Chart of Assignments
Updated as of: April 7, 2017
Where and When:
Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 - 2:25 p.m., Room 334, Law Building
Day by Day:
Week No 1
TUESDAY Jan 10 No 1
1. The Basic Framework and Initial Questions
McJohn: Chapter 1
2. Blackletter Overview
THURSDAY Jan 12 No 2
2. Blackletter Overview, cont'd
No new reading for today
Week No 2
TUESDAY January 17 No 3
2. Blackletter Overview (continued)
No reading for today.
THURSDAY January 19 No 4
2. Blackletter Overview (continued)
Important note about FRIDAY January 20:
The previously scheduled make-up class session for Friday, January 20 has been cancelled.
Week No 3
TUESDAY January 24 No 5
2. Blackletter Overview (continued)
Blackletter quiz (bring a no. 2 pencil)
3-1: 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: Feist Publns. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. (5.32)
THURSDAY January 26 No 6
3-2: 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 4
TUESDAY January 31 No 7
3-2: Copyright – Excluded Subject Matter (continued)
Continued discussion of readings and cases from previous class
3-3: Copyright – Ownership, Formalities, Licensing, Duration
McJohn: Chapter 4 (all)
THURSDAY February 2 No 8
3-3: Copyright – Ownership, Formalities, Licensing, Duration (continued)
Continued discussion of McJohn Chapter 4
Field: Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid (6.5)
Week No 5
TUESDAY February 7 No 9
3-4: Copyright – Infringement Analysis, Exclusive Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 161-176, 180-194
Field: ABKCO Music v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd. (6.15)
THURSDAY February 9 No 10
3-5: Copyright – Fair Use, First Sale, and Other Limitations
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 194-228
Week No 6
TUESDAY February 14 No 11
3-6: Copyright – Remedies
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 228-230
3-7: Copyright – Music
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 172-175, 220 (re-review)
THURSDAY February 16 No 12
4: Moral Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 176-180
5-1: Utility Patents – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 6 (all)
Week No 7
TUESDAY February 21 No 13
5-1: Utility Patents – Subject Matter (continued)
No new reading
5-2: Utility Patents – Novelty
McJohn: Chapter 7, pp 263-285 (portion re novelty)
THURSDAY February 23 No 14
5-3: Utility Patents – Utility
McJohn: Chapter 7, pp 285-289 (portion re utility)
5-4: Utility Patents – Nonobviousness
McJohn: Chapter 7, pp 290-300 (portion re nonobviousness)
Field: KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (3.35)
Week No 8
TUESDAY February 28 No 15
5-4: Utility Patents – Nonobviousness (continued)
No additional reading.
5-5: Utility Patents – Enablement, Prosecution, Ownership and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 8 (all)
THURSDAY March 2 No 16
5-6: Utility Patents – Infringement and Defenses
McJohn: Chapter 9 (all)
Week No 9
TUESDAY March 7 No 17
6: Design Patents
Sarah Burstein, Costly Designs, 77 Ohio St. L.J. 107 (2016): read Parts I, II, III, IV, VI, & VII, i.e., pp. 107-132 & 154-157 (in other words, skip Part V on pp. 133-154)
Note: You should download the article from SSRN rather than Westlaw, because you'll want to see the pictures.
Note: You should download the article from SSRN rather than Westlaw, because you'll want to see the pictures.
THURSDAY March 9 No 18
7: Sui Generis Rights
No reading
8-1: Trade Secret – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 14 (all)
Spring Break
TUESDAY March 14
No class - Spring Break
THURSDAY March 16
No class - Spring Break
Week No 10
TUESDAY March 21 No 19
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 23 No 20
9-1: Trademark – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 10 (all)
Week No 11
TUESDAY March 28 No 21
9-2: Trademark – Substantive Standards for Protection
McJohn: Chapter 11 (all)
Field: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc. (4.24)
THURSDAY March 30 No 22
9-3: Trademark – Obtaining Protection and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 12 (all)
Field: Burger King of Florida, Inc. v. Hoots (10.27)
Week No 12
TUESDAY April 4 No 23
9-4: Trademark – Infringement and Related Rights Under Trademark law
McJohn: Chapter 13 (all)
THURSDAY April 6 No 24
10: Right of Publicity
McJohn: Chapter 17, pp 553-558 (portion re right of publicity)
Week No 13
TUESDAY April 11 No 25
10: Right of Publicity (continued)
No additional reading.
