LAW-6103 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
This class is designed to be a survey of legal issues associated with Intellectual Property Law. The course will address judicial, legislative, and scholarly developments in all areas of intellectual property law (trademark, copyright, and patent) as well as idea protection, trade secrets, right of publicity, and other areas. There will be some coverage on emerging First Amendment limitations on federal and state intellectual property rights and emerging trends in Lanham Act section 43(a) and newly revised provisions of federal antidilution law. Other topics may include the Internet and domain names, secondary liability, safe harbors, and anti-circumvention provisions, software protection, and business method patents.