Instructors: Pamela Samuelson and Suzanne Scotchmer
Meeting Time: Tuesday 2:20 – 4:10
Meeting Location: Boalt 145
This seminar will provide an opportunity for students to hear and engage with scholars of intellectual property law as they present current works in progress. Students will be expected to submit written reactions to some of the papers presented during the seminar and to take responsibility for leading discussions as to at least one of the papers. This seminar will be especially useful for those who want to deepen their knowledge of IP law, for those who want to sharpen their analytic skills, and who are interested in cutting edge research in the making.
Prerequisite: Due to delays in contruction; this course will meet in the Deans Conference room for the first week of the semester.
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August 21 Are Patents on Interfaces Impeding Interoperability? |
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August 28 KSR |
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September 4 Copying In Patent Law |
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POSTPONED The Formal Structure of Patent Law and the Limits of Enablement |
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September 18 Public Norms and Private Ordering: The Contractual Construction of a Basic Biomedical Research Commons |
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September 25 The Economics of Synthetic Biology |
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October 9 The Emergence of Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy |
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October 16 Author Autonomy and Atomism in Copyright Law |
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October 23 Are Creative Commons Licences Forever? |
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October 30 Sequential Musical Innovation and Sample Licensing |
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November 6 A Prize System as a Partial Solution to the Health Crisis in the Developing World |
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November 13 Implementing TRIPS in India: A Case Study |
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November 20 Induced Technical Innovation under Cap-and-Trade Abatement Programs |