LATEST CHANGES TO SITE

• 12/12/07: Posted link to new webpage where I will post review Q&A. Also, posted seven MS Word versions of mind maps (in the Mind Maps section). Also, posted the exam and grading rubric from last semester's Copyright final.
• 11/30/07: Posted information about the two review sessions.
• 11/18/07: Posted supplemental reading for Wednesday, November 28 and Monday, December 3.
• 11/9/07: Posted additional handout for Wednesday, November 14.
• 11/7/07: Changes made to reading for Wednesday, November 14.
• 11/6/07: Posted supplemental reading for Mon, 11/12 assignment.
• 9/12/07: IMPORTANT: Some students have been using old versions of the syllabus. Please be sure you have the latest version. (Details below.)
• 9/12/07: For Monday, September 17, read the three patent excerpts included in Supplemental Reading, below.
• 9/10/07: Posted supplemental reading for Mon 9/24 assignment.

Course Syllabus

Course syllabus in pdf format. (Does not reflect changes made below.)

I have created a page where I will post questions and answers during the review period. Please visit it frequently. Two review sessions are planned:

• On Wednesday, December 5th, during our usual class time, I will spend the hour answering student questions about anything we have covered in the course. Please send me your questions in advance!
• On Saturday, December 15th, at 10:00 AM, in Room 301, I will be reviewing the exam from Fall 2006. The exam and solution are linked below, under "Other Class Materials." To make the most of the review session, I recommend you look at the exam from Fall 2006 only after a bit of preparation and, ideally, in a simulated test situation. The review session may last more than an hour.

Please take note of the following changes to the syllabus:
• For Class 23, Wednesday, November 14, 2007, please do not read pages 721-36. Instead, please read the scanned pages found here. These pages are from a more-recent version of our casebook. The full assignment is now: 736-740, Handout pages 737-754.
• IMPORTANT: Please be sure that the syllabus you are using is labeled "Final Version 1.0" at the top of the first page. Prior to the semester, I had linked to an older version that is no longer valid.
• On a related note, if you were using an out-of-date syllabus, you did not know to read State Street Bank v. Signature Trust (1047-56) for class on Wednesday, September 12. Please be sure to read that case for class on Monday, September 17 (along with the originally assigned reading: pages 164-84.)

Supplemental Reading

• For Class 26, Monday, December 3, read the opinion in Douglas v. Talk America.
• For Class 25, Wednesday, November 28, read the opinion in Mercexchange v. eBay.
• For Class 23, Wednesday, November 14, read the 18 scanned pages from a later version of our casebook available above, along with pages 736-40.
• For Class 22, Monday, November 12, read the Memorandum-Decision and Order [pdf] in Rescuecom Corp. v. Google (Sept. 28, 2006)
• For Class 8, Monday, September 24, read the abridged Supreme Court opinion in KSR v. Teleflex. It will help to look at the drawings from the patent-in-issue.
• For Class 6, Monday, September 17, read these excerpts from three patents.

Class Mind Maps

Here are PDF versions of the Mind Maps developed in class:
• Class Twenty-Six: December 3 - [Word]
  
• Class Twenty-Five: November 28 - [Word]
  
• Class Twenty-Four: November 26 - [Word]
  
• Class Twenty-Three: November 14 - [Word]
  
• Class Twenty-Two: November 12 - [Word]
  
• Class Twenty-One: November 7 - [Word]
  
• Class Twenty: November 5 - [Word]
  
• Also Class Twenty: Boulder Restaurant Game TM Distinctiveness
  
• Class Nineteen: October 31
  
• Class Eighteen: October 29
  
• Class Seventeen: October 24 (Fair Use slides by guest lecturer Jason Haislmaier)
  
• Class Sixteen: October 22
  
• Class Fifteen: October 17
  
• Class Fourteen: October 15
  
• Class Thirteen: October 10
  
• Class Twelve: October 8
  
• Class Eleven: October 3
  
• Class Ten: October 1
  
• Also Class Ten: Simpler Chart of Doctrine of Equivalents/Prosecution History Estoppel
  
• Class Nine: September 26
  
• Class Eight: September 24
• Class Seven: September 19
• Class Six: September 17
• Class Five: September 12
• Class Four: September 10
• Class Three: September 5
• Class Two: August 29
• Also Class Two: August 29 (Justifications Game)
• Class One: August 27

Other Class Materials

Past Final Exams

• Fall 2006
• Final exam from Fall 2006. This is the exam that will be discussed at the second review session, Saturday, December 15, at 10:00 AM in Room 301. See the description of the review session above.
• Grading rubric from Fall 2006.
• Spring 2006
• Final exam from Spring 2006.
• Grading rubric from Spring 2006.
• A model student answer (published with permission)
• Copyright - Spring 2007
• This exam is from the dedicated Copyright course. Keep in mind some important caveats while reviewing this: First, the Copyright course goes much more deeply into Copyright and spends much more time reviewing individual statutory provisions. Second, this was a very difficult exam, so don't lose heart by the amount of material presented.
• Final exam from Spring 2007.
• Grading rubric from Spring 2007.

Other Links

None.