Intellectual Property

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Course Outline

Part I: Copyright (8 classes)

A. Introduction

B. What May be Copyrighted?

C. Who Is the Owner?

D. What Rights are Encompassed by Ownership?

Interlude: Intellectual Property on the Internet (1 class)

Part II: Patent (7 classes)

A. Introduction

B. What May be Patented?

C. What Rights are Encompassed by Ownership?

D. Assessing and Reshaping the Patent System

Interlude: Intellectual Property in Computer Software (2 classes)

Part III: Trademark (6 classes)

A. The Economic and Cultural Significance of Trademarks

B. What May be Protected?

C. Establishing Protection

D. Losing Protection

E. What Rights are Encompassed by Ownership?

Interlude: Intellectual Property in Industrial Designs (2 classes)

Part IV: Ancillary (State) Regimes (4 classes)

A. Misappropriation

B. Trade Secrets

C. Right of Publicity

D. Preemption

 

Course Materials

The course draws upon three sets of materials:

• Robert Merges, Peter Menell, Mark Lemley, and Thomas Jorde, Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age (Aspen 1997) [abbreviated infra as MMLJ];
• The 1997 Statutory Supplement to MMLJ;
• William Fisher, The Law and Theory of Intellectual Property (1998) [abbreviated infra as F].

The first two sources can be purchased at the law-school bookstore. The third of the sources -- The Law and Theory of Intellectual Property -- is available in two forms:  A mutlilithed "hard" copy, which contains all of the material essential for the course, can be picked up in the Distribution Center.  A digital version, which contains all of the essential material plus considerable optional material, can be obtained on the internet -- simply by "clicking" on the appropriate portion of the syllabus.

Logistics and Requirements

The class meets on Wednesdays at 12:10-1:10 and Thursdays and Fridays at 11:00-1:00 in Austin North. That class schedule corresponds to a five-credit course. Because the course is only allocated four credits, we will not meet every day. A detailed class schedule accompanies the syllabus, below.

All students are expected to participate regularly in the electronic "threaded conference" that accompanies the course. The instructor will periodically identify topics for discussion, but students are encouraged to develop and "post" their own topics. Any issue related to domestic or international intellectual-property doctrine or theory is fair game. The threaded conference works well only when it is treated as a true conference. Thus, submissions should be short (ordinarily less than 1000 words, often much shorter); responsive (either to the question presented or to the previous submission); and novel (not merely restatements of previous submissions).

The primary determinant of each student's grade will be the quality of his or her final exam (an eight-hour "take-home" exam). However, the quality of his or her participation in the threaded conference will also be taken into account in the following way: Engagement in the conference at a level significantly higher than the quality of the final exam will result in a one-step increase in the grade (e.g., from B+ to A-). Failure to participate meaningfully in the conference will result in a two-step decrease in the grade (e.g., from B+ to B-). "Meaningful participation" cannot be defined precisely; roughly speaking, it entails at least two substantial submissions per month.

Frequently the instructor will supplement a lecture or discussion by presenting a set of slides prepared using the "Powerpoint" software program.  Paper copies of these slides will ordinarily be distributed in class. Digital copies will be posted on the homepage immediately preceding the class at which they will be presented.

Syllabus

The following course syllabus indicates the required readings for each segment of the course. Students are of course free to read any additional materials they wish. In particular, they may find helpful the guide to intellectual-property resources on the World Wide Web contained in the Franklin Pierce Intellectual Property Information Mall Page.

Part I: Copyright

A. Introduction (Sept. 9)

• Note on the History of Copyright Protection [MMLJ 321-24]
• Overview of the Copyright Regime [MMLJ 324-26]

B. What May be Copyrighted?

1. Statutory Subject Matter (Sept. 9)

Notes on the Domain and Scope of Copyright Protection [MMLJ 376-85]

Detective Comics v. Bruns Publications, 111 F.2d 432 (2d Cir. 1940) [F 1-2]

Warner Bros. v. American Broadcasting Cos., 720 F.2d 231 (2d Cir. 1983) [F 3-12]

2. Originality and Creativity (Sept. 10)

• Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp., 81 F.2d 49 (2d Cir. 1936) [F 13]
• Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographic Co., 188 U.S. 239 (1903) [F 14-16]
• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 111 S.Ct. 1282 (1991) [MMLJ 334-38] [F 17-25]
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3. Ideas, Facts, and Expression (Sept. 10)

• Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879) [MMLJ 352-56] [F 26-29]
• Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., 45 F.2d 119 (2nd Cir. 1930) [F 30-33]
• Morrissey v. Proctor & Gamble, 379 F.2d 675 (CA1 1967) [MMLJ 358-61]
  • Comments and Questions 1-3 [MMLJ 361-62]
• Miller v. Universal City Studios, 650 F.2d 1365 (5th Cir. 1981) [F 34-37]
  • Comments and Questions 4-5 [MMLJ 362-63]

The Labor-Desert Theory (Sept. 11):

• Justin Hughes, "The Philosophy of Intellectual Property," 77 Georgetown L.J. 287, 296-314 (1988) [F 38-67]

OR:

• Wendy J. Gordon, "A Property Right in Self-Expression: Equality and Individualism in the Natural Law of Intellectual Property," 102 Yale L.J. 1533, 1540-78 (1993) [F 68-86]

4. Fixation and Formalities (Sept. 11)

• H.R.Rep. No. 94-1476 [MMLJ 341-43]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 343-45]
• Notes on Notice, Publication, Registration, and Deposit [MMLJ 345-50]
• Note on the Restoration of Foreign Copyrighted Works [MMLJ 351]

C. Who is the Owner? (Sept. 16)

• Introductory Notes [MMLJ 389-90]
• 17 U.S.C. secs. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205
• Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 490 U.S. 730 (1989) [MMLJ 390-97]
• Comments and Questions [MMLJ 397-99]
• Notes on Joint and Collective Works [MMLJ 399-400]
• Notes on Duration and Renewal [MMLJ 401-03]
• Notes on Division, Transfers, and Termination of Transfers [MMLJ 405-07]

The Ideology of Creativity (Sept. 16):

• Martha Woodmansee, "On the Author Effect: Recovering Collectivity," 10 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment L. J. 279 (1992) [F 87-96]
• Peter Jaszi, "Toward a Theory of Copyright: The Metamorphoses of `Authorship,'" 1991 Duke L.J. 455, 485-491 [F 97-102]

D. What Rights are Encompassed by Ownership?

1. Statutory Entitlements and Infringement Thereof (Sept. 17)

• 17 U.S.C. sec. 106
• Note on Copies [MMLJ 408-10]
• Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F.2d 464 (2d Cir. 1946) [MMLJ 410-14]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 414-16]
• Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions v. McDonald's Corp., 562 F.2d 1157 (CA9 1977) [MMLJ 417-23]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 423-25]
• Note on Limitations on the Exclusive Right to Copy [MMLJ 428-29]
• Paul Goldstein, "Derivative Works" [MMLJ 429-33]
• Midway Mfg. Co. v. Artic International, Inc., 704 F.2d 1009 (CA7 1983) [MMLJ 433-35]
• Lichfield v. Speilberg, 736 F.2d 1352 (CA9 1984) [MMLJ 435-36]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 436-38]
• Mirage Editions v. Albuqueque A.R.T. Co., 856 F.2d 1341 (9th Cir. 1988) [MMLJ 442]
  • Comments and Questions 1-3 [MMLJ 442-44]
• Note on Public Performance and Display Rights [MMLJ 444-46]
• Twentieth Century Music v. Aiken, 422 U.S. 151 (1975) [MMLJ 446-47]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 447-50]
• Notes on International Issues in Copyright [MMLJ 509-14]

2. Fair Use (Sept. 18)

• 17 U.S.C. sec. 107
• Sony Corporation v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984) [MMLJ 468-72]
• Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises, 471 U.S. 539 (1985) [MMLJ 459-66]
• Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 114 S.Ct 1164 (1994) [MMLJ 494-504]

Economic Analysis (Sept. 23):

• William Landes and Richard Posner, "An Economic Analysis of Copyright Law," 18 J. Leg. Stud. 325, 325-33, 344-53 (1989) [F 103-115]
• Paul Goldberger, "In 1994, What Draws Eyes? The Megaprize," The New York Times, October 27, 1994 [F 116-118]
• William Fisher, "Reconstructing the Fair Use Doctrine," 101 Harv. L. Rev. 1659, 1698-1744 (1988) [F 119-160]

Personality Theory (Sept. 24):

• Margaret Jane Radin, Reinterpreting Property 36-44 (1993) [F 161-166]
• Justin Hughes, "The Philosophy of Intellectual Property," 77 Georgetown L.J. 287, 330-49 (1988) [F 167-184]
• Gary Larson's Cartoons [F 185]

