Course Schedule & Assignments

Class 1 ◊ January 13, 2004

Introduction to Intellectual Property: The CleanFlicks Case

Text:

• pp. 19-25 (especially Table 1-1)

Statute:

• Review the tables of contents of Title 17, US Code, Title 35 US Code, and Title 15, US Code

Supplement:

• CleanFlicks case study (html)
• INS v AP, 248 U.S. 215 (1918) (pdf)

On-Call Group: none    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 2 ◊ January 15, 2004

An Introduction to Intellectual Property & Economics

Text:

• pp. 2-19

Statute:

• none

Supplement:

• John Perry Barlow, The Economy of Ideas, 2.03 Wired 84 (Mar. 1994)
• Edmund W. Kitch, Elementary and Persistent Errors in the Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property, 53 Vand. L. Rev. 1727 (2000).

On-Call Group: none    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 3 ◊ January 20, 2004

Copyright I: Copyright Basics and the Requirements for Copyrightability

Text:

• pp. 319-27 (skip n. 2 on 326)
• pp. 327-39
• pp. 342-44

Statute:

• 17 U.S.C. § 102

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 1    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 4 ◊ January 22, 2004

Copyright II: The Subject Matter of Copyright

Text:

• pp. 344-64 (note Problem 4-3)
• pp. 366-76
• pp. 395-98

Statute:

• 17 U.S.C. § 102

Statute:

• none

On-Call Group: 2    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 5 ◊ January 27, 2004

Copyright III: The Rights of Copyright Owners

Text:

• pp. 402-445

Statute:

• 17 U.S.C. § 106

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 3    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

No Class ◊ January 29, 2004

Class 6 ◊ February 3, 2004

Copyright IV: The Fair Use Defense

Text:

• pp. 450-461 (notes 2 & 5 on 460-61 )
• pp. 462-67 (notes 1-2, 5 on 465-7)
• pp. 468-482 (notes 3-5 on 481-82)
• pp. 482-493.

Statute:

• 17 U.S.C. § 107

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 4    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 7 ◊ February 3, 2004 [S240B - 3:00-4:20]

Copyright V: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Text:

• pp. 500-503

Statute:

• 17 U.S.C. § 1201

Supplement:

• Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes, 55 U.S.P.Q.2D 1873 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
• Electronic Frontier Foundation, Unintended Consequences: Four Years Under the DMCA (2002).
• Orin Kerr, A Lukewarm Defense of the DMCA, in COPY FIGHTS: THE FUTURE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE INFORMATION AGE, Adam Thierer and Wayne Crews, eds., Cato Institute, 2002.

On-Call Group: 5    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 8 ◊ February 10, 2004

Copyright VI: Copyright and Internet Services

Text:

• pp. 502-12
• pp. 515-17

Statute:

• various

Supplement:

• Fred von Lohmann, IAAL*: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Copyright Law after Napster, EFF, Feb. 2001.
• David Post, His Napster's Voice (2001).

On-Call Group: 6    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 9 ◊ February 12, 2004

Copyright VII: Copyrighting Computer Software

Text:

• pp. 870-88 (n. 1-4, 5 on 886)
• pp. 890-902 (n. 1 on 901-02)
• pp. 904-906;
• pp. 907-17 (n. 1-2 on 916-17)
• pp. 917-931 (n. 2-3 on 930-31)

Statute:

• 17 U.S.C. § 102, 106, 107, 117

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 7    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 10 ◊ February 17, 2004

Copyright VIII: Class Exercise

Class Exercise Handout (pdf)

On-Call Group: none    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: none

Class 11 ◊ February 19, 2004

Patent I: Introduction to Patents

Text:

• pp. 105-120

Statute:

• Review 35 U.S.C. et seq. generally

Supplement:

• Donald Chisum et al, Principles of Patent law (2001) (pp. 25-42)
• US Patent No. 6,203,230 [skim]

On-Call Group: 8    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 12 ◊ February 23, 2004 [1:30-2:50, Silverman 240B]

