275.3 – Introduction to Intellectual Property (Sp07)

Meeting Time:
MTuW 8:45-9:50

Meeting Location:
Boalt 105

Instructor:
Professor Peter S. Menell
686 Simon Hall
(510) 642-5489
menellp@law.berkeley.edu

ASP Tutor:
Tom Fletcher, tfletcher@berkeley.edu

Admin. Assistant:
Jennifer Zahgkuni; 354 Law Building (643-4653), jzahgkuni@law.berkeley.edu

Links to additional materials related to the course

In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 126 S.Ct. 1837 (2006)

National Academy of Sciences, A Patent System for the 21st Century (2004)

Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 448 F.3d 605 (2d Cir. 2006)

Dilution Revision Act

Updated Syllabus

January 4, 2007

Patent Reform

National Academy of Sciences, A Patent System for the 21st Century (2004)

Federal Trade Commission, To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy (October 2003)

Casebook website

Summaries of recent developments in intellectual property law