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syllabus
Class
1 (1/15): Introduction
Discussion:
Please
read the following:
(1)
The
Copyright Protection Act of 1995: Hearings on S. 483
Before the Senate Judiciary Committee,
104th Cong. (1995)
(remarks of Jack Valenti)
(2)
Ian
Stewart, Author's Suit Claims Copyright Has Expired
on Peter Pan, Associated Press, Dec. 31, 2002
(3)
Jonathan
Tasini, Extending Copyright Helps Corporations, Not
Artists, L.A. Times, Mar. 3, 2002
(4)
Sophie
Boukhari, A Virtual Library on the Web, Courier,
June 1999
(5)
Simona
Fuma Shapiro, The Culture Thief, The New Rules,
Fall 2000
(6)
John
Horvath, The Need for Digital Ecology, Telepolis,
May 12, 2001
And
think about the following questions:
(1)
What is intellectual property? Why do we protect
intellectual property? Who benefit(s)? Who lose(s)? What
are the costs incurred?
(2)
Do we need uniform intellectual property laws?
Would we be better (worse) off if we have uniform
intellectual property laws? Would we be better (worse)
off if we do not have uniform intellectual
property laws?
(3)
What is the relation between intellectual
property and human rights? Intellectual property and
culture? Intellectual property and the environment?
The
first class will discuss the above issues.
Class
2 (1/22): Pre-TRIPs Intellectual Property
Conventions
Readings:
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Samuel
Ricketson, The Birth of the Berne Union, 11
Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 9 (1986)
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Heinrich
Kronstein & Irene Till, A Reevaluation of the
International Patent Convention, 12 Law &
Contemp. Probs. 765 (1947)
-
R.
Carl Moy, The History of the Patent Harmonization
Treaty: Economic Self-Interest as an Influence, 26
J. Marshall L. Rev. 457, 472-88 (1993)
Further
Readings:
(Note:
Further readings are provided for reference purposes and
will not be discussed in class.)
-
G.H.C.
Bodenhausen, Guide to the Application of the Paris
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
(1968)
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Sam
Ricketson, The Berne Convention for the Protection of
Literary and Artistic Works, 1886-1986 (1987)
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WIPO,
Guide to the Berne Convention for the Protection of
Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act 1971) (1978)
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WIPO,
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property from 1883 to 1983 (1983)
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Symposium,
Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Berne
Convention, 11 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 1 (1986)
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Symposium,
Fundamentals of International Copyright: The Impact
of Berne, 8 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1 (1989)
Class
3 (1/29): The
Intellectual Property Harmonization Debate
Due:
Short Paper I (Should the international community
harmonize its intellectual property laws?)
Readings:
-
Edmund
W. Kitch, The Patent Policy of Developing Countries,
13 UCLA Pac. Basin L.J. 166 (1994)
-
A.
Samuel Oddi, The International Patent System and
Third World Development: Reality or Myth?, 1987
Duke L.J. 831
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Robert
Merges, Battle of the Lateralisms: Intellectual
Property and Trade, 8 B.U. Int’l L.J. 239, 246
(1990)
Optional
Readings:
Further
Readings:
-
Commission
on Intellectual Property Rights,
Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and
Development Policy: Report of the Commission on
Intellectual Property Rights
(2002)
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Global
Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science
and Technology (Michael B. Wallerstein et al. eds.,
1993)
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Tara
Kalagher Giunta & Lily H. Shang, Ownership of
Information in a Global Economy, 27 Geo. Wash. J.
Int’l L. & Econ. 327 (1993)
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Intellectual
Property Rights: Global Consensus, Global Conflict?
(R. Michael Gadbaw & Timothy J. Richards eds.,
1988)
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Intellectual
Property Rights in Emerging Markets (Clarissa Long
ed., 2000)
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Keith
E. Maskus, Intellectual Property Rights in the Global
Economy (2002)
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Ruth
Okediji, Toward an International Fair Use Doctrine,
39 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 75 (2000)
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J.H.
Reichman, Beyond the Historical Lines of
Demarcation: Competition Law, Intellectual Property
Rights, and International Trade After the GATT’s
Uruguay Round, 20 Brook. J. Int’l L. 75 (1993)
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Symposium,
The Inaugural Engelberg Conference on the Culture and
Economic of Participation in an International
Intellectual Property Regime, 29 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L.
& Pol. 1 (1997)
Class
4 (2/5): Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights
Readings:
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Agreement
on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights, Apr. 15, 1994, Marrakesh Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C,
Legal Instruments—Results of the Uruguay Round vol.
