AU: Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property: Spring 2009

Reference

• Uniform Trade Secrets Act
• Copyrights, 17 U.S.C.
• Patents, 35 U.S.C.
• Trademarks, 15 U.S.C. Chapter 22

Syllabus

American University Washington College of Law Professor Wendy Seltzer, email wseltzer@wcl.american.edu Practitioner in Residence, American University Washington College of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School Office: Room 357 Office hours: After class (4:30-5:30 M,W) or by appointment. Telephone: (202) 274-4178 Feel free to call or email me at any (reasonable) time.

Class: Monday and Wednesday, 3:00-4:20 p.m., Room 103 Website: <http://wendy.seltzer.org/au/IP/> Important Course Information Attendance and participation: Intellectual Property meets on Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00 – 4:20 p.m. You are expected to attend each class prepared to discuss the assigned reading. Engaged participation will help you to retain class material; excellent participation can also boost your grade. Website: The website will provide updates to the syllabus, <http://wendy.seltzer.org/au/IP/syllabus.html>, and additional readings, indicated by (web) in the printed syllabus. In case of questions, the online version of the syllabus is authoritative. Examination: The course will culminate in an open-book final exam, which will ask you to draw on course readings and discussion to respond to hypothetical situations. You may use your notes, casebooks, and any material you have prepared in advance of the exam. You will not have Internet access during the exam. Required Casebook: Merges, Menell & Lemley, Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age, Revised Fourth Edition (Aspen, 2006) (“MML”). Reading assignments will give page ranges, in which you should focus on the cases listed and the explanatory text. You need not prepare answers to the casebook’s extensive problems, comments and questions, although we may discuss them in class.

We will make frequent reference to federal statutes. You may find these online (e.g., <http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/>) or in the casebook's 2008 statutory supplement. Naturally, you need not memorize statutes, but you should be able to find the relevant language to apply to cases and hypothetical situations (and will probably want to bring printed copies to the exam).

Syllabus

January 12, 2009 1)Introduction.

January 14, 2009 2)Philosophical perspectives on intellectual property and overview. MML pp. 1-24 Think about what you've heard referred to as “intellectual property”: What justifies protecting it by limiting its availability to others?

NO CLASS Monday, January 19, MLK Birthday

January 21, 2009 3)Trade Secret 1: Subject matter of trade secret; Misappropriation MML pp. 33-66 Metallurgical Industries v. Fourtek Rockwell Graphics Systems v. DEV Industries E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Rolfe Christopher

January 26, 2007 4)Trade Secret 2: Misappropriation; Defenses; MML pp. 67-100 Smith v. Dravo Corp. Kadant, Inc. v. Seeley Machines

January 28, 2007 5)Trade Secret 3: Non-compete agreements

Wexler v. Greenberg

February 2, 2009 6)Copyright 1: Requirements MML pp. 383-410 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102 Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service

February 4, 2009 7)Copyright 2: Subject matter MML pp. 411-431 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102 Baker v. Selden Morrisey v. Procter & Gamble Brandir Int’l v. Cascade Pacific Lumber Co.

February 9, 2009 8)Copyright 3: Scope of rights; Ownership; MML pp. 420-446, 458-474 17 U.S.C. §§ 106, 201 CCNV v. Reid Aalmuhammed v. Lee Arnstein v. Porter Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp.

February 11, 2009 9)Copyright 4: Infringement

February 16, 2009 10)Copyright 5: Infringement (cont’d); Defenses MML pp. 474-496, 506-553 17 U.S.C. §§ 106, 107, 109 Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries Anderson v. Stallone Harper & Row Publishers v. Nation Enterprises American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music

February 18, 2009 11)Copyright 6: Fair Use Defenses (cont'd); Secondary Liability MML pp. 553-563, 593-598 Harper & Row Publishers v. Nation Enterprises American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios Kelly v. Arriba Soft

February 23, 2009 12)Copyright 7: Copyright in the Digital Millennium MML pp. 564-593; CreativeCommons.org MGM v. Grokster

February 25, 2009 13)Patent 1: Patentable subject matter MML pp. 117-164 35 U.S.C. §§ 101-103 Diamond v. Chakrabarty Parke-Davis & Co. v. H.K. Mulford Co. State Street Bank & Trust v. Signature Financial Services (MML pp. 1047-1051)

March 2, 2009 14)Patent 2: Utility, Enablement MML pp. 144-185 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 112 Brenner v. Manson In re Fisher Incandescent Lamp Patent Gentry Gallery v. Berkline Corp.

March 4, 2009 15)Patent 3: Novelty MML pp. 185-215, 215-238 Rosaire v. National Lead Co. In re Hall Egbert v. Lippmann City of Elizabeth v. Pavement Co.

March 18, 2009 16)Patent 4: Nonobviousness 35 U.S.C. §§ 102, 103 Griffith v. Kanamaru Graham v. John Deere Co. In re Vacek In re Dembiczak

March 23, 2009 17)Patent 5: Infringement, literal and by equivalents MML pp. 239-300 35 U.S.C. § 271 Phillips v. AWH Corp. Larami Corp. v. Amron Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton-Davis Chem. Co. Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinsoku Kogyo Kabushik Co. Johnson & Johnson Assocs. v. R.E. Service Co.

March 25, 2009 18)Patent 6: Infringement (cont'd); Defenses MML pp. 300-330 C.R. Bard v. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Kingsdown Medical Consultants v. Hollister Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co. eBay v. MercExchange; KSR v. Teleflex (web) In re: Bilski (web)

March 30, 2009 19)Patent 7: More MML pp. 617-660 15 U.S.C. §§ 1125, 1127 stuff

April 1, 2009 20)Trademark 1, 2: Subject matter and requirements MML pp. 617-660 15 U.S.C. §§ 1125, 1127 Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co. Zatarains v. Oak Grove Smokehouse Two Pesos v. Taco Cabana Wal-Mart Stores v. Samara Brothers

April 6, 2009 21)Trademark 2: Subject matter

April 8, 2009 22)Trademark 3: Establishing a mark MML pp. 660-699 15 U.S.C. § 1052 Zasu Designers v. L’Oreal S.A. In re Nantucket, Inc. Park ’N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park and Fly, Inc.

April 13, 2009 23)Trademark 4: Infringement MML pp. 699-736 15 U.S.C §§ 1114-1117 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU.com AMF Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc.

April 15, 2009 24)Trademark 5: Defenses MML pp. 769-813 The Murphy Door Bed Co. v. Interior Sleeps Systems, Inc. TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc. Major League Baseball Properties v. Sed Non Olet Denarius, Ltd. Dawn Donut Co., Inc. v. Hart’s Food Stores, Inc. Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records

April 20, 2009 25)Trademark 6: Domain names and trademark MML pp. 741-760, UDRP (web) Shields v. Zuccarini People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney ICANN’s Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Procedure (UDRP) (web)

April 22, 2009 26)State Law Claims: Misappropriation; Publicity MML pp. 835-848, 883-914 INS v. AP Midler v. Ford Motor Co. White v. Samsung Comedy III Productions v. Saderup

April 27, 2009 27)Wrapping up No new materials at this time.