AU: Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property: Spring 2009
Reference
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 â 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) (âMMLâ). 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 casebookâs 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).
January 12, 2009
1)Introduction.
- No assigned reading
January 14, 2009
2)Philosophical perspectives on intellectual property and overview.
- MML pp. 1-22 (skip the problems). Skim 24-30
- Think about what you've heard referred to as âintellectual propertyâ: 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
MML pp. 33-62 Uniform Trade Secrets Act, § 1 Metallurgical Industries v. Fourtek Rockwell Graphics Systems v. DEV Industries
January 26, 2007
4)Trade Secret 2: Misappropriation; Defenses;
MML pp. 62-79 E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Rolfe Christopher Smith v. Dravo Corp. Kadant, Inc. v. Seeley Machines
January 28, 2007
5)Trade Secret 3: Employees and Non-compete agreements
MML pp. 80-104 Wexler v. Greenberg Werner-Lambert v. John J. Reynolds
February 2, 2009
6)Copyright 1: Requirements
MML pp. 383-411 - 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 Intâl v. Cascade Pacific Lumber Co.
February 9, 2009
8)Copyright 3: Scope of rights; Ownership
MML skim pp. 420-446, read pp. 447-462 17 U.S.C. §§ 106, 201 CCNV v. Reid Aalmuhammed v. Lee
February 11, 2009
9)Copyright 4: Infringement
MML pp. 474-500 17 U.S.C. §§ 106 Arnstein v. Porter Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp. Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries
February 16, 2009
10)Copyright 5: Infringement (contâd); Defenses
MML pp. 522-569 17 U.S.C. §§ 106, 107, 109 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. 569-579, 609-615 Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios Kelly v. Arriba Soft
February 23, 2009
12)Copyright 7: Copyright in the Digital Millennium
MML pp. 580-609 CreativeCommons.org MGM v. Grokster
February 25, 2009
13)Patent 1: Patentable subject matter
MML pp. 117-142 35 U.S.C. §§ 101-103 Diamond v. Chakrabarty Parke-Davis & Co. v. H.K. Mulford Co.
March 2, 2009
14)Patent 2: Utility, Enablement
MML pp. 144-171 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 112 Brenner v. Manson In re Fisher Incandescent Lamp Patent
March 4, 2009
15)Patent 3: Novelty
MML pp. 185-212 Rosaire v. National Lead Co. In re Hall Egbert v. Lippmann City of Elizabeth v. Pavement Co. Griffith v. Kanamaru
March 18, 2009
16)Patent 4: Nonobviousness
MML pp. 212-249 35 U.S.C. §§ 102, 103 Graham v. John Deere Co. In re Vacek In re Dembiczak
March 23, 2009
17)Patent 5: Infringement, literal and by equivalents
MML pp. 250-291 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.
March 25, 2009
18)Patent 6: Infringement (cont'd), recent developments
MML pp. 300-330 eBay v. MercExchange; KSR v. Teleflex (web) In re: Bilski (web)
March 30, 2009
19)Patent 7: International
MML pp. 316-321, 343-348 Microsoft v. AT&T
April 1, 2009
20)Trademark 1, 2: Subject matter and requirements
MML pp. 633-663 15 U.S.C. §§ 1125, 1127 Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co. Zatarains v. Oak Grove Smokehouse
April 6, 2009
21)Trademark 2: Subject matter
MML pp. 664-676 Two Pesos v. Taco Cabana Wal-Mart Stores v. Samara Brothers
April 8, 2009
22)Trademark 3: Establishing a mark
MML pp. 676-708 15 U.S.C. § 1052 Zasu Designers v. LâOreal S.A. In re Nantucket, Inc.
April 13, 2009
23)Trademark 4: Infringement, Confusion
MML pp. 715-737 15 U.S.C §§ 1114-1117 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU.com AMF Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats
April 15, 2009
24)Trademark 5: Dilution, Defenses
MML pp. 787-807, 821-835 Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc. The Murphy Door Bed Co. v. Interior Sleeps Systems, Inc. TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc. Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records
April 20, 2009
25)Trademark 6: Domain names and trademark
MML pp. 759-777, UDRP (web) Shields v. Zuccarini People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney ICANNâs Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Procedure (UDRP) (web)
April 22, 2009
26)State Law Claims: Misappropriation; Contract; Publicity
MML pp. 854-873, 904-931 INS v. AP ProCD v. Zeidenberg Midler v. Ford Motor Co. White v. Samsung Comedy III Productions v. Saderup
April 27, 2009
27)Conclusion
No new materials at this time.