31, 33 I.L.M. 1197 (1994)
(skim
through)
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Frederick
M. Abbott, The WTO TRIPS Agreement and Global
Economic Development, in Public Policy and
Global Technological Integration 39 (Frederick M.
Abbott & David J. Gerber eds., 1997)
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J.H.
Reichman, From Free Riders to Fair Followers:
Global Competition Under the TRIPS Agreement, 29
N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 11 (1997)
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Peter
K. Yu, Toward a Nonzero-sum Approach to Resolving
Global Intellectual Property Disputes: What We Can
Learn from Mediators, Business Strategists, and
International Relations Theorists, 70 U. Cin. L. Rev.
569 (2002) (read
only Parts I, III, and IV.B)
Further
Readings:
-
A.
Jane Bradley, Intellectual Property Rights,
Investment and trade in Services in the Uruguay Round:
Laying the Foundation, 23 Stan. J. Int’l L. 57
(1987)
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Vincent
Chiappetta, The Desirability of Agreeing to
Disagree: The WTO, TRIPs, International IPR Exhaustion
and a Few Other Things, 21 Mich. J. Int’l L. 333
(2000)
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Carlos
M. Correa, Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO, and
Development Countries: The TRIPS Agreement and
Policy (2001)
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Daniel
Gervais, The TRIPs Agreement: Drafting History and
Analysis (1998)
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Marci
A. Hamilton, The TRIPS Agreement: Imperialistic,
Outdated, and Overprotective, 29 Vand. J.
Transnat’l L. 613 (1996)
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John
H. Jackson & Alan O. Sykes, Implementing the
Uruguay Round (1997)
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Michael
P. Ryan, Knowledge Diplomacy: Global Competition and
the Politics of Intellectual Property (1998)
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Symposium,
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (pts.
1 & 2), 22 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 223, 689
(1989)
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The
Uruguay Round and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Arthur
Dunkel (Jagdish Bhagwati & Mathias Hirsch eds.,
1998)
Class
5 (2/10): International
Intellectual Property Seminar
Geoffrey
Sau Kuk Yu
Assistant Director General, World Intellectual Property
Organization
Class
Meeting Rescheduled from February 12.
Room 204.
Class
6 (2/176): Copyright Law Master Class
David
Nimmer
Visiting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Class
7 (2/26):
WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism
Due:
Paper Topic (1-2 Paragraphs)
Readings:
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Rochelle
Cooper Dreyfuss and Andreas F. Lowenfeld, Two
Achievements of the Uruguay Round: Putting TRIPS and
Dispute Settlement Together, 37 Va. J. Int'l L.
275 (1997)
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Charters
Macdonald-Brown & Leon Ferera, First WTO
Decision on TRIPS: India—Patent Protection for
Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Chemical Products,
20 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 69 (1998)*
Further
Readings:
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Understanding
on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of
Disputes, Dec. 15, 1993, 33 I.L.M. 112 (1994)
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Graeme
B. Dinwoodie, The Development and Incorporation of
International Norms in the Formation of Copyright Law,
62 Ohio St. L.J. 733, 762-77 (2001)
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Rochelle
Cooper Dreyfuss and Andreas F. Lowenfeld, Two
Achievements of the Uruguay Round: Putting TRIPS and
Dispute Settlement Together, 37 Va. J. Int'l L.
275 (1997)
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Gail
E. Evans, Lawmaking Under the Trade Constitution: A
Study in Legislating by the World Trade Organization
(2000)
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Paul
Edward Geller, Intellectual Property in the Global
Marketplace: Impact of TRIPS Dispute Settlement,
29 Int'l Law. 99 (1995)
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Laurence
R. Helfer, World Music on a U.S. Stage:
A Berne/Trips and Economic Analysis of the
Fairness in Music Licensing Act, 80 B.U. L. Rev.
93, 93-139 (2000)
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John
H. Jackson, The Jurisprudence of GATT and the WTO:
Insights on Treaty Law and Economic Relations (2000)
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John
O. McGinnis & Mark L. Movesian, The World Trade
Constitution, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 511 (2000)
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Neil
W. Netanel, The Next Round: The Impact of the WIPO
Copyright Treaty on TRIPS Dispute Settlement, 37
Va. J. Int'l L. 441 (1997)
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David
Palmeter & Petros C. Mavroidis, Dispute Settlement
in the World Trade Organization: Practice and
Procedure (1999)
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Ernst-Ulrich
Petersmann, The GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System : International
Law, International Organizations, and Dispute (1997)
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Symposium,
Compliance with the TRIPs Agreement, 29 Vand. J.
