syllabus

Class 1 (1/22):  The Purposes of Copyright Law

• Casebook 3-33

• Problem Set 1

Class 2 (1/23):  Fixation and Originality

• Casebook 45-72

Class 3 (1/29):  The Idea/Expression Dichotomy

• Casebook 72-90

Class 4 (1/30):  Derivative Works and Compilations

• Casebook 90-110

Class 5 (2/5):  Authorship

• Casebook 110-38

Class 6 (2/6):  Formalities and Duration

• Casebook 139-69

Class 7 (2/12):  Renewals and Terminations of Transfers

• Handout 1

• Casebook 169-82

Class 8 (2/13):  Mechanics of Transfers

• Casebook 182-207

Class 9 (2/19):  Useful Articles

• Casebook 209-35

Class 10 (2/20):  Guest Lecture 1

Prof. Yee Fen Lim

National University of Singapore

"Copyright Issues in Virtual Worlds"

Classes 11-12 (2/22-23):  Intellectual Property Law Roundtable

You are required to attend two sessions of the Roundtable. Program will be distributed in class.

Class 13 (2/26):  Computer Software

• Casebook 235-69

Class 14 (2/27):  Architectural Works and Characters

• Casebook 269-90

Class 15 (3/4):  Databases

• Casebook 290-310

Class 16 (3/5):  The Elements of Infringement and the Reproduction Right

• Casebook 313-59

Class 17 (3/11):  The Reproduction Right (Cont'd) and the Distribution Right

• Casebook 359-84

Note: There will be no classes on 3/18-19 (Spring Break).

Class 18 (3/12):  Derivative Works

• Casebook 385-414

• Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (2000)

Note: Class on 3/25 was cancelled, and there will be no class on 3/26 (Class Moved to 5/2).

Class 19 (4/1):  Public Performance and Public Display

• Casebook 426-43

Class 20 (4/2):  The Case of the Music Industry

• Casebook 443-72

• The Escalating Copyright Wars (Read Part I only)

• P2P and the Future of Private Copying (Read Parts I and II only)

Class 21 (4/8):  Contract Drafting

• Draft Contract

Class 22 (4/9):  Copyright Infringement

• Casebook 473-523

Note: There will be no classes on 4/15-16 (Classes Moved to 2/22-23).

Class 23 (4/22):  Guest Lecture 2

The Hon. Ralph Oman

Register of Copyrights (1985-1993)

"The Role of the Copyright Office"

Class 24 (4/23):  Fair Use

• Casebook 525-48, 561-72, 591-97

Class 25 (4/29):  Technological Protections

• Casebook 603-47

• Anticircumvention and Anti-anticircumvention (Read Part III only)

Class 26 (4/30):  Preemption and Remedies

• Casebook 649-76

• 17 U.S.C. §§ 502-505 (2004) (remedies)

Class 27 (5/4):  Review Session

The review session will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the same classroom.