Chart of Assignments
Updated as of: April 19, 2016
Where and When:
Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 - 2:25 p.m., Swanke Family Room (8), Law Building
Day by Day:
Week No 1
TUESDAY Jan 12
Class canceled
THURSDAY Jan 14 No 1
1. The Basic Framework and Initial Questions
No reading for today
Week No 2
TUESDAY Jan 19 No 2
2. Blackletter Overview
Recommended reading: McJohn: Chapter 1
Optional reading: Copyright Basics, by Betsy Rosenblatt
THURSDAY Jan 21 No 3
2. Blackletter Overview, cont'd
No reading for today
Week No 3
TUESDAY Jan 26 No 4
2. Blackletter Overview, cont'd
Recommended reading: Nanotreatise on Trademark Law [pdf]
THURSDAY Jan 28 No 5
Blackletter quiz (bring no. 2 pencil, eraser)
3: Theory and Policy
No reading
Week No 4
TUESDAY Feb 2 No 6
4-1: Copyright – Included Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 2 (all)
Note: For the McJohn reading, you are encouraged to work through the problems and explanations, as they may deepen your understanding. We will not, however, go through them systematically in class, and you will not be cold-called in class to explain the answers.
Field: Baker v. Selden (5.7)
Field: Feist Publns. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. (5.32)
THURSDAY Feb 4 No 7
4-2: Copyright – Excluded Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 3 (all)
Field: Morrissey v. Procter & Gamble Co. (5.8)
Field: Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland Int’l (5.10)
Week No 5
TUESDAY Feb 9 No 8
4-3: Copyright – Ownership, Formalities, Licensing, Duration
McJohn: Chapter 4 (all)
Field: Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid (6.5)
Referenced Work: Eldred v. Ashcroft, narrative by Lawrence Lessig [pdf]
Referenced Work: Golan v. Holder, interview of plaintiff Lawrence Golan [pdf]
THURSDAY Feb 11 No 9
4-4: Copyright – Infringement Analysis, Exclusive Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5 (all)
Field: ABKCO Music v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd. (6.15)
Week No 6
TUESDAY Feb 16 No 10
Continue discussion of topic 4-4
4-5: Copyright – Fair Use, First Sale, and Other Limitations
No new reading; continue McJohn: Chapter 5
THURSDAY Feb 18
No class today
Week No 7
TUESDAY Feb 23 No 11
Continue discussion of topic 4-5
4-6: Copyright – Remedies
No new reading; continue McJohn: Chapter 5
4-7: Copyright – Music
No new reading; continue McJohn: Chapter 5
5: Moral Rights
No new reading; continue McJohn: Chapter 5
THURSDAY Feb 25 No 12
6-1: Patent – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 6
Week No 8
TUESDAY Mar 3 No 13
Continue discussion of topic 6-1
THURSDAY Mar 5 No 14
6-2: Patent – Novelty
McJohn: Chapter 6, portion re novelty (263-285)
Week No 9
TUESDAY Mar 8 No 15
6-3: Patent – Utility
McJohn: Chapter 6, portion re utility (285-289)
6-4: Patent – Nonobviousness
McJohn: Chapter 6, portion re nonobviousness (290-300)
Field: KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (3.35)
THURSDAY Mar 10 No 16
6-5: Patent – Enablement, Prosecution, Ownership and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 8 (301-325)
Field: Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd. (2.14)
Spring Break
TUESDAY March 15
No class – Spring Break
THURSDAY March 17
No class – Spring Break
Week No 10
TUESDAY March 22 No 17
6-5: Patent – Infringement and Defenses
McJohn: Chapter 9
THURSDAY March 24 No 18
7: Sui Generis Rights
No reading
8-1: Trade Secret – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 14
Week No 11
TUESDAY March 29 No 19
>8-1: Trade Secret – Subject Matter (cont'd)
No new reading; continue McJohn: Chapter 14
8-2: Trade Secret – Getting and Losing Protection
We are skipping McJohn Chapter 15. I will summarize in class.
8-3: Trade Secret – Misappropriation and Remedies
McJohn: Chapter 16
THURSDAY March 31 No 20
9-1: Trademark – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 10
9-2: Trademark – Substantive Standards for Protection
McJohn: Chapter 11
FRIDAY April 1 No 21 > > > Make-up class today: 1:00 to 2:50 p.m., Room 203 < < <
9-2: Trademark – Substantive Standards for Protection (cont'd)
Field: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc. (4.24)
9-3: Trademark – Obtaining Protection and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 12
Field: Burger King of Florida, Inc. v. Hoots (10.27)
Week No 12
TUESDAY April 5 No 22
9-3: Trademark – Obtaining Protection and Licensing (cont'd)
No new reading; continue McJohn: Chapter 12
9-4: Trademark – Infringement and Related Rights Under Trademark law
McJohn: Chapter 13
THURSDAY April 7 No 23
9-4: Trademark – Infringement and Related Rights Under Trademark law (cont'd)
No new reading; continue McJohn: Chapter 13
10: Right of Publicity
McJohn: Chapter 17 (553-558 only)
Supplement: Letter re: Catherine Zeta-Jones / Atkins Diet
Week No 13
TUESDAY April 12 No 24
Special Modules A & B: Ethics/Professionalism/Writing Assignment
To be discussed in class
Review: Applications, Problems, Analysis
No required reading; informal review recommended
THURSDAY April 14
No class today (UND Law is on a Monday schedule today)
Week No 14
TUESDAY April 19
No class today
THURSDAY April 21 No 25
Review: Applications, Problems, Analysis
No required reading; informal review recommended
FRIDAY April 22 OPTIONAL REVIEW SESSION
11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Room 201
11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Room 201
Review
This session is optional.
Attendance is not required.