This course will explore copyright law in depth.
This course is structured for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual-property law and would like to explore the subject further.
This course will examine trademark law and the law of unfair competition in the United States and in other countries.
This course is intended for students who are already familiar with the main contours of intellectual-property law and would like to explore the subject further.
This course will explore copyright law in depth. Approximately two thirds of the class time and readings will be devoted to the American copyright system; the remainder will be devoted to the major relevant multilateral treaties and to the laws pertaining to copyright and "neighboring rights" in other countries.
This seminar explores frontiers question involving the Internet. Anticipated issues involve innovation, copyright, new uses of the wiki form, prediction markets, democratic polarization, and collective intelligence. Students will be expected to participate actively in innovative course design, and we might attempt to involve numerous people all over the world in the course through the Internet.