Intellectual Property
Theory
Syllabus Fall 2013
The textbook is Foundations
of Intellectual Property by Robert Merges and Jane
Ginsburg. Other readings are available online and may also be in
our library.
Class grades will be based on papers and class participation.
8/20: D. Friedman, Law's
Order , Chapters 10
and 11
8/27: Foundations of
Intellectual Property : Chapter I: I,
8/29: Foundations of Intellectual
Property : Chapter I: II, Against Intellectual Monopoly :
Chapter 1
9/3: Foundations of Intellectual
Property : Chapter I: III A, B
9/10: D. Friedman, "The
World According to Coase " (aka "The Swedes Get It Right")
9/17: Foundations
of Intellectual Property : Chapter I: III C, D
9/19: Against Intellectual Monopoly :
Chapters 3 and 4
9/24: Foundations of Intellectual
Property : Chapter II: I
9/26: Foundations
of Intellectual Property : Chapter II: II
10/1: Foundations of Intellectual
Property : Chapter II: III
10/8: Boldrin and Levine: Against Intellectual Monopoly :
Chapters 2,5
Rudyard
Kipling's take on U.S. Copyright Piracy.
10/10: Foundations
of Intellectual Property : Chapter III
10/12-15 fall recess
10/17: Drafts
of papers due
10/22: Foundations of Intellectual
Property : Chapter IV
10/24:
Balancing the Value of Incremental
Pharmaceutical Innovations In India
Accessing
Next-generation Therapeutics in the Developing World
10/29: 3D
Printing—Manufacturing Revolution or IP Nightmare?
Toothaker
3D-Printing
Figel
10/31:
Star
Trek Science Now Available Hsu
3D-Printing Tahiri
( A
Patent Theory of Medicine and Disease )(If
we have time)
11/5: More of A
Patent Theory of Medicine and Disease
The Right of
Publicity in Videogames (Moudy)
11/7: Vicarious
Gaming (Guenette)
For
Want of an IP Protection (McDaniel)
11/12: For
Want of an IP Protection (Continued)
IP
Theory in an Augmented Reality
Takings
of Copyright in the NIH's Public Access Policy
11/14:Continue Takings of
Copyright in the NIH's Public Access Policy
Closing
the Akimai II Loophole
Patent
Reform
11/19: Does the
Japanese Copyright Act Need Fair Use?
Nuancing
the Patent System
Is
Tattoo Design Protected by International IP Law?
11/21: America
Invents Act
Much Ado About
Shakespeare
11/26: Last Class
12/20: Final drafts of papers due
I can be reached at ddfr@daviddfriedman.com