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Eric E. Johnson

Introduction to Intellectual Property – Fall 2012
Texas Tech University School of Law



Class Documents:

Syllabus [pdf]
Chart of Assignments [html]
Final Exam instructions [pdf]

Classroom Notes and Presentations:

Initial Questions (slideshow) [pdf]
Mindmap of Intellectual Property (subject to revision)
Mindmap [html – webpage version]
[native mm mindmap file – right click to download] (requires free FreeMind software to view)
Patent Statute
35 U.S.C. § 102 (current version)
35 U.S.C. § 102 (AIA, effective March 16, 2013)
Patent Utility (slideshow) [pdf]
U.S. Pat. No. 7,311,526 (selected pages) - "The MagSafe Patent" [pdf]
Design Patents, Plant Patents, and Sui Generis Federal Protection (handout)
Economic Espionage Act of 1996 [pdf]
International IP (slideshow)

Intellectual Property Referenced Works for Fall 2012

Copyright Basics, by Betsy Rosenblatt
Nanotreatise on Trademark Law [pdf]
Nanotreatise on the Right of Publicity [pdf]
City of Elizabeth v. Pavement Co. (U.S. 1877)
Egbert v. Lippmann (U.S. 1881)
Lough v. Brunswick Corp. (Fed. Cir. 1996)

Links:

Fundamentals of Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials, by Thomas G. Field Jr. Published by Field, (revised August 2012)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Copyright Office
Copyright Law, Title 17, United States Code [pdf]
Patent Law, Title 35, United States Code [pdf]
Trademark Law, The Lanham Act, from Title 15, United States Code [pdf]
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