Professor Karjala

Course Syllabus

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U.S. Materials

United States Copyright Act

17 U.S.C. §§ 101-122
17 U.S.C. §§ 201-205
17 U.S.C. §§ 301-305
17 U.S.C. §§ 401-412
17 U.S.C. §§ 501-513
17 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1010 (Digital Audio Recording Act)
17 U.S.C. §§ 1201-1205 (DMCA)

United States Patent Law (Title 35 USC)

United States Trademark Law (Title 15, USC, Ch. 22)

Pub. L 106-113, Title III (ACPA full text)

Economic Espionage Act of 1996

Uniform Trade Secrets Act (1985)

UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act)

International Treaties and Materials:

Berne:     Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Paris Act of July 24, 1971

List of Berne Member Countries

Madrid:  Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, April 14, 1891

Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

NAFTA:  North America Free Trade Agreement

Paris:      Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883

List of Paris Member Countries

PCT:       Patent Cooperation Treaty

Phonograms (Records, CDs, etc.):  Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, October 29, 1971

TRIPS:   Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Trade in Counterfeit Goods 

UCC:      Universal Copyright Convention

WIPO:   Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996)

WIPO Patent Law Treaty (2000)

WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996)

WIPO Trademark Law Treaty (1994)

WTO:     Agreement between the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization

Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization

WTO Website

 European Union Materials

Biotechnology Invention Directive: Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

Database Directive:  Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases

Institute for Information Law, The Database Right File (abstracting a large number of court decisions from all over Europe dealing with the sui generis database right)

Design Directive:  Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs

E.C. Regulation 40/94 on the Community trade mark 

E.C. Rental Rights directive, 92/100/EEC

E.C. Software Directive, 91/250/EEC (May 14, 1991)

E.C. Copyright Term Directive, 93/98/EEC (Oct. 29, 1993)

E.C. Trademark Directive, 89/104/EEC (Dec. 21, 1988)

EPC: Convention on the Grant of European Patents

           Protocol on jurisdiction and the recognition of decisions in respect of the right to the grant of a European Patent (Protocol on Recognition)

Parties to the European Patent Convention

Exams

Spring 2001 Final Exam Model Answer
Fall 2003 Final Exam Model Answer