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COPYRIGHT LAW (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - 1010)
3 credits
This course entails a detailed study of federal and state copyright protection. The course includes an analysis of the applicability of state law and federal law, the types of works protected, the scope of protection including a discussion of the fair use doctrine, the term of copyright ownership, formalities and remedies. The law will be analyzed under the 1909 Copyright Act, the 1976 Act, and the 1976 Act as amended by the adoption of the Berne Convention. Grades are based upon a final examination. N.B. Students who take this course are permitted to take the three-credit Trademarks course but may not have taken the two-credit Trademarks and Copyrights Survey course.
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INTRO TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - 2010)
2 credits
Open only to students who have not yet taken Copyright Law, Trademarks and Copyrights Survey, Trademarks and Unfair Competition or Patent Law. This is a survey course in intellectual property law. Students will learn the basic doctrines of the three major federal regimes of intellectual property (copyright, trademarks, and patents), as well as their historical and theoretical foundations. The course is a prerequisite to further study in intellectual property. Grades will be based on a final examination.
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INTRODUCTION TO U.S. LAW (US LEGL STUDIES FOREIGN LW GRD - 1000)
3 credits
Introduction to United States law is a course designed for LL.M. students in the Master of Laws program who have received their law degrees from foreign universities. The course provides an overview of various areas of United States law, of the U.S. legal profession, and of the U.S. judicial process. It is an introduction to the common and statutory law of the U.S. federal and state systems of law, designed to develop students' knowledge of United States legal concepts and issues in order to broaden and deepen their understanding of United States law and its process. The course will examine civil procedure, torts, contracts, property, criminal law and constitutional law. It will emphasize areas in which United States law is distinct from that of many other nations, including the federal system, judicial review, rights of those accused of crime, jury trials, punitive damages and constitutional protection of religious freedom. Teaching methods will consist of twenty-eight class sessions, with lectures and opportunity for questioning, together with reading assignments. Class attendance is required, and students are expected to be prepared. Students will be evaluated through a written final examination as well as class preparation and participation. The examination will provide the grade, subject to modification based on class participation.