Chart of Assignments
Intellectual Property, Spring 2015
Eric E. Johnson, UND Law

Updated as of: April 14, 2015


Where and When:
Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:35 - 4:00 p.m., Swanson Hall 10-12
→ Jump ahead to: List of all assignments by module

Day by Day:
Week No 1
TUESDAY Jan 13
Class canceled
THURSDAY Jan 15 No 1
1. The Basic Framework and Initial Questions
No reading for today
Week No 2
TUESDAY Jan 20 No 2
2. Blackletter Overview
McJohn: Chapter 1
Referenced Work: Copyright Basics, by Betsy Rosenblatt
THURSDAY Jan 22 No 3
No reading for today
Week No 3
TUESDAY Jan 27 No 4
No reading for today
THURSDAY Jan 29 No 5
Referenced Work: Nanotreatise on Trademark Law [pdf]
3: Theory and Policy
No reading
Week No 4
TUESDAY Feb 3 No 6
Blackletter quiz (bring no. 2 pencil, eraser)
4-1: Copyright – Included Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 2 (9-67)
THURSDAY Feb 5 No 7
Field: Baker v. Selden (5.7)
Field: Feist Publns. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. (5.32)
Week No 5
TUESDAY Feb 10 No 8
4-2: Copyright – Excluded Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 3 (69-108)
Field: Morrissey v. Procter & Gamble Co. (5.8)
Field: Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland Int’l (5.10)
THURSDAY Feb 12 No 9
4-3: Copyright – Ownership, Formalities, Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 4, Part 1 (109-157)
Field: Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid (6.5)
Week No 6
TUESDAY Feb 17 No 10
4-4: Copyright – Duration
McJohn: Chapter 4, Part 2 (157-160)
Referenced Work: Eldred v. Ashcroft, narrative by Lawrence Lessig [pdf]
Referenced Work: Golan v. Holder, analysis by Jonathan Band [pdf]
Referenced Work: Golan v. Holder, interview of plaintiff Lawrence Golan [pdf]
4-5: Copyright – Infringement Analysis
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 1 (161-168)
Field: ABKCO Music v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd. (6.15)
THURSDAY Feb 19
Class canceled
Week No 7
TUESDAY Feb 24 No 11
4-6: Copyright – Exclusive Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 2 (168-175, 179-192)
THURSDAY Feb 26 No 12
4-7: Copyright – Fair Use Defense
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 3 (193-206)
Field: Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (7.11)
4-8: Copyright – First Sale, Imports, Third Parties, Other Limitations
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 4 (206-225)
Field: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. (7.23)
Week No 8
TUESDAY March 3 No 13
[continued from last time]
THURSDAY March 5 No 14
4-8: Copyright – Remedies
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 5 (225-227)
5: Moral Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 2A (175-179)
6-1: Patent – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 6 (231-259)
Week No 9
TUESDAY March 10 No 15
Special Module A: Ethics/Professionalism Assignment: Righthaven
[to be discussed in class]
6-2: Patent – Novelty
McJohn: Chapter 7 (261-282)
THURSDAY March 12 No 16
6-3: Patent – Usefulness and Nonobviousness
McJohn: Chapter 7 (282-298)
Spring Break
TUESDAY March 17
No class – Spring Break
THURSDAY March 19
No class – Spring Break
Week No 10
TUESDAY March 24 No 17
6-4: Patent – Enablement, Prosecution, Ownership and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 8 (299-323)
THURSDAY March 26 No 18
Special Module A: Ethics/Professionalism Assignment: Righthaven
Turn in your assignment in class, on paper.
6-5: Patent – Infringement and Defenses
McJohn: Chapter 9 (325-358)
Week No 11
TUESDAY March 31 No 19
7: Design Patent
Lecture only, no reading
8: Plant Patent
Lecture only, no reading
9: Plant Variety Protection
Lecture only, no reading
10: Mask Work Protection
Lecture only, no reading
11: Vessel Hull Protection
Lecture only, no reading
12-1: Trade Secret – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 14 (477-495)
THURSDAY April 2
No class – Law Holiday
Week No 12
TUESDAY April 7
No class – Law Holiday
THURSDAY April 9 No 20
12-2: Trade Secret – Gaining and Losing Protection
We are skipping McJohn Chapter 15. I will summarize in class.
12-3: Trade Secret – Misapporpriation and Remedies
McJohn: Chapter 16 (521-537)
13-1: Trademark – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 10 (361-380) (521-537)
Week No 13
TUESDAY April 14 No 21
13-2: Trademark – Substantive Standards for Protection
McJohn: Chapter 11 (381-409)
Field: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc. (4.24)
THURSDAY April 16 No 22
13-3: Trademark – Obtaining Protection and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 12 (411-436)
Field: Burger King of Florida, Inc. v. Hoots (10.27)
Week No 14
TUESDAY April 21 No 23
13-4: Trademark – Infringement and Related Rights Under Trademark law
McJohn: Chapter 13 (437-467 only)
15: Right of Publicity
McJohn: Chapter 17 (549-554 only)
Supplement: Letter re: Catherine Zeta-Jones / Atkins Diet
Special Module B: Writing Assignment: Adversarial Correspondence
We will do this in class.
THURSDAY April 23 No 24
Semester Review
No new reading. Feel free to bring any questions.

