Weeks 9 - 13 (classes 17 - 26) Patent Law
Class 17: 117 - 44, 152 - 59 (Problem 3-4 should be on
page 159; there is no need to prepare problems 3-5 and
3-6 which are associated with material that I am not
assigning)
Class 18: 159 - 70, 174 - 80, 183 - 92 (Do not prepare
problem 3-7 which is associated with material that I am
not assigning)
Class 19: Read summary of Texas Digital Systems, Inc. v.
Telegenix, Inc. Prepare problem 3-8 (page 195) and
read pages 207 - 24, 229 - 35, 236 - 39
Class 20: 239 - 63
Class 21: 263 - 92 and Problem 3-9 (pages 201-203) but
NOT Problem 3-11; see also After Festo, a note on the later
history of the Festo case.
Class 22: 293 - 308
Class 23: 318 - 30; Patent and Trademark
Reauthorization Act of 2002
Class 24: 1043 - 69
Class 25: 1069 - 81
Supplemental resource: Presentations on "Legal
Perspectives" at the Boston University Law School
Conference on Software Patents, Fall 2006, at
www.researchoninnovation.org/swconf/program.htm.
Revised - Class 26: 1081 - 95,
848-64 (on software licensing), Optional: Read Patent Litigation Target of
Reform Bill Review
Week 14 (classes 27 - 28) Intellectual Property and
Competition Policy
Revised - Class 27: 1097 -
1110, 1134 - 42
Revised - Class 28: 1181 - 90,
Review