International Intellectual Property Law
Assignments for each class are listed below, subject to change as the course progresses. The cases and other texts listed in the “Primary Materials” column are the materials on which we will primarily focus in class discussions, but we may address any of the readings in each assignment. On the final exam you will be responsible for all of the reading assignments. The Notes & Questions that are listed in the “Reading Assignments” column (indicated with an asterisk) are the ones you should be sure to read; other Notes & Questions material in the readings is optional. Therefore, e.g., the assignment for Class 1 includes pages 25-41 of the casebook, including notes 1 and 4-7 on pages 25-28, but excluding the Notes on pages 34 and 41.
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Topics |
Primary Materials |
Reading Assignments |
Handouts and Slides |
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Class 1 Monday, Aug. 27 |
Part I. Overview and Introduction Chapter 1. Overview and Introduction Overview Introductory Themes Territoriality of IP Rights Part II. Principles of International Protection Chapter 2. International Law and Institutions The nature and sources of international law |
· Koumantos, Reflections on the Concept of Intellectual Property (1998) ·
McCarthy, Intellectual Property— · Dinwoodie, The Integration of Domestic and International Intellectual Property Lawmaking (1999) ·
Gana, Has Creativity
Died in the · Computer Associates Int’l, Inc. v. Altai, Inc. (2d Cir. 1997) · Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law § 102 ·
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CB 1-19 *CB 25-28 (Notes 1, 4-7) CB 28-41 |
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Class 2 Wednesday, Aug. 29 |
Leading international institutions and actors Treaties under Relationship between international and National treatment; most-favored-nation treatment |
· WIPO, WTO, and EU ·
S. Rep. 103-53, Treaties and Other
International Agreements: The Role of
the · Eldred v. Ashcroft (2003) · European Communities—Protection of Trademarks and Geographical Indications (WTO Panel 2005) |
CB 41-52 (stop before part [6]) CB 57-62 (stop before Executive Agreements) *CB 77-79 (Notes 3-4) Supp. 1-4 (Eldred v. Ashcroft) CB 79-80 CB 827-29 EC—Protection of Trademarks and Geographical Indications (handout) |
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Class 3 Wednesday, Sept. 5 |
Continued Trademark and unfair competition law Territoriality |
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· Mother’s Restaurants Inc. v. Mother’s Other Kitchen, Inc. (TTAB 1983) ·
Vaudable v. Montmartre, Inc. (NY Sup. · Person’s Co., Ltd. v. Christman (Fed. Cir. 1990) · Buti v. Impressa Perosa, S.R.L. (2d Cir. 1998) |
*CB 86-87 (Note 1) CB 89-102 *CB 108-11 (Notes 3-6, 11-12) |
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Class 4 Monday, Sept. 10 |
Continued |
· International Bancorp LLC v. Societe des Bains de Mer (4th Cir. 2003) · Grupo Gigante v. Dallo & Co. (9th Cir. 2004) · ITC Ltd. v. Punchgini, Inc. (2d Cir. 2007) |
Supp. 27-57 (through carryover paragraph at the top of p. 57) (here’s a shorter version) ITC Ltd. v. Punchgini, Inc. (handout) |
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Class 5 Wednesday, Sept. 12 |
The trademark lawmaking dynamic Overview of international trademark agreements Introduction to the Implementation in national law |
· Denicola, Some Thoughts on the Dynamics of Federal Trademark Legislation and the Trademark Dilution Act (1996) ·
Leaffer, Protecting · Freeman, Reshaping Protection in Today’s Global Village (1995) · Schmidt-Szalewski, The International Protection of Trademarks After the TRIPS Agreement (1998) · Vanity Fair Mills v. T. Eaton Co. (2d Cir. 1956) · General Motors Corp. v. Ignacio Lopez (E.D. Mich. 1996) · Grupo Gigante v. Dallo & Co. (9th Cir. 2004) |
CB 133-53 *CB 154 - 58 (Notes 1, 4-6) CB 71-76 Supp. 53-54 |
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Class 6 Monday, Sept. 17 |
Mechanisms facilitating multinational rights |
· Lanham Act, § 44 · SCM Corporation v. Langis Foods Ltd. (D.C. Cir. 1976) · Crocker Nat’l Bank v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TTAB 1984) · Linville v. Rinard (TTAB 1993) |
CB 160-83 *CB 183-85 (Notes 1, 4, 6, 7) |
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Class 7 Wednesday, Sept. 19 |
The requirement to
register a foreign trademark “as is” |
· In re Rath (Fed. Cir. 2005) ·
United States—Section 211 Omnibus Act (“ |
Supp. 60-71 Supp. 5-7 Supp. 71-81 *Supp. 81-82 (Notes 1-4) |
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Class 8 Monday, Sept. 24 |
Substantive minima in the Paris Convention: well-known marks |
· Mostert, Well-Known and Famous Marks (1996) · TRIPS, Art. 16 · Heald, Trademarks and Geographical Indications (1996) · WIPO Resolution Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Well-Known Marks (1999) · Hypothetical -- Protection of well-known marks (handout) |