3-2: Copyright – Excluded Subject Matter [Supplement]
11: International IP
No reading
12: Contract and Idea Submission
No reading
THURSDAY April 13 No 26
13: Misappropriation
McJohn: Chapter 17, pp 551-553 (portion re misappropriation)
14: Federal Preemption
No reading
Review: Applications, Problems, Analysis
Review notes, mindmap, nanotreatises
Topic by Topic:
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Note: Future readings are subject to some adjustment, particularly cases and readings outside the McJohn book. As for the McJohn book, I plan for us to read all of it with the possible exceptions of Chapter 15 and portions of Chapter 17.
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I. Preliminaries
1. The Basic Framework and Initial Questions
McJohn: Chapter 1
2. Blackletter Overview
II. Expression
3-1: Copyright – Included Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 2 (all)
Field: Feist Publns. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. (5.32)
3-2: 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)
3-3: Copyright – Ownership, Formalities, Licensing, Duration
McJohn: Chapter 4 (all)
Field: Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid (6.5)
3-4: Copyright – Infringement Analysis, Exclusive Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 161-176, 180-194
Field: ABKCO Music v. Harrisongs Music, Ltd. (6.15)
3-5: Copyright – Fair Use, First Sale, and Other Limitations
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 194-228
3-6: Copyright – Remedies
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 228-230
3-7: Copyright – Music
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 172-175, 220 (re-review)
4: Moral Rights
McJohn: Chapter 5, pp 176-180
III. Invention and Industry
5-1: Utility Patents – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 6 (all)
5-2: Utility Patents – Novelty
McJohn: Chapter 7, pp 263-285 (portion re novelty)
5-3: Utility Patents – Utility
McJohn: Chapter 7, pp 285-289 (portion re utility)
5-4: Utility Patents – Nonobviousness
McJohn: Chapter 7, pp 290-300 (portion re nonobviousness)
Field: KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (3.35)
5-5: Utility Patents – Enablement, Prosecution, Ownership and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 8 (all)
5-6: Utility Patents – Infringement and Defenses
McJohn: Chapter 9 (all)
6: Design Patents
Sarah Burstein, Costly Designs, 77 Ohio St. L.J. 107 (2016): read Parts I, II, III, IV, VI, & VII, i.e., pp. 107-132 & 154-157 (in other words, skip Part V on pp. 133-154)
Note: You should download the article from SSRN rather than Westlaw, because you'll want to see the pictures.
Note: You should download the article from SSRN rather than Westlaw, because you'll want to see the pictures.
7: Sui Generis Rights
No reading
8-1: Trade Secret – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 14 (all)
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
IV. Commercial Origin
9-1: Trademark – Subject Matter
McJohn: Chapter 10 (all)
9-2: Trademark – Substantive Standards for Protection
McJohn: Chapter 11 (all)
Field: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc. (4.24)
9-3: Trademark – Obtaining Protection and Licensing
McJohn: Chapter 12 (all)
Field: Burger King of Florida, Inc. v. Hoots (10.27)
9-4: Trademark – Infringement and Related Rights Under Trademark law
McJohn: Chapter 13 (all)
10: Right of Publicity
McJohn: Chapter 17, pp 553-558 (portion re right of publicity)
V. Marginalia
11: International IP
No reading
12: Contract and Idea Submission
No reading
13: Misappropriation
McJohn: Chapter 17, pp 551-553 (portion re misappropriation)
14: Federal Preemption
No reading
Review: Applications, Problems, Analysis
Review notes, mindmap, nanotreatises