Transnat’l L. 363 (1996)
-
Symposium,
The Decline of Nations State and Its Effects on
Constitutional and International Economic Law, 18
Cardozo L. Rev. 903 (1996)
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Friedl
Weiss, Improving WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures:
Issues and Lessons from the Practice of Other
International Courts and Tribunals (2000)
Note:
There will be no class on March 5. Class Meeting has
been rescheduled to March 17.
Class
8 (3/12): Global Intellectual Property Lawmaking
Due:
Short Paper II (Would the WTO be an ideal forum to resolve
global intellectual property disputes?)
Readings:
Further
Readings:
-
Gail
E. Evans, Lawmaking Under the Trade Constitution: A
Study in Legislating by the World Trade Organization
194 (2000)
-
Robert
E. Hudec, Enforcing International Trade Law: The
Evolution of the Modern GATT Legal System 364 (1993)
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John
H. Jackson, The World Trading System: Law and Policy
of International Economic Relations 111 (2d ed. 1997)
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David
A. Gantz, Failed Efforts to Initiate the “Millennium
Round” in Seattle: Lessons for Future Global Trade
Negotiations, 17 Ariz. J. Int’l & Comp. L.
349 (2000)
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Robert
F. Housman, Democratizing International Trade
Decision-making, 27 Cornell Int’l L.J. 699
(1994)
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Michael
H. Shuman, GATTzilla v. Communities, 27 Cornell
Int’l L.J. 527 (1994)
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John
Jackson, The Institutional and Jurisdictional
Architecture: Reflections on Constitutional Changes to
the Global Trading System, 72 Chi.-Kent. L. Rev.
511 (1996)
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John
O. McGinnis & Mark L. Movsesian, The World
Trade Constitution, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 511 (2000)
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Clyde
Summers, The Battle in Seattle: Free Trade, Labor
Rights, and Societal Values, 22 U. Pa. J. Int’l
Econ. L. 61 (2001)
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Susan
Tiefenbrun, Free Trade and Protectionism: The
Semiotics of Seattle, 17 Ariz. J. Int’l &
Comp. L. 257 (2000)
Class
9 (3/17): "ICANN, ccTld, and the Legacy Root: Domain
Name Lawmaking and Governance in the New Millennium”
Symposium
You
are required to attend any one of the symposium
panels. Class Meeting Rescheduled from February
12. Room
204.
Optional
Readings:
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Executive
Summary of WIPO, The Management of
Internet Names and Addresses: Intellectual
Property Issues: Final Report of the WIPO Internet
Domain Name Process (1999)
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Peter
K. Yu, A Summary of the Final Report of the Second
WIPO Internet Domain Name Process, GigaLaw.com,
Jan. 2002
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Peter
K. Yu, An Overview of the "Best Practices
Report" for Country-Code Domains, GigaLaw.com,
July 2001
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Peter
K. Yu, The Neverending ccTLD Story, in Addressing
the World: National Sovereignty and Internet
Country Code Domains (Erica Schlesinger Wass ed.,
forthcoming 2003)
Further
Readings:
-
WIPO,
The Management of Internet Names and Addresses:
Intellectual Property Issues: Final Report of the
WIPO Internet Domain Name Process (1999) (pdf
| html)
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WIPO,
The Recognition of Rights and the Use of Names in
the Internet Domain Name System: Final Report of
the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process
(2001) (pdf
| html)
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WIPO,
WIPO ccTLD Best Practices for the Prevention and
Resolution of Intellectual Property Disputes
(2001) (pdf
| html)
Foreign Language Versions: Arabic
| Chinese
| French
| Spanish
| Russian
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James
Boyle, A Nondelegation Doctrine for the Digital
Age, 50 Duke L.J. 5 (2000)
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Graeme
B. Dinwoodie, (National) Trademark Laws and
(Non-national) Domain Name System, 21 U. Pa.
J. Int'l Econ. L. 495 (2000)
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Graeme
B. Dinwoodie & Laurence R. Helfer, Designing
Non-National Systems: The Case of the Uniform
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, 43 Wm
and Mary L. Rev. 141 (2001)
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A.
Michael Froomkin, Of Governments and Governance,
14 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 617 (1999)
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A.
Michael Froomkin, Wrong Turn in Cyberspace:
Using ICANN to Route Around the APA and the
Constitution, 50 Duke L.J. 17 (2000)
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A.
Michael Froomkin & Mark Lemley, ICANN and
Anti-Trust (2001) (unpublished manuscript)
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Michael
Geist, "Fundamentally Fair.com? An
Update on Bias Allegations an the ICANN UDRP".
