mode Requirement & Definteness
- LOP: 120-130; 135-146; 150-156
- 35 U.S.C. § 112
- America Invents Act, Section 15
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Class 5 ◊ September 28, 2011
The Novelty Requirement I: Anticipation and Prior Art
- LOP: 231-259; 276-279 (notes 1-3)
- 35 U.S.C. § 102
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Class 6 ◊ October 3, 2011
The Novelty Requirement II: First to Invent, First to File and Limitations
- LOP: 285-291; 303-304
- 35 U.S.C. § 102(g); America Invents Act ยง 3
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Class 7 ◊ October 5, 2011
Nonobviousness I: The Policy of Nonobviousness & The Graham Framework
- LOP, pp. 305-329
- 35 U.S.C. § 103
- Robert Merges, Uncertainity and the Standard of Patentability, 7 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 1 (1992)
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Class 8 ◊ October 10, 2011
Nonobviousness II: The Scope & Content of the Prior Art; The PHOSITA; Secondary Considerations
- LOP, pp. LOP: 329-350; 362-76;
- 35 U.S.C. § 103
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Class 09 ◊ October 12, 2011
Nonobviousness III: Class Exercise / An Obviousness Trial
Class 10 ◊ October 17, 2011
Claim Construction I: Introduction to Claims
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Class 11 ◊ October 19, 2011
Claim Construction II: Interpreting Claims
- LOP, pp. 59-86
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Class 12 ◊ October 24, 2011
Claim Construction III: Class Exercise
Class 13 ◊ October 26, 2011
DOE I: The Basics of the Doctrine of Equivalents
Text:
- LOP, 452- 480 (notes 1 & 5 only on pp. 475-480)
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Class 14 ◊ October 31, 2011
DOE II: The All-Elements Rule, Prosecution History Estoppel
- LOP: 480-494; 502-513
- 35 U.S.C. § 154, 271
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Class 15 ◊ November 2, 2011
DOE III: Prior Art Limits on DOE; Disclosed-but-Unclaimed Subject Matter; DOE and § 112; Reverse DOE
- LOP: 494-502, 513-520; 543-551
- Supplement: Merges & Duffy on Reverse DOE
- 35 U.S.C. § 112
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Class 16 ◊ November 7, 2011
Class Exercise III: The Doctrine of Equivalents
Class 17 ◊ November 9, 2011
Infringement and the Scope of the Patent Right
- LOP: 535-543; 551-563; 585-598
- 35 U.S.C. § 271
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Class 18 ◊ November 14, 2011
Defenses to Infringement
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Class 19 ◊ November 16, 2011
Inventorship and Ownership of Patents
- LOP: 748-754
- Supplement: Merges and Duffy (Stark and Ethicon) [pdf]
- 35 U.S.C. § 116, 256
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Class 20 ◊ November 21, 2011
Post-Grant Administrative Proceedings
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Class 21 ◊ November 28, 2011
Patent Remedies
- LOP: 789-799; 810-813 (notes only); 813-819; 833-844; 857-867
- 35 U.S.C. §§ 283; 284
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Class 22 ◊ November 30, 2011
The Subject Matter of Patents I: Overview; Biological Patenting
- LOP: 157-173
- Supplement: Myriad (Fed. Cir. 2011)
- 35 U.S.C. § 101
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Class 23 ◊ December 5, 2011
The Subject Matter of Patents II: Business Models and Software
- LOP: 185-206
- 35 U.S.C. § 101
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Class 24 ◊ December 7, 2011
The Utility Requirement
- LOP: 207-227
- Supplement: Juicy-Whip v Orange Bang (Fed. Cir. 1999)
- 35 U.S.C. § 101
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