3. Moral Rights (Sept. 24)

• Thomas F. Cotter, "Pragmatism, Economics, and the Droit Moral," 76 N.C. L. Rev. 1, 6-27 (1997) [F 186-204]
• 17 U.S.C. sec. 106A

4. Remedies (Sept. 24)

• Note on Remedies [MMLJ 514-15]
• Comments 2-3 on Remedies [MMLJ 519]
• Note on Injunctive Relief [MMLJ 520-21]
• Comments and Questions [MMLJ 521-22]
• Intellectual Property Remedial Options

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Interlude: Intellectual Property on the Internet

Materials:

• William Fisher, "Intellectual Property in Cyberspace" [This is a website containing lots of material relevant to the internet. Unless you are passionate about this field, you should not try to read it all. Instead, roam around the site for a while, exploring things that catch your interest.]
• Atlantic Monthly Roundtable

Social-Planning Theory:

• William Fisher, "Property and Contract on the Internet" (June 1988) [F 205-240]

No class September 30 - October 2

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Part II: Patent

A. Introduction (Oct. 7)

• Note on the History of the Patent System [MMLJ 121-28]
• Overview of the Patent Regime [MMLJ 128-35]

B. What May be Patented?

1. Patentable Inventions (Oct. 7)

• Introductory Note [MMLJ 136]
• Funk Brothers Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co., 333 U.S. 127 (1948) [MMLJ 144-47]
• Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980) [MMLJ 136-44]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 147]
• Parke-Davis & Co. v. H.K. Mulford Co., 189 F. 95 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1911) [MMLJ 147-48]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 148-51]
• Note on Patenting "Abstract Ideas" [MMLJ 151-53]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 153]
• Notes on Plant Patents [MMLJ 315-18]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 318-20]
• Robert Merges, "Intellectual Property in Higher Life Forms: The Patent System and Controversial Technologies," 47 Md. L. Rev. 1051 (1988) [F 241-260]

2. Utility (Oct. 8)

• 35 U.S.C. sec. 101
• Lowell v. Lewis, 15 Fed. Cas. 1018 (C.C.D.Mass. 1817) [F 261-262]
• Brenner v. Manson, 383 U.S. 519 (1966) [MMLJ 157-61]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 161-63]
• Note on Different Types of Utility [MMLJ 163-66]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 166]

3. Novelty and Statutory Bars (Oct. 8)

• Introductory Note [MMLJ 168]
• 35 U.S.C. sec. 102
• Rosaire v. National Lead Co., 218 F.2d 72 (CA5 1955) [MMLJ 169-171]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 171-74]
• In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897 (CAFC 1986) [MMLJ 175-77]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 177]
• Egbert v. Lippmann, 104 U.S. 333 (1881) [MMLJ 178-81]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 181-82]
• City of Elizabeth v. Pavement Company, 97 U.S. 126 (1877) [MMLJ 183-87]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 187]
• Note on Priority [MMLJ 187-88]
• Griffith v. Kanamaru, 816 F.2d 624 (CAFC 1987) [MMLJ 188-91]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 191-92]
• Note on the GATT Amendments [MMLJ 192-93]

4. Nonobviousness (Oct. 9)

• 35 U.S.C. sec. 103
• Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1 (1966) [MMLJ 193-206]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 206-07]
• In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488 (CAFC 1991) [MMLJ 207-11]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 211-13]
• Note on "Secondary Considerations" [MMLJ 214-16]

Economic Analysis Revisited: (Oct. 9)

• Roberts v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 723 F.2d 1324 (7th Cir. 1983) (Posner, J., concurring and dissenting) [F 263-265]

Labor-Desert Theory Revisited: (Oct. 9)

• Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia 178-82 (1974) [F 266-268]

5. Enabling Disclosure (Oct. 9)

• Introductory Note [MMLJ 216-17]
• The Incandescent Lamp Patent, 159 U.S. 465 (1895) [MMLJ 217-23]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 223]
• Note on Analog Claims [MMLJ 224-26]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 226-28]