Patent II: Disclosure Requirements

Text:

• pp. 196-214
• pp. 962-964

Statute:

• 35 U.S.C. § 112

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 9    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 13 ◊ February 24, 2004

Patent III: Novelty and Loss of Rights

Text:

• pp. 147-72
• pp. 949-50

Statute:

• 35 U.S.C. § 102

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 10    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 14 ◊ February 26, 2004

Patent IV: Obviousness

Text:

• pp. 172-196
• pp. 951-961

Statute:

• 35 U.S.C. § 103

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 1    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 15 ◊ March 2, 2004

Patent V: Claim Construction

Text:

• pp. 215-225

Statute:

• none

Supplement:

• Johnson Worldwide v Zebco, 175 F.3d 985 (Fed. Cir. 1999)
• R. Polk Wagner & Lee Petherbridge, Is the Federal Circuit Succeeding? An Empirical Assessment of Judicial Performance (summary)

On-Call Group: 2    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 16 ◊ March 4, 2004

Patent VI: Infringement & the Doctrine of Equivalents

Text:

• pp. 225-262

Statute:

• 35 U.S.C. § 271

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 3    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 17 ◊ March 16, 2004

Patent VII: The Subject Matter of Patents

Text:

• pp. 120-47
• pp. 932-38
• pp. 941-49

Statute:

• 35 U.S.C. § 101

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 4    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 18 ◊ March 18, 2004

Patent VII: Class Exercise - The DOE on Trial

Class Exercise Handout (pdf)

On-Call Group: none    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: none

Class 19 ◊ March 23, 2004

Introduction to Trademarks: Trademark Theory; Subject Matter of Marks; Registration Procedures

Text:

• pp. 529-46
• pp. 591-606

Statute:

• 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq
• 15 U.S.C. § 1125, 1127
• 15 U.S.C. § 1052

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 5    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 20 ◊ March 25, 2004

Trademark II: Establishment of Trademark Rights; Distinctiveness; Priority; Incontestability

Text:

• pp. 546-71
• pp. 572-87
• pp. 607-14

Statute:

• 15 U.S.C. § 1052

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 6    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 21 ◊ March 30, 2004

Trademark III: Infringement of Trademarks 1 - Priority; Incontestability; Likelihood of Confusion; Dilution

Text:

• pp. 572-87
• pp. 607-14
• pp. 614-20
• pp. 625-42

Statute:

• 15 U.S.C. § 1125

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 7    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 22 ◊ April 1, 2004

Trademark IV: Infringement of Trademarks 2 - Dilution; Defenses

Text:

• pp. 625-42
• pp. 675-96
• pp. 710-21

Statute:

• 15 U.S.C. § 1125

Supplement:

• none

On-Call Group: 8    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 23 ◊ April 6, 2004

Trademark V: Domain Names and Trademarks - The ACPA; The UDRP; Marks and 'Net Governance

Text:

• pp. 647-665

Statute:

• 15 U.S.C. § 1125

Supplement:

• Milton Mueller, Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace, 1-12 (2002)

On-Call Group: 9    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

Class 24 ◊ April 8, 2004

Trademark VI: Class Exercise

Text:

• none

Statute:

• none

Supplement:

• Class Exercise Handout

On-Call Group: none    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: none

Class 25 ◊ April 13, 2004

Intellectual Property & the Constitution

Text:

• none

Statute:

• none

Supplement:

• Eldred v Ashcroft, 537 U.S. __ (2003) (read majority opinion, Sections I-III, and Breyer dissenting opinion, Sections I-II)
• Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder-Craft Boats, Inc., 489 U.S. 141 (1989)
• Harper & Row v The Nation, 471 U.S. 539 (1985) (read majority opinion, Section IIIB)
• Universal Studios v Corley, 273 F.3d 429 (2nd Cir. 2001) (read Sections III, IV in 'Discussion' section)

On-Call Group: 10    |    Notes: pdf / ppt    |    Audio: mp3 / stream

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