Patent Law

Semester: Fall 2014
Course ID: 450L
Credit Hours: 4
Unique: 29335

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed (JD only)

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
MON, TUE, WED	9:10 - 10:17 am	TNH 3.124

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
	December 8, 2014

Description

This course examines doctrines and policy concerns of United States patent law. Focal points include (1) patentability requirements such as eligible subject matter, novelty, and nonobviousness; (2) patent scope and forms of infringing activities; and (3) theories, critiques, and institutions of patent law. There are no specific prerequisites. The course is designed to be accessible to students without a science or engineering background. Course materials will include (1) the latest edition of Patent Law and Policy: Cases and Materials by Robert Merges and John Duffy; (2) Foundations of Intellectual Property by Robert Merges and Jane Ginsburg; and (3) other materials made available online and in hard copy.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Patent Law and Policy: Cases and Materials *

Robert Patrick Merges & John Fitzgerald Duffy

LexisNexis , edition: 6th(looseleaf v.)
ISBN: 9780769857671

Foundations of Intellectual Property *

Robert P. Merges & Jane C. Ginsburg

LexisNexis
ISBN: 9781422498873

Instructors

Golden, John M.