Intellectual Property Law Fall 2008 University of Miami Law School Prof.

. Ben Depoorter Syllabus This course surveys the basic principles and policies of copyright law, patent law, trademark law, and trade secrets. We review the foundations and specific rules of copyright law, the substantive requirements for protection, the scope of protection, remedies for infringement, and copyright defenses. The law and theory of patent protection in the United States is explored, including the type of inventions eligible for patenting, the conditions for obtaining a patent, remedies for patent infringements and limitations on patent protection such as patent misuse and antitrust concerns. We also discuss the basic principles of trademark law, particularly the procedural and substantive aspects of obtaining trademark registrations in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Finally, a few sessions are devoted to the protection of confidential business information in trade secret law. The concepts of intellectual property law are related to recent policy issues, case law and scholarly insights. Current topics include technological developments affecting copyright, problems of enforcing copyright law, recent developments concerning digital piracy of music (including Grokster and other file-sharing cases), the litigation explosion in patent law, the expansion of patent rights to broad discoveries, the validity of business method patents, and the issue of trademark dilution. 1. Practical Information bdepoorter@law.miami.edu (305) 284-8574 Office G385 Faculty Assistant: Mrs. Linda Ziadie (lziadie@law.miami.edu): (305) 284-3996 Course web site: TWEN: http://lawschool.westlaw.com/ Materials: Robert Merges, Peter Menell and mark Lemley, Intellectual Property in the New Intellectual Age (4th, revised ed., 2007). 2. Overview + Readings Note: page numbers in brackets refer to the non-revised 4th edition of Merges Menell and Lemley, Intellectual Property in the New Intellectual Age (2006).

1. COPYRIGHT LAW SESSION 1: Introduction + Copyright Law Subject matter: Feist v. Rural SESSION 2: Theories of IPL + Right of Publicity: Midler v. Ford: 904-907 White v. Samsung: 908-915 Baker v. Selden: 412-415 SESSION 3: Copyright subject + derivative works + work for hire + joint works: Morrisey v. Proctor & Gamble (418) Brandir v. Cascade (423) Roth v. United Card Company (443) Aalmuhammed v. Lee (455) SESSION 4: Copyright Duration + Rights of Copyright Owners: pp. 465-510 (449-494) Arnstein v. Porter (476) Nichols v. Universal Steinberg v. Columbia Anderson v. Stallone SESSION 5: Copyright Defenses: pp. 522-569 (494-553) Harper & Row v. Nation Sony v. Universal American Geophysical v. Texaco Aimster (web reading) SESSION 6: Copyright Defenses: pp. 522-569 (494-553) + Indirect Copyright Liability + Digital Copyright: pp. 569-609 (553-593) Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Sony v. Universal MGM v. Grokster Kelly v. Arriba 2. TRADEMARK LAW: SESSION 1: Trademark Law theory + subject matter + establishment: pp. 633664 (617-648) Qualitex v. Jacobson Zatarain v. Oak Grove Smokehouse SESSION 2: Trademark Establishment + procedures: pp. 664-715 (649-699) Two Pesos v. Taco Cabana

Wal Mart v. Samara Brothers Zazu Designs v. LOreal In re Nantucket Park N Fly v. Dollar Park SESSION 3: Trademark Infringement: pp. 715-755 (699-736) 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU.com AMF v. Sleekcraft Boats Nabisco v. PF Brands SESSION 4: Defenses + remedies + functionality + abandonment + non-TM uses: pp. 798-851 (769-833) Murphy Door Bed Co. v. Interior Sleep Sytems TrafFix v. Marketing Displays MLB Properties v. Sed Non Olet Denarius SESSION 5: Defenses + remedies + functionality + abandonment + non-TM uses: pp. 798-851 (769-833) Dawn Donut v. Harts Food Stores Mattel v. MCA 3. PATENT LAW: SESSION 1: Patent Law introduction + theory + patentability I (use): pp. 117-159 (117-159) Diamond v. Chakrabarty Parke-Davis Brenner v. Manson In Re Fisher SESSION 2: Patentability II + writing requirements + non-obvious: pp. 159-196 (159-196) The Incandescent Lamp Patent Gentry Gallery v. Berkline Rosaire v. National In re Hall SESSION 3: Patent Requirements: pp. 196-250 (196-238) Egbert v. Lippmann

