Law 827: Intellectual Property Workshop

Jessica Litman & Margaret Jane Radin
Winter 2012
Thursdays, 4:00 pm — 6:00 pp.m.

Course Description

This Workshop will feature presentations from scholars conducting research on intellectual property law and related topics. Students will prepare for these sessions by reading the papers and writing and submitting short critiques. The Workshop will also be open to the public. Faculty, students and staff from the law school and other University departments, and faculty from other universities in the area may attend particular sessions.

In addition to the nine papers, we have adopted a textbook for background reading. That textbook is Lydia Loren & Joseph Miller, Intellectual Property Law: Cases and Materials (Version 2.2, 2011), available for paid download at http://semaphorepress.com/. Please download the Casebook and read the initial assignment before the first class session on January 12.

Schedule

January 12: First class

January 19: Introduction to Patent Law

January 26: Introduction to Copyright and Trademark Law

February 3: Kara Swanson, Northeastern

February 9: Heidi Bond, University of Seattle

February 16: Howard Abrams, University of Detroit

February 23: Jane Winn, University of Washington

March 8: Bob Brauneis, George Washington University

March 15: Jay Thomas, Georgetown

March 22: James Grimmelmann, New York Law School

March 29: Lynda Oswald, University of Michigan

April 5: Arti Rai, Duke

April 12: Final Class

 

Past Intellectual Property Workshops

A list of past speakers is here.