C. What Rights are Encompassed by Ownership?

1. Infringement (Oct. 14-15)

• 35 U.S.C. sec. 271
• Larami Corp. v. Amron, 27 U.S.P.Q.2d 1280 (EDPa 1993) [MMLJ 229-34]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 234]
• Genetech, Inc. v. The Wellcome Foundation, Ltd., 14 U.S.P.Q.2d 1363 (D.Del. 1990) [MMLJ 234-40]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 240-41]
• Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton-Davis Chemical Co., 117 S. Ct. 1040 (1997) [F 269-277]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 246-50]
• Note on Later-Developed Technologies [MMLJ 250-52]
• Note on Judge and Jury in Patent Cases [MMLJ 253-55]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 255-56]
• Note on "Reverse" Equivalents [MMLJ 258-61]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 261]
• Note on Equivalents for Means-plus-Function Claims [MMLJ 261-63]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 263-64]
• C.R. Bard, Inc. v. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., 911 F.2d 670 (CAFC 1990) [MMLJ 264-66]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 267]
• Note on Inducement [MMLJ 267-68]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 268]

2. Defenses (Oct. 16)

Note on Experimental Use Defense [MMLJ 269-70]

Comments and Questions [MMLJ 270-71]

Kingsdown Medical Consultants, Ltd. v. Hollister, Inc., 863 F.2d 867 (CAFC 1988) [MMLJ 271-76]

Comments and Questions [MMLJ 276-77]

Motion Picture Patents Company v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co., 243 U.S. 502 (1917) [MMLJ 278-82]

Comments and Questions [MMLJ 282-84]

Note on Patent Misuse [MMLJ 284-89]

Comments and Questions [MMLJ 289-90]

3. Remedies (Oct. 16)

• Note on Remedies [MMLJ 297-98]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 299-300]
• H.H. Robertson Co. v. United Steel Deck, Inc., 820 U.S. 384 (CAFC 1987) [MMLJ 300-301]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 301-03]
• Note on Reasonable Royalty and Lost Profits [MMLJ 303-08]
• Intellectual Property Remedial Options

4. International Patent Law (Oct. 16)

• Notes on International Rules and Practice [MMLJ 290-97]

D. Assessing and Reshaping the Patent System (Oct. 21)

Economic Analysis Revisited

• Robert P. Merges & Richard M. Nelson, "On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope," 90 Colum. L. Rev. 839, 868-907 (1990) [F 278-314]
• Steven Shavell and Tanguy van Ypersele, "Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights" (August 1998 draft) [F 315-332]

History

• William Fisher, "The Growth of Intellectual Property: A History of the Ownership of Ideas in the United States," forthcoming in Eigentumskulturen im Vergleich (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, fall 1998) [F 333-352]

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Interlude: Intellectual Property in Computer Software (Oct. 22 & 23)

Materials:

• Notes on Computer Technology [MMLJ 830-850]
• Notes on Copyright Protection [MMLJ 860-62]
• Computer Associates International v. Altai, Inc., 982 F.2d 693 (2d Cir. 1992) [MMLJ 873-87]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 887-90]
• Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, 49 F.3d 807 (1st Cir. 1995) [MMLJ 892-905]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 905-908]
• Sega Enterprises v. Accolade, Inc., 977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992) [MMLJ 938-52]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 952-55]
• State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, 1998 U.S. App. Lexis 16869 (July 23, 1998) [F 353-358]

Commentary:

• Peter Menell, "Tailoring Legal Protection for Computer Software," 39 Stan. L. Rev. 1329 (1987) [MMLJ 1024-27]
• Pamela Samuelson, Randall Davis, Mitchell D. Kapor, & J.H. Reichman, "A Manifesto Concerning the Legal Protection of Computer Programs," 94 Colum. L. Rev. 2308, 2315- 65 (1994) [MMLJ 1028-30]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 1030-33]
• Peter Menell, "The Challenges of Reforming Intellectual Property Protection for Computer Software," 94 Colum. L. Rev. 2644- 2651-54 (1994) [MMLJ 1033-35]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 1035-36]

No class October 28-30 or November 4-6 (flyout week)

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Part III: Trademark

Index to trademark websites

A. The Economic and Cultural Significance of Trademarks (Nov. 11)

• Notes on Trademark History and Theory [MMLJ 523-26]
• Cohen, "Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach," 35 Colum. L. Rev. 809, 814-17 (1935) [F 359-361]
• William Landes & Richard Posner, "Trademark Law: An Economic Perspective," 30 Journal of Law and Economics 265 (1987) [F 362-371]
• "Poll Says Cross is Unfamiliar Symbol," Boston Globe, Aug. 26, 1995 [F 372]
• Note on Licensing Logos [MMLJ 628-30]
• Peter Passell, "Ferari's Road to Success is its Name," New York Times, July 5, 1997 [F 373-375]
• Grace Bradberry, "Branded for Life," The Times (London), Nov. 20, 1997 [F 376-377]
• "Go On, It's Good for You," The Economist, Aug. 8, 1998 [F 378-380]
• Note on Franchising [MMLJ 630-32]
• Notes on Metatags [F 381]