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Marshall
Leaffer, Domain Names, Globalization, and
Internet Governance, 6 Ind. J. Global
Leg. Stud. 139 (1998)
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Christopher
Rains, A Domain by Any Other Name: Forging
International Solutions for the Governance of
Internet Domain Names, 14 Emory Int'l L. Rev.
355 (2000)
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Jonathan
Weinberg, ICANN and the Problem of Legitimacy,
50 Duke L.J. 187 (2000)
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Jonathan
Zittrain, ICANN:
Between the Public and the Private--Comments
Before Congress, 14 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1071
(1999)
Web
Resources:
Class
10 (3/19): Intellectual Property and Culture
Due:
(Outline
/ Intro) + Bibliography
Readings:
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Thomas
Bishop, France and the Need for Cultural Exception,
29 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 187 (1997)
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Neil
Weinstock Netanel, Asserting Copyright's Democratic
Principles in the Global Arena, 51 Vand. L. Rev.
217, 232-329
(1998)
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Bridging
the Digital Divide: Equality in the Information Age,
20 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1, pts. II & III (2002)
Further
Readings:
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Mary
Lynne Calkins, Censorship in Chinese Cinema, 21
Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 239, 285-96 (1999)
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Mary
E. Footer & Christoph Beat Graber, Trade
Liberalization and Cultural Policy, 3 J. Int'l Econ.
L. 115 (2000)
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Susan
Scafidi, Intellectual Property and Cultural
Products, 81 B.U. L. Rev. 793 (2001)
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C.
Edwin Baker, An Economic Critique of Free Trade in
Media Products, 78 N.C. L. Rev. 1357 (2000)
Class
11 (3/26): Intellectual Property and the Environment
Readings:
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Charles
R. Mcmanis, The Interface Between International
Intellectual Property and Environmental Protection:
Biodiversity and Biotechnology, 76 Wash. U. L.Q.
255 (1998)
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Jeffrey
P. Kushan, Biodiversity: Opportunities and
Obligations, 28 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 755
(1995)
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Rosemary
J. Coombe, New Dilemmas in International Law Posed
by the Recognition of Indigenous Knowledge and the
Conservation of Biodiversity, 6 Ind. J. Global
Leg. Stud. 59, 77-114 (1998)
Further
Readings:
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Keith
Aoki, Neocolonialism, Anticommons Property, and
Biopiracy in the (Not-So-Brave) New World Order of
International Intellectual Property Protection, 6
Ind. J. Global Leg. Stud. 11 (1998)
Class
12 (4/2): Protection of Traditional Knowledge
Due:
First Draft
Film
Presentation: “In Whose Honor?: American Indian
Mascots in Sports”
(with commentary from Dr. Rama Rao, Senior Counselor,
WIPO, and Pamela Kraft, Executive Director, Tribal Link
Foundation)
Optional
Readings:
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Rosemary
J. Coombe, The Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’
and Community Traditional Knowledge in International
Law, 14 St. Thomas L. Rev. 275 (2001)
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David
R. Downes, How Intellectual Property Could Be a
Tool to Protect Traditional Knowledge, 25 Colum.
J. Envtl. L. 253 (2000)
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Christine
Haight Farley, Protecting Folklore of Indigenous
Peoples: Is Intellectual Property the Answer?, 30
Conn. L. Rev. 1 (1997)
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Paul
Kuruk, Protecting Folklore Under Modern
Intellectual Property Regimes: A Reappraisal of the
Tensions Between Individual and Communal Rights in
Africa and the United States, 48 Am. U. L. Rev.
769 (1999)
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Susan
Scafidi, Intellectual Property and Cultural Products,
81 B.U. L. Rev. 793 (2001)
Class
13 (4/9): Intellectual Property, Human Rights, and
Public Health
Due:
Short
Paper III (Who should be govern and regulate country-code
top level domains (ccTLDs)?)
Readings:
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Rosemary
J. Coombe, New Dilemmas in International Law Posed
by the Recognition of Indigenous Knowledge and the
Conservation of Biodiversity, 6 Ind. J. Global
Leg. Stud. 59, 59-76 (1998)
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Audrey
R. Chapman, The Human Rights Implications of
Intellectual Property Protection, 5 J. Int’l
Econ. L. 861 (2002)
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James
Thuo Gathii, Construing Intellectual Property
Rights and Competition Policy Consistently with
Facilitating Access to Affordable Aids Drugs to
Low-End Consumers, 53 Fla. L. Rev. 727 (2001)
Further
Readings:
Note:
There will be no class on April 16 and 23. Friday
Schedule and Passover Break.
Class
14 (4/30): Presentations
Final
Paper Due: Friday, May 16
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