City of Elizabeth Griffith v. Kanamaru SESSION 4: Patent Requirements: pp. 196-250 (196-238) Graham v. John Deere KSR v. Teleflex In re Vaeck SESSION 5: Patent Infringement + Defences: pp. 250-348 (239-335) Phillips v. AWH Larami v. Amron Motion Picture Patents Company v. Universal SESSION 6. Patent Law Remedies + Design patents: pp. 348-381 (335-356; 356-362) eBay v.MercExcchange Knorr v. Dana 4. TRADE SECRET: SESSION 1: Overview Rockwell v. DEV DuPont v. Rolfe Kadant v. Seeley Wexler v. Greenberg 5. STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: SESSION 1: Idea Submission + Federal Preemption Nadel v. Play-by-Play Toys Densy v. Wilder ProCD v. Zeidenberg 6. REVIEW SESSION + EXAM Q & A

3. Class Participation For each class there are a number of required readings. The readings will be covered in class and discussed. I will call upon students to answer questions and to provide summaries of the articles. Students are on call for the cases as assigned for that day (see overview in point 2 above). 4. Exam: The evaluation of this course consists of two parts: class discussions and a final examination. Your final grade will be determined primarily by your performance on the final examination but students are able to increase the final grade for the course by participating in class discussion. The examination is based on the casebook and the contents of the class lectures and discussions. Students are responsible for the entire content of all of the assigned pages above. The exam will test your familiarity with the concepts and theories of intellectual property law. There will be a few questions on definitions and concepts (multiple choice) but the primary focus of the final will be the application of the theories and concepts of intellectual property to practical circumstances, mainly involving legal disputes and IPL conflicts. Questions on the final exam will emphasize the issues discussed in class. The exam is closed book. The following pages are excluded from the class materials and will not appear on the final (even if discussed in class): 1. Copyright Law: Excluded materials: Fixation in a Tangible Medium, pp. 402-410(386-395) c. Government Works, pp. 431-435(415-420) a. Works made for hire, pp. 447-454 (431-438) 3. Division, transfer, ,, pp. 469-471 (453-458) 3. International , pp. 606-616(593-609)

2. Trademark Law: Excluded materials:

Trademark Office Procedures, pp. 695-696 and 706-707 (679-682 and 690692) 4. Incontestability, pp. 709-715 (693-699) 1. Requirement of Trademark Use pp. 715-724 (699-708) Confusion as to Source, Confusion as to Sponsorship, pp. 732-733 (716-717) 4. Extension by Contract: franchising, pp. 755-758 (736-740) 5. Domain Names & CSQ, pp. 759-787 (741-759) 6. Contributory Infringement & False Advertising, pp. 777-787 (759-769) a. Unsupervised Licenses & b. The Rule against Assignm in Gross, pp. 816820 (798-803) F. International Issues & G. Remedies, pp. 833-ff (815-833)

3. Patent Law: Excluded materials: Note on Patenting Abstract Ideas, pp.139-140 (139-140) b. Disclosure Doctrines, pp. 163-184 (164-185) b. Prosecution History Estoppel, pp. 279-290 (268-289) Equivalents for Means-Plus, pp. 308-310 (296-299) Contributory Infringement, pp. 311-316 (300-303) Foreign Infringements, pp. 316-320 (303-308) Inequitable Conduct, pp. 325-331(313-318) International Patent Law, pp. 343-347(330-335) Lost Profits Damages, pp. 361-364 (347-350) Willful Infringement, pp. 364-370 (350-356)

4. Trade Secret & Federal IPL Assigned materials consist exclusively of class notes, slides and cases discussed in class. No other readings will be assigned on these topics.