B. What May be Protected? (Nov. 12)

1. Types of Marks

• Note on Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names [MMLJ 530-32]
• Note on Certification and Collective Marks [MMLJ 539-42]
• Note on Principal and Supplemental Registers [MMLJ 595-96]

2. Permissible Media

• Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., 115 S. Ct. 1300 (1995) [MMLJ 532-39]
• Note on Sounds as Trademarks [F 382]

3. Impermissible Marks

• 15 U.S.C. sec. 1052 [MMLJ 596]
• In re Old Glory Condom Corp., 26 U.S. P. Q. 1216 (TTAB 1993) [MMLJ 597-99]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 599]
• "Rights to Wrongs," New York Times Magazine, July 6, 1997 [F 383]
• In re Nantucket, Inc., 677 F.2d 95 (C.C.P.A. 1982) [MMLJ 599-603]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 602]
• In re Garan, Inc., 3 U.S.P.Q.2d 1537 (TTAB 1987) [MMLJ 604-05]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 605-07]

4. Trade Dress

• Note on Trade Dress and Product Configuration [MMLJ 542]
• 15 U.S.C. sec. 1125

C. Establishing Protection (Nov. 13)

1. Priority

• Note on Priority [MMLJ 543]
• Zazu Designs v. L'Oreal, S.A., 979 F.2d 499 (CA7 1992) [MMLJ 543-50]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 550-53]
• Note on Geographic Limitations on Trademark Use [MMLJ 555-56]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 557-58]
• Note on Priority and Trademark Theory [MMLJ 558-62]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 562]

2. Distinctiveness

• Note on Classification of Marks [MMLJ 563-64]
• Zatarain's, Inc. v. Oak Grove Smokehouse, Inc., 698 F.2d 786 (CA5 1983) [MMLJ 564-74]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 574-77]
• Note on Secondary Meaning in the Making [MMLJ 577-79]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 579-80]
• Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc., 112 S.Ct. 2753 (1992) [MMLJ 581-86]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 586-87]
• Restatement (Third) of Unfair Competition sec. 16 [MMLJ 591-92]

3. Procedures in Establishing Protection

• Note on Opposition [MMLJ 607-08]
• Note on Cancellation [MMLJ 608]
• Note on Concurrent Registration [MMLJ 609-10]
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park and Fly, Inc., 460 U.S. 189 (1985) [MMLJ 610-20]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 620-22]

D. Losing Protection (Nov. 18)

1. Abandonment

• Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. Sed Non Olet Denarius, Ltd., 817 F.Supp. 1103 (S.D.N.Y. 1993) [MMLJ 685-91]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 691-92]

2. Impermissible Licenses and Assignments

• Dawn Donut Co. v. Hart's Food Stores, 267 F.2d 358 (2d Cir. 1959) [MMLJ 693-97]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 697-98]
• Note on Assignments in Gross [MMLJ 698-700]

3. Genericity

• The Murphy Door Bed Co., Inc. v. Interior Sleep Systems, Inc., 874 F.2d 95 (CA2 1989) [MMLJ 700-03]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 703-08]
• Note on Genericide [MMLJ 708-11]

E. What Rights are Encompassed by Ownership? (Nov. 19-20)

1. Infringement through Consumer Confusion

• AMF Incorporated v. Sleekcraft Boats, 599 F.2d 341 (CA9 1979) [MMLJ 633-40]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 640-42]
• Note on Other Types of Confusion [MMLJ 642-43]

2. Dilution

• Note on Dilution [MMLJ 644-45]
• 15 U.S.C. sec.1125(c) [MMLJ 646]
• H.R.Rep. 104-374 (1995) [MMLJ 647-48]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 648-49]
• Mead Data Central v. Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., 875 F.2d 1026 (2d Cir. 1989) [MMLJ 649-55]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 655-57]

3. Contributory Infringement

• Note on Contributory Infringement [MMLJ 657-58]

4. False Advertising

• 15 U.S.C. sec.1125(a) [MMLJ 658]
• Johnson & Johnson v. Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., 960 F.2d 294 (CA2 1992) [MMLJ 659-66]
• Comments and Questions [MMLJ 666-69]