List of all assignments by module:
PART I: Preliminaries
1. The Basic Framework and Initial Questions
No reading
in-classInitial Questions (slideshow) [pdf]
2. Blackletter Overview
McJohn: Chapter 1
Referenced Work: Copyright Basics, by Betsy Rosenblatt
Referenced Work: Nanotreatise on Trademark Law [pdf]
in-classMindmap of Intellectual Property:
[html – webpage version]
[native mm mindmap file – right click to download] (requires free FreeMind software to view)
3: Theory and Policy
No reading
in-classIP Theory and Policy (slideshow) [pdf]
PART II: Expression
4-1: Copyright – Included Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 2 (9-67)
Field: Baker v. Selden (5.7)
Field: Feist Publns. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. (5.32)
4-2: Copyright – Excluded Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 3 (69-108)
Field: Morrissey v. Procter & Gamble Co. (5.8)
Field: Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland Int’l (5.10)
4-3: Copyright – Ownership, Formalities, Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 4, Part 1 (109-157)
Field: Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid (6.5)
in-classWork for Hire Doctrine and Assignments (slideshow) [pdf]
in-classCopyright Reversions and Terminations (slideshow) [pdf]
4-4: Copyright – Duration
McJohn: Chapter 4, Part 2 (157-160)
Referenced Work: Eldred v. Ashcroft, narrative by Lawrence Lessig [pdf]
Referenced Work: Golan v. Holder, analysis by Jonathan Band [pdf]
Referenced Work: Golan v. Holder, interview of plaintiff Lawrence Golan [pdf]
4-5: Copyright – Infringement Analysis
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 1 (161-168)
Field: ABKCO Music v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd. (6.15)
4-6: Copyright – Exclusive Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 2 (168-175, 179-192)
in-classMusic Copyright (slideshow) [pdf]
4-7: Copyright – Fair Use Defense
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 3 (193-206)
Field: Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (7.11)
in-classCopyright Fair Use – Some Realotheticals (slideshow) [pdf]
4-8: Copyright – First Sale, Imports, Third Parties, Other Limitations
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 4 (206-225)
Field: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. (7.23)
4-8: Copyright – Remedies
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 5 (225-227)
5: Moral Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, Part 2A (175-179)
PART III: Invention and Industry
6-1: Patent – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 6 (231-259)
6-2: Patent – Novelty
McJohn: Chapter 7 (261-282)
in-classPatent Novelty (slideshow) [pdf]
6-3: Patent – Usefulness and Nonobviousness
McJohn: Chapter 7 (282-298)
in-classPatent Utility (slideshow) [pdf]
in-classPatent Nonobviousness (slideshow) [pdf]
6-4: Patent – Enablement, Prosecution, Ownership and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 8 (299-323)
6-5: Patent – Infringement and Defenses
McJohn: Chapter 9 (325-358)
7: Design Patent
Lecture only, no reading
in-classDesign Patent and Sui Generis Rights (slideshow) [pdf]
8: Plant Patent
Lecture only, no reading
in-classDesign Patent and Sui Generis Rights (slideshow) [pdf] [same as above]
9: Plant Variety Protection
Lecture only, no reading
in-classDesign Patent and Sui Generis Rights (slideshow) [pdf] [same as above]
10: Mask Work Protection
Lecture only, no reading
in-classDesign Patent and Sui Generis Rights (slideshow) [pdf] [same as above]
11: Vessel Hull Protection
Lecture only, no reading
in-classDesign Patent and Sui Generis Rights (slideshow) [pdf] [same as above]
12-1: Trade Secret – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 14 (477-495)
in-classTrade Secrets (slideshow) [pdf]
12-2: Trade Secret – Gaining and Losing Protection
We skipped McJohn Chapter 15. Summarized in class.
in-classTrade Secrets (slideshow) [pdf] [same as above]
12-3: Trade Secret – Misapporpriation and Remedies
McJohn: Chapter 16 (521-537)
in-classTrade Secrets (slideshow) [pdf] [same as above]
PART IV: Commercial Origin
13-1: Trademark – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 10 (361-380) (521-537)
13-2: Trademark – Substantive Standards for Protection
McJohn: Chapter 11 (381-409)
Field: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc. (4.24)
13-3: Trademark – Obtaining Protection and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 12 (411-436)
Field: Burger King of Florida, Inc. v. Hoots (10.27)
13-4: Trademark – Infringement and Related Rights Under Trademark law
McJohn: Chapter 13 (437-467 only)
14: Geographical Designations of Origin
(skipped)
15: Right of Publicity
McJohn: Chapter 17 (549-554 only)
Supplement: Letter re: Catherine Zeta-Jones / Atkins Diet
PART V. Marginalia
16. International Context
(skipped)
17. Contract and Idea Submission
(skipped)
18. Misappropriation
(skipped)
19. Federal Preemption
(skipped)
SPECIAL MODULES
Special Module A: Ethics/Professionalism Assignment: Righthaven
Out of class assignment.
Special Module B: Writing Assignment: Adversarial Correspondence
In class assignment.






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