syllabus
Reading
Assignments
Note: There will be no class on 8/26 (Class Rescheduled to 9/2728). The first class will start on 8/28.
Class 1
(8/28): Fixation and
Originality
Note:
There will be no class on 9/2 (Labor Day).
Class 2
(9/4): Fixation and Originality (Contd); The Idea/Expression
Dichotomy
Class 3
(9/9): Derivative Works and
Compilations
Note:
There will be no class on 9/11 (Class Rescheduled to 9/27-28).
Class 4
(9/16): Communication to the Public by Performance
Guest
Speakers: Dr. Cheryl Foong and Prof. Glynn Lunney
Class 5
(9/18):
Authorship
Class 6
(9/23): Useful
Articles
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Casebook
17792
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Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1002 (2017)
(Read the Majority Opinion
Only)
Class 7
(9/25): Computer
Software
Classes
8-9 (9/27-28): 5th Annual Texas A&M Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable
You are required to attend 2 sessions of the event at your preferred time as part of the make-up sessions.
Class
10 (9/30): Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
Guest
Speaker: Prof. Doris Estelle Long, John Marshall Law School,
Chicago
Class
11 (10/2): The Reproduction
Right
Class
12 (10/7): The Reproduction Right (Contd) and the Derivative Work
Right
Class
13 (10/9): The Distribution
Right and the Public Display Right
Note:
There will be no classes on 10/14 and 10/16 (Fall Break).
Class
14 (10/21): Moral
Rights and Copyright in Musical Works and Sound
Recordings
Class
15 (10/23): The Role of the U.S. Copyright Office
Guest
Speaker: Ralph Oman, U.S. Register of Copyrights
(19851993)
Class
16 (10/28): Copyright
Infringement
Class
17 (10/30): Device Manufacturers and Liability for
Inducement
Class
18 (11/4): Fair
Use
Class 19
(11/6): Fair Use
(Contd)
Class
20 (11/11): Formalities and
Duration
Class
21 (11/13): Renewals and Terminations of
Transfers
Class
22 (11/18): Modes of
Transfer
Class
23 (11/20): Technological
Protections
Class
24 (11/25): Statutory Overview and Review Session
Syllabus
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(Fall 2017)
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(Fall 2016)
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(Fall 2015)
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