5. Fair Use

• The New Kids on the Block v. News America Publishing, Inc., 971 F.2d 302 (CA9 1992) [MMLJ 711-14]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 714]

6. Parody

• L.L. Bean, Inc. v. Drake Publishers, Inc., 811 F.2d 26 (CA1 1987) [MMLJ 714-18]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 718-21]

7. Remedies

• Note on Injunctions [MMLJ 722]
• Note on Damages [MMLJ 722-23]
• Note on the Trademark Counterfeiting Act [MMLJ 734-35]
• Intellectual Property Remedial Options

8. International Trademark Protection

• Note on the Failure of Internationalization [MMLJ 622-25]
• Note on Foreign Trademarks in the United States [MMLJ 625-26]
• Note on the Gray Market [MMLJ 626-28]

 

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Interlude: Intellectual Property Rights in Industrial Design

(Dec. 2-3)

Materials

• Notes on Design Patents [MMLJ 308-15]
• Avia Group International v. L.A. Gear California, 853 F.2d 1557 (Fed. Cir. 1988) [F 384-389]
• Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 881 (1954) [F 390-401]
• Carol Barnhart Inc. v. Economy Cover Corp., 773 F.2d 411 (2d Cir. 1985) [F 402-416]
• Note on Product Configuration [MMLJ 592-94]
• Ferrari S.P.A. Esercizio v. Roberts, 944 F.2d 1235 (6th Cir. 1991) [F 417-425]
• Comments and Questions on the Functionality Defense [MMLJ 677-81]
• Note on Policing Backdoor Patents [MMLJ 681-82]
• Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc. v. Duracraft Corp., 58 F.3d 1498 (CA10 1995) [MMLJ 682-83]
• Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Panduit Corp., 65 F.3d 654 (CA7 1995) [MMLJ 683-84]

Another Perspective from History:

• Keith Aoki, "Contradiction and Context in American Copyright Law," 9 Cardozo Arts & Entertaiment Law Journal 303, 357-83 (1991) [F 426-435]

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Part IV: Ancillary (State) Regimes

A. Misappropriation (Dec. 4)

• International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U.S. 215 (1915) [MMLJ 738-49]
• Comments and Questions [MMLJ 749-52]
• Douglas Baird, "Common Law Intellectual Property and the Legacy of International News Service v. Associated Press," 50 U. Chi. L. Rev. 411 (1983) [F 436-450]
• National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., 1997 U.S. App. Lexis 1527 (1997) [F 451-463]

B. Trade Secrets (Dec. 9)

• Notes on History and Scope of Trade-Secret Protection [MMLJ 29-32]
• Uniform Trade Secrets Act [MMLJ 32-33, 108-09]
• Notes on Theory of Trade Secrets [MMLJ 34-36]
• Metallurgical Industries, Inc. v. Fourtek, Inc., 790 F.2d 1195 (CA5 1986) [MMLJ 36-41]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 41-45]
• Rockwell Graphics Systems, Inc. v. DEV Industries, Inc. 925 F.2d 174 (CA7 1991) [MMLJ 47-52]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 53-56]
• Note on Fencing Costs [MMLJ 56-59]
• E.I. Dupont deNemours & Co. v. Christopher, 431 F.2d 1012 (5th Cir. 1970) [MMLJ 63-66]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 67-68]
• Intellectual Property Remedial Options

Personality Theory Revisited:

• Lynn Sharp Paine, "Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property," 20 Philosophy & Public Affairs 247 (1991) [F 464-471]

C. Right of Publicity (Dec. 10)

• White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 989 F.2d 1512 (CA9 1993) [MMLJ 777-85]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 785-87]
• Cardtoons, L.C. v. Major League Baseball Association, 95 F.3d 959 (CA10 1996) [F 472-484]

Social-Planning Theory Revisited:

• Michael Madow, "Private Ownership of Public Image: Popular Culture and Publicity Rights," 81 Calif. L. Rev. 127, 127-47 (1993) [F 485-496]

D. Preemption (Dec. 11)

• Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc., 489 U.S. 141 (1989) [F 497-507]
  • Comments and Questions [MMLJ 799-802]
• Note on Electing Trade Secrets or Patents [MMLJ 802-03]
• National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., 1997 U.S. App. Lexis 1527 (1997) (review) [F 451-63]
• Notes on Trademark Preemption [MMLJ 825-28]

Class Presentations

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Last modified September 3, 1998

Terry Fisher (tfisher@law.harvard.edu)