Intellectual Property, Fall, 2007 Course Materials:

Problem Set

Problem 1 Recap

Table Problem 1

Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Can

Jasper Johns’ Ballantine Ale Cans

Copyright Term Extensions

Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures

Problem 2 Recap

Table Problem 2

Problem 3 Recap

Unfair Competition Notes

"Sample" Situation?

Problem 4 Recap

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

Problem 5 Recap

Restatement Section 757

Elements of Trade Secret Misappropriation

Predicting outcomes of trade secret cases

Problem 6 Recap

PassingOff vs. Trademark/Dilution

Distinctiveness

Trademark Do’s & Don’t’s

Problem 7 Recap

Table Problem 7b

Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006, intended to overturn Mosley v. Victoria Secret Catalog

Problem 8 Recap

Patent Requirements; Anticipation and Statutory Bar Events

Problem 9 Recap

Secondary Tests, Utility, Problem 9 Calendar

Problem 10 Recap

Recent patent infringement suit by IBM against Amazon.com

Misc. Copyright Points

Problem 11&12 Recap

Preemption Sec. 301