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SES #	TOPICS	READINGS


1	Subject Overview; Introduction to American Law and Intellectual Property


2	Introduction to American Law and Intellectual Property (continued)	Field, Thomas G., Jr. "Intellectual Property: Some Practical and Legal Fundamentals." 35 Idea--The Journal of Law and Technology 79 (1994).


3	Patents: The Statutory Framework; Patentable Subject Matter; Statutory Bars; Rights of the Patent Holder; Infringement	Title 35 of the U.S. Code (the Patent Act of 1952), sections 100, 101, 102, 103(a), 112, 154, and 271(a). (PDF)


4	Non-Obviousness	Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City, 383 U.S. 1 (1966). (PDF)


5	Novelty	Structural Rubber Products v. Park Rubber, 749 F.2d 707 (Fed. Cir. 1984). (PDF - 1.8 MB)


6	Patent Protection for Software, Algorithms, and Business Methods	Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63 (1972). (PDF) State Street Bank and Trust v. Signature Financial Group, 149 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998). (PDF - 2.2 MB)


7	The Patent Application; Scope of Claims; Sample Issued Patent	37 Code of Federal Regulations §§ 1.71-1.77 (Patent Specification). (PDF) O'Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62 (1853). (PDF) Kretchman, Len C., and David Geske. "Sealed Crustless Sandwich." U.S. Patent No. 6,004,596 (21 December 1999). (PDF)


8	Copyrights: The Statutory Framework; Copyrightable Subject Matter; Comparison with Patents; Fair Use	Title 17 of the U.S. Code (Copyright Act of 1976), sections 102, 103, 106, 106A, and 113(d)(1), then sections 107, and 506. (PDF) Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1897). (PDF)


9	Merger and Scènes-à-faire; Substantial Similarity	Morrissey v. Proctor and Gamble, 379 F.2d 675 (1st Cir. 1967). (PDF) Selle v. Gibb, 741 F.2d 896 (7th Cir. 1984). (PDF - 2.2 MB)


10	Copyright in the Context of New Information Technologies	17 U.S.C. section 1201, created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(2) through 1201(c), and (f) through (g)(3). (PDF)


11	Trademarks and Service Marks; Conflicts with Domain Names	King-Seeley Thermos v. Aladdin Industries, 321 F.2d 577 (2d Cir. 1963). (PDF) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney, 263 F.3d 359 (4th Cir. 2001). (PDF - 1.8 MB)


12	Trade Secrets; License Agreements	Wexler v. Greenberg, 399 Pa. 569, 160 A.2d 430 (1960) Spinello, Richard. "Whose Program is this?" In Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics. Upper Saddle River, Conn.: Prentice Hall, 1997, pp. 132-135.

Additional Cases (Assigned as Student Presentations)

Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175 (1981).

In re Grams, 888 F.2d 835 (Fed. Cir. 1989).

Arrythmia v. Corazonics, 958 F.2d 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1992).

In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526 (Fed.Cir. 1994).

Amazon.com, Inc. v. Barnsandnoble.com, Inc., 239 F.3d 1343 (Fed.Cir. 2001).

Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service, 499 U.S. 340 1991.

Lotus Development v. Borland International, 516 U.S. 233 (1996), affirming, per curiam (4-4), Lotus v. Borland, 49 F.3d 807 (1st Cir. 1995).

Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, 99 F.3d 1381 (6th Cir. 1996).

Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes. 111 F.Supp.2d 294 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 17, 2000).

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001).

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