syllabus

Class 1 (1/13):  The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

Readings: 

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  • Peter K. Yu, The Copyright Divide, 25 Cardozo L. Rev. 331 (2003)

  • Samuel Ricketson, The Birth of the Berne Union, 11 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 9 (1986)

  • House Report of the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, H.R. Rep. No. 609, 100th Cong. (1988)

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Sept. 9, 1886, revised at Paris July 24, 1971, 828 U.N.T.S. 221 Skim

Further Readings: 

(Note:  Further readings are provided for reference purposes and will not be discussed in class.)

• Sam Ricketson, The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1886-1986 (1987)

• J. Thomas McCarthy, Intellectual Property—America’s Overlooked Export, 20 U. Dayton L. Rev. 809 (1995)

• WIPO, Guide to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act 1971) (1978)

• Symposium, Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Berne Convention, 11 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 1 (1986)

• Symposium, Fundamentals of International Copyright: The Impact of Berne, 8 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1 (1989)

Note: There will be no class on 1/20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).

Class 2 (1/27):  The Protection of Moral Rights and Choice-of-Law Questions

Due:   Problem Set 1 

• Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Copyright and the Moral Right: Is an American Marriage Possible?, 38 Vand. L. Rev. 1 (Read Part II.B Only)

• Turner Entertainment Co. v. Huston, CA Versailles, civ. ch., December 19, 1994, translated in Ent. L. Rep., Mar. 1995, at 3

• Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 538 F.2d 14 (2d Cir. 1976)

• Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, 153 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1998)

Further Readings:

• Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Resale Right for the Benefit of the Author of an Original Work of Art, 2001 O.J. (forthcoming)

• Paul Goldstein, Copyright’s Highway: From Guttenberg to the Celestial Jukebox 165-96 (1994)

• Thomas F. Cotter, Pragmatism, Economics, and the Droit Moral, 76 N.C. L. Rev. 1 (1997)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, A Tale of Two Copyrights: Literary Property in Revolutionary France and America, 64 Tul. L. Rev. 991 (1990)

• Herman Cohen Jehoram, The Nature of Neighboring Rights of Performing Artists, Phonogram Producers and Broadcasting Organizations, 15 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 75 (1990)

• Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, “Author-Stories:” Narrative’s Implications for Moral Rights and Copyright’s Joint Authorship Doctrine, 75 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1 (2001)

• Neil Netanel, Alienability Restrictions and the Enhancement of Author Autonomy in United States and Continental Copyright Law, 12 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1 (1994)

• Geri J. Yonover, The Precarious Balance: Moral Rights, Parody, and Fair Use, 14 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 79 (1994)

• Peter K. Yu, Moral Rights 2.0, 1 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 873 (2014)

• Peter K. Yu, The Comparative Lessons of Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, in The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property in Central and Eastern Europe 110 (Mira T. Sundara Rajan ed., Cambridge University Press 2019)

Further Readings (Choice of Law):

• Eugen Ulmer, Intellectual Property Rights and the Conflict of Laws (1978)

• Graeme W. Austin, Domestic Laws and Foreign Rights: Choice of Law in Transnational Copyright Infringement Litigation, 23 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 1 (1999)

• Graeme W. Austin, Social Policy Choices and Choice of Law for Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace, 79 Or. L. Rev. 575 (2000)

• Curtis A. Bradley, Territorial Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Globalism, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 505 (1997)

• Graeme B. Dinwoodie, International Intellectual Property Litigation: A Vehicle for Resurgent Comparativist Thought, 49 Am. J. Comp. L. 429 (2001)

• Graeme B. Dinwoodie, A New Copyright Order: Why National Courts Should Create Global Norms, 149 U. Penn. L. Rev. 469 (2000)

• Paul Edward Geller, Harmonizing Copyright-Contract Conflicts Analyses, 25 Copyright 49 (1989)

• Jane C. Ginsburg: Copyright Without Borders? Choice of Forum and Choice of Law for Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace, 15 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 153 (1997)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, Extraterritoriality and Multiterritoriality in Copyright Infringement, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 587 (1997)

• David R. Johnson & David G. Post, Law and Borders: The Rise of Law in Cyberspace, 48 Stan. L. Rev. 1367 (1996)

• William Patry, Choice of Law and International Copyright, 48 Am. J. Comp. L. 383 (2000)

• Peter K. Yu, Conflict of Laws Issues in International Copyright Cases, Gigalaw.com (Apr. 2001)

Class 3 (2/3):  The Protection of Databases and EU Copyright Protection

Due:   Problem Set 2 

Readings:

• Evolving Protection of Databases, Gigalaw.com (Dec. 2000)

• An Introduction to the EU Information Society Directive, Gigalaw.com (Nov. 2001)

• P.B. Hugenholtz, Why the Copyright Directive Is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid, 11 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 499 (2000)

• Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the Legal Protection of Databases, 1996 O.J. (L 77) 20 Skim and Bring to Class

• Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (June 2001) Skim and Bring to Class

Further Readings (EU Copyright and Database Protection):

• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)

• Yochai Benkler, Constitutional Bounds of Database Protection: The Role of Judicial Review in the Creation and Definition of Private Rights in Information, 15 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 535 (2000)

• Jan Corbet, The Law of the EEC and Intellectual Property, 13 J.L. & Com. 327 (1994)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, Copyright, Common Law, and Sui Generis Protection of Databases in the United States and Abroad, 66 U. Cin. L. Rev. 151 (1997)

• Marci A. Hamilton, A Response to Professor Benkler, 15 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 605 (2000)

• Malla Pollack, The Right to Know?: Delimiting Database Protection at the Juncture of the Commerce Clause, the Intellectual Property Clause, and the First Amendment, 17 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 47 (1999)

• J.H. Reichman & Paul F. Uhlir, Database Protection at the Crossroads: Recent Developments and Their Impact on Science and Technology, 14 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 793 (1999)

Class 4 (2/10):  The TRIPS Agreement and the WIPO Internet Treaties

Class 5 (2/17):  Language and Territoriality in Trademark Law

Due:  Paper Topic

Class 6 (2/24):  European Union Trade Marks, the Madrid System and Internet Domain Names

Due:  Problem Set 3 

Class 7 (3/3):  Geographical Indications and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge

Note: There will be no class on 3/10 (Spring Break).

Class 8 (3/17):  The International Patent System and the Protection of Pharmaceuticals

Due:  Two-Page-Synopsis

Class 9 (3/24):  Guest Lecture 1

Class 10 (3/31):  Guest Lecture 2

Class 11 (4/7):  Student Presentations (1)

Class 12 (4/14):  Student Presentations (2)

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