January 14
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- Historical Introduction M&D 1-13
- Introduction to the patent document, pp. 13-26
- Introduction to Claims & Patent System: M&D 26-66.
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January 15
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- Patentable Subject Matter: Stat. Supp. 35 USC § 101
- Intro., Diamond and Notes, M&D 67-79
- Note on Patenting Scientific Discoveries, 90-92
- Lab. Corp. America v. Metabolite & Notes
- Parke-Davis v. Mulford and Notes, 98-113
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January 21
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- Patent “Exhaustion” and First Sale: LG Electronics, Inc. v. Bizcom Electronics, Inc., 453 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2006), Supplement. (Cert. has been granted in this case, and it will be argued before the Supreme Court on 1/16/08; see Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., No. 06-937.)
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January 22
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- Patentable Subject Matter: Software and Business Methods: State Street Bank, M&D 156-181; 196-200
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January 28
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- Utility: Brana, M&D 230-240; Ex parte Fisher, M&D 240-256
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January 29
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- Enablement and Written Description: Intro and Incandescent Lamp, M&D 261-272
- Intro. & Gentry Gallery, M&D 299-309
- Stat Supp. 35 USC § 112
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February 4
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- Written Description II: Rochester v. Searle, 314-320
- LizardTech v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 321-327
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February 5
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- Definiteness and Best Mode: Orthokinetics, M&D 327-332
- Note on Standard Oil, 332-337
- Note on Functional Language, 337-340
- Chemcast, 348-356
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February 11
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- Introduction to Novelty: Intro and Robertson, M&D 357-370
- Stat. Supp. 35 USC § 102
- In re Hafner and Notes, 380-387
- Intro, 393
- In re Klopfenstein, 405-413
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February 12
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- Novelty II, 102(e) and (f): Note on Novelty and the Economics of Search, M&D 417-421
- §102(e): Alexander Milburn, 421-431
- §102(f): Campbell, M&D 431-438
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February 18
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** President’s Day: No Class**
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February 19
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- Priority, §102(g)(1) & (2): Intro., Brown v. Barbacid, M&D 438-456
- Peeler, M&D 456-464
- Dow, 468-478
- Note on Rule 131, 481-483
- Stat. Supp. § 102(g)
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February 25
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- Statutory Bars I: Intro and Pennock, Egbert, Moleculon, Metallizing Engineering, M&D 509-536
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March 3
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- On Sale Bar and Experimental Use: Pfaff, 536-550
- City of Elizabeth, M&D 555-562
- Lough, 562-570
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March 4
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- Third Party Activity: Baxter, WL Gore, M&D 570-584
- International Considerations, 586-589
- Summary & Problems, 589-593
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March 10
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- Nonobviousness: Intro, Hotchkiss, Historical Note, Graham, M&D 611-645 [stop reading Graham opinion before discussion of Cook case]
- US v. Adams, 653-662
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March 11
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- Suggestion Test: Intro (“Subtests”) and KSR v. Teleflex, 665-685
- US PTO, KSR Examination Guidelines, 2007, Supplement; Leapfrog Enterprises v. Fisher-Price, Supplement
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March 17
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- §102/103 Prior Art and Analogous Arts: Intro and Hazeltine, 730-734
- Note, Economic Rationale, 743-744
- Oddzon, M&D 745-750
- Intro & Clay M&D 764-773
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March 18
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- Claims I: Intro and Merrill, 781-787
- Intro and Phillips, 787-804
- Note on Canons, 804-812
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March 24 – March 28
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SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS
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March 31
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April 1
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No class
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April 7
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- Claims II: Intro and Wright Co. v. Paulhan, M&D 820-826
- Note on Purposive Claim Construction, 826-829
- Intro and Markman, 829-839
- Phillips (Part II), 845-849
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April 8
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April 14
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April 15
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- Indirect Infringement and Foreign Activity: Intro and Aro, CR Bard, M&D 908-923
- Intro, Brown, and Microsoft v. AT&T, 923-931
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April 17
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- Injunctions: Intro, eBay, Notes, z4, Additional Notes, M&D, 933-956
- Amazon.com, 956-967
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April 21
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- Damages: Damages: Panduit, M&D 969-985
- Grain Processing, and Note M&D 1000-1019
- Note, Entire Market Value Rule, 1025-1029
- Proposed Damages Provision, Patent Reform Act of 2008, To Be Supplied
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April 22
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April 28
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- Ad Law Issues: Intro and Zurko, M&D 1045-1057
- Reissue, Intro M&D Mentor and Note
- Note on Intervening Rights, 1079-1086
- Intro to Reexamination and Rodine and Notes
- on Inter Partes Reexaminations and Foreign Oppositions, 1092-1102
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April 29
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- Defenses: Prosecution Delay Laches and Antitrust Issues: Symbol Technologies, M&D 1130-1140
- Illinois Tool, 1243-1258
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May 1
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- Coinvention and Ownership: Burroughs-Wellcome
- Stark, Eli Lilly, Ethicon, M&D 1142-1180
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Review Session
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TBA
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