Tuesdays 8:15 B
9:15 PM
Wednesdays 6:05 B
8:05 PM
Fall 2000 Room 370
Casebook: Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age, 2d Edition
(with 1999 B2000 Case and Statutory Supplement)
Merges, Menell & Lemley
Chapter 1 B Introduction, - Philosophical Perspectives and Overview of IP
pages 1 B 20, and 21 B 28
History and Theory of Trade Secrets, Defining Trade Secrets
pages 31 B 49
Restatement of Torts - page 95 - supplement
Reasonable Efforts to Maintain Secrecy, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Pages 49 B 84
Overview of Patent Law and the Elements of Patentability
1) Patentable Subject Matter
Pages 123 B 156
Patent Act 35 U.S.C. 100, 101, 102, 103
Utility
pages 157 B 167
Introduction to Biotechnology
Supplement - pages 513 B 529
2) Novelty and Statutory Bars
Pages 168 B 185
Patent Act 35 U.S.C. 134, 135, 141, 145, 146
3) Nonobviousness
Pages 195 B 217
4) Describing and Enabling the Invention
Pages 217 B 239
Patent Act 35 U.S.C. 112, 113, 114
Infringement of Patents
Claim interpretation, Literal Infringement, Doctrine of Equivalents
Page 239 B 282
Infringement of Patents, continued
Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents, Means Plus Function Claims, Contributory Infringement, Defenses
Page 284 B 314
Introduction, Copyrightable Subject Matter; Fixation and Formalities
Copyright Act 17 U.S.C. 101, 102, 103, 105, 106
Page 345 B 363, 365 - 374
Fixation and Formalities; Distinguishing Idea and Expression
Page 374 - 385
Useful Articles; Domain and Scope of Copyright Protection
Page 386 - 413
Ownership and Duration
Page 413 - 429
Eldred v. Reno, 74 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 1999)
Rights of Copyright Owners
Page 432 - 449
Rights of Copyright Owners, cont’d
Page 449 - 470
Defenses - Limitations on Exclusive rights of Copyright Owners
Fair Use - 17 U.S.C. 107
Page 490 – 508
Copying and Videotaping
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., ___F. Supp. 2d ___ (N.D.Cal. decided August 10, 2000) <www.riaa.com/pdf/opin.pdf>
Parodies and Other Defenses
Page 526 - 542
Trademarks and Trade Dress
What Can be Protected as a Trademark?
Lanham Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051, 1052, 1060, 1114, 1121, 1125, 1127
Page 565 - 577
Establishment and Extension of Trademark Rights
Page 578 - 598
Walmart v. Samara Brothers, 120 S. Ct. 1339 (2000)
Priority, Geographic Limitations and Secondary Meaning in the Making
Page 608 - 640
Incontestability and Infringement
Page 660 - 668
Page 680 - 713
Defenses to Infringement Claims
Page 725 - 748
Backdoor Patents, Abandonment, Non-trademark Use, and Parody
Page 749 - 780
Protection of Computer Software
Trade Secret and Copyright Law Protection
Page 901 - 923
Copyright Protection, continued
Page 923 - 957
Protection for User Interfaces; Fair Use and Derivative Works
Page 958 - 965
Page 976 - 989
Patent Protection of Software
Is Software Patentable?
Page 1007 - 1033
Business Method Patents
Page 1033 - 1041
Wednesday, November 29, 2000 (1 hr)
Examination and Validity of Software patents
Page 1041 - 1059