CLASS UPDATES

• 11/28/11: I am posting selected answers to student questions leading up to the exam.
• 11/27/11: We have scheduled two review sessions during final exams:
  • Saturday, December 3rd, 1pm: Traditional Q&A session. Please send questions in advance.
  • Sunday, December 4th, 1pm: Review of 2008 IP Exam (with limited time for Q&A).
• 11/14/11: Because we are a little behind, I am revising the next two upcoming assignments. Here is a complete list of the remaining assignments this term:
  • Class 24, Wed, November 16: 900-10 and 622-33.
  • Class 25, Mon, November 28: Read/Listen to all of the following:
    • Casebook 929-40
    • LISTEN to Episode #441, "When Patents Attack!" of the radio show This American Life. The easiest way to listen is to use a computer and web browser pointed to http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack
    • Excerpt from Righthaven v. Wolf, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2011 WL 4469956 (D. Colo., Sept. 27, 2011)
  • Class 26, Wednesday, November 16: As on syllabus: 377-87; 390-93; 722-32.
• 11/12/11: For class 23, Monday, November 14, 2011, do NOT read the pages on trademark functionality (900-10). The complete assignment is: 463-73 (including problems 4-6 through 4-9). You must also review the material assigned last time that we didn't reach in class.
• 11/9/11: Posted final exams and grading rubrics from past years.
• 10/10/11: For class 15, Wednesday, October 12, 2011, read the assignment listed in the syllabus, but do NOT read pages 577-81. These pages will not be made up, and you're not responsible for them.
• 9/20/11: For class 11, Wednesday, September 28, 2011, the assignment has changed. The new assignment is: 300-05; 322-25.
• 9/13/11: For class 8, Monday, September 19, 2011, in addition to the pages assigned in the syllabus, read this handout with materials relating to the just-enacted patent reform bill, the America Invents Act: (Word) (PDF)
• 9/11/11: For class 7, Wednesday, September 14, 2011, the assignment has changed. Please read pages 166-71; 177-85; and these excerpts from the Supreme Court opinions (majority and dissents) in Bilski v. Kappos.
• 8/20/11: Posted website and syllabus.

Course Syllabus

• Download the course syllabus in pdf and MS Word formats.

Class Mind Maps

Here are copies of the Mind Maps developed in class:

Class Twenty-Six: November 30 (MM) (PDF)
Class Twenty-Five: November 28 (MM) (PDF)
Class Twenty-Four: November 16 (MM) (PDF)
Class Twenty-Three: November 14 (MM) (PDF)
Class Twenty-Two: November 9 (MM) (PDF)
Class Twenty-One: November 7 (MM) (PDF)
Class Twenty: November 2 (MM) (PDF)
Class Nineteen: October 31, Boulder Restaurant Name Trademark Distinctiveness Game (MM) (PDF)
Class Nineteen: October 31 (MM) (PDF)
Class Eighteen: October 26 (MM) (PDF)
Class Seventeen: October 24 (MM) (PDF)
Class Sixteen: October 19 (MM) (PDF)
Class Fifteen: October 12 (MM) (PDF)
Class Fourteen: October 10 (MM) (PDF)
Class Thirteen: October 5 (MM) (PDF)
Class Twelve: October 3 (MM) (PDF)
Class Eleven: September 28 (MM) (PDF)
Class Ten: September 26 (MM) (PDF)
Class Nine: September 21 (MM) (PDF)
Class Eight: September 19 MS Word Redline of changes made to section 102 in America Invents Act as (PDF) and (MS Word)
Class Eight: September 19 (MM) (PDF)
Class Seven: September 14 (MM) (PDF)
Class Six: September 12 (MM) (PDF)
Class Five: September 7 (MM) (PDF)
Class Four: August 31 (MM) (PDF)
Class Three: August 29 (MM) (PDF)
Class Two: August 24, Course Themes Matching Game (MM) (PDF)
Class Two: August 24 (MM) (PDF)
Class One: August 22 (MM) (PDF)

Other Class Materials

Past Final Exams
• Intro to IP - Fall 2010
• Final exam from Fall 2010.
• Grading rubric from Fall 2010.
• Intro to IP - Fall 2008
• Note: We will be discussing this exam at the second review session, date TBA. To help you get the most of this session, you may want to save this exam for last by not looking at it until you have finished your outline.
• Final exam from Fall 2008.
• Grading rubric from Fall 2008.
• Intro to IP - Fall 2007
• Final exam from Fall 2007.
• Grading rubric from Fall 2007.
• Intro to IP - Fall 2006
• Final exam from Fall 2006.
• Grading rubric from Fall 2006.
• Intro to IP - Spring 2006
• Final exam from Spring 2006.
• Grading rubric from Spring 2006.
• A model student answer (published with permission)

You may also find useful past exams I have given in the dedicated Copyright course. Understand, however, that we cover many topics in Copyright that we do not cover in this course. Don't be confused when you look in the exams and sample answers by issues/terms we haven't seen this semester.

• Copyright - Spring 2010
• Final exam from Spring 2010.
• Grading rubric from Spring 2010.
• Copyright - Spring 2008
• Final exam from Spring 2008.
• Grading rubric from Spring 2008.
• Copyright - Spring 2007
• This is the exam I gave in this course the first time I taught it. This was a very difficult exam, so don't lose heart by the amount of material presented.
• Final exam from Spring 2007.
• Grading rubric from Spring 2007.

Other Links

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