CB 187-91 *CB 192 (Note 3) CB 194-96 *CB 197-98 (Notes 2-4) CB 200 (H.R. Rep. only) CB 201-03 *CB 204 (Note 3) CB 205-11 *CB 211-12 (Note 2) Supp. 83 (Note 3) |
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Class 9 Wednesday, Sept. 26 |
TRIPS on trademarks |
· Heald, Trademarks and Geographical Indications (1996) ·
United States—Section 211 Omnibus Act (“ · Hypotheticals on trademarks under TRIPS (handout) |
CB 212-16 Supp. 83-93 (stop before section IX of opinion) *Supp. 96-97 (Notes 1 & 2) *CB 216-20 (Notes 1, 2, 4, & 8) |
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Class 10 Monday, Oct. 1 |
Trademarks in the European Union |
· Jaffey, The New European Trade Marks Regime (1997) · Trademark Directive, Arts. 2-3 ·
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Ide Line Aktiebolag v. Philips |
CB 220-23 CB 226-44 (stop after Ide Line) |
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Class 11 Wednesday, Oct. 3 |
Geographical indications |
· Conrad, The Protection of Geographical Indications in the TRIPS Agreement (1996) · Hypotheticals on geographical indications (handout) |
CB 315-32 *CB 332-36 (Notes 1, 2, 4, and 9) |
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Class 12 Monday, Oct. 8 |
Industrial designs Patents: the right of priority |
· Kur, TRIPS and Design Protection (1996) · Application of Hans Hilmer (1966) · Reichman, Universal Minimum Standards of Intellectual Property Protection under TRIPS (1995) · TRIPS Arts. 27-33 ·
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CB 348-55 *CB 356 (Notes 1 & 3) CB 387-98 CB 425-31 |
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Class 13 Wednesday, Oct. 10 |
TRIPS on patents |
· Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2001) ·
Decision of the General Council on
Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the · Consumers International, Statement to TRIPS Council on Access to Medicine (2005) · Decision of the Council of TRIPS, Extension of the Transition Period Under Article 66.1 for Least-Developed Country Members (2005)
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· The Doha Declaration FAQ's (handout) |
*CB 434-36 (Notes 4, 6-7) Supp. 157-75 (the Protocol at pp. 166-71 repeats the provisions of the Decision at pp. 160-64, so you only need to glance at the Protocol) CB 437-70 (you can skip CB 439-58, which summarizes the arguments of the parties) |
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Class 14 Monday, Oct. 15 |
Chapter 4. Copyright and Related Rights Introduction to international copyright protection and the Berne Convention |
· Perlmutter, Future Directions in International Copyright (1998) ·
Ricketson, The Birth
of the ·
Ringer, The Role of the ·
· WIPO, Intellectual Property Reading Material (1998) · The Berne Convention FAQ's (handout) |
CB 513-48 |
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Class 15 Wednesday, Oct. 17 |
NAFTA and TRIPS |
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Gendreau, Copyright
Harmonization in the European Union and in · Geuze & Wager, WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating to the TRIPS Agreement (1999) ·
Exchange of letters between |
CB 561-75 |
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Class 16 Monday, Oct. 22 |
TRIPS status of exceptions and limitations in national law |
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United States—Section 110(5) of the |
CB 575-619 *CB 619-20 (Notes 1-2) |
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Class 17 Wednesday, Oct. 24 |
Treatment of foreigners: National treatment Connecting factors |
· Stewart, International Copyright and Neighboring Rights (1989) ·
Karnell, The · Stewart, supra ·
Hypotheticals on |
CB 622-27 (you only have to read sections (c)(1), (e)(1) & (e)(2)) CB 628-30 *CB 630-32 (Notes 1, 3, & 5) CB 636-40 |
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Class 18 Monday, Oct. 29 |
Copyright harmonization in the EU Digital copyright issues |
· Caviedes, International Copyright Law: Should the European Union Dictate Its Development (1998)? · Ginsburg, The Role of National Copyright in an Era of International Copyright Norms (1999) · WIPO Primer on Intellectual Property and E-Commerce (2000) ·
Samuelson, The · A bunch of Directives and treaties: o EC Software Directive o Software Directive o Rental Rights Directive o Term Directive o Database Directive o Info Society Directive o E-Commerce Directive o WIPO Internet Treaties |
CB 705-14 *CB 715-16 (Notes 1 &
2) CB 722-34 *CB 735-36 (Notes 1 &
7) |
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Class 19 Wednesday, Oct. 31 |
Implementation of treaty provisions on circumvention Electronic copyright management systems Remaining role of national law |
· Technological Adjuncts to Copyright, Statement of Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Before the House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (1997) o 17 U.S.C. § 1201 o Info Society |