Author: A. Thomson
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Environmental Law
This topic will focus on cutting-edge issues in environmental law scholarship, with students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia reading and commenting (in writing and in discussion) upon new and forthcoming articles by scholars here at Berkeley and elsewhere. Most sessions will include presentat…
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Environment
Development of the EnvironmentThe intersection of environmental, land use and natural resource law, on one hand, and the world of real estate development, on the other, is filled with complexities and trade-offs. Large-scale development projects almost always have measurable negative impact…
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Business Models
IP Decisions, Strategies, Business ModelsThis topic will examine financial and business issues centering on legally enforceable intellectual property (IP) rights. We begin with an overview of the major types of IP -patents, copyrights, and trademarks- and then look at common decisions that …
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California Environmental Issues
This is an advanced clinical topic for students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia who have already taken the Samuelson Clinic in previous topics. The companion Samuelson Clinic topic is not required to take this topic. The Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic (SLTPPC) provides stude…
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California Environmental Law
California Environmental Law & PolicySome places in the world, like California, are a national and global leader in fashioning environmental law and policy. This topic focuses on the many facets of this leadership role: climate change, energy regulation and conservation; coastal protection;…
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Clinic
The topic is designed to help you reflect on the practice of law, the nature of public interest law, and, more specifically, on your experience practicing technology law in the public interest. Some of our primary goals in the topic are to help you to learn how to learn from your clinical experience…
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Computer Law
This topic explores the laws and industry practices relating to the development, protection and commercialization of software, databases and computers. The primary focus will be on two areas of law: intellectual property and contracts/licensing. We will also cover international and commercial issues…
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Constitutional Law
The topic concentrates on the notions of liberty and equality under the Constitution, often located in the Commerce Clause as well as the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The aim of the topic is not limited to studying the Supreme Court's doctrinal assertions, but includes assessing the…
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Copyright Law
This topic will begin with a discussion of the purposes of copyright law, will proceed to investigate the subject matter of copyright protection, what criteria works must meet to be eligible, who owns copyright, what rights authors have to control (and not control) certain kinds of uses of their wor…
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Copyright Reform
This topic will consider various proposals to reform U.S. copyright law. This law is long, complex, incomprehensible in many respects, and lacking in normative heft. It is also the work product of 1950's era thinking and has proven to be brittle at times when one tries to apply it to situations that…
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Cyberlaw
The emergence of global digital networks, such as the Internet, and digital technologies that enhance human abilities to access, store, manipulate, and transmit vast amounts of information has brought with it a host of new legal issues that lawyers preparing to practice in the 21st century will need…
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Digital Antitrust
The topic will prepare students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia for for an antitrust practice in the digital economy, especially as it relates to intellectual property. Topics will include the IP/antitrust interface, net neutrality, search advertising, pricing strategies, platform competition…
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Digital Markets
The objective is to help prepare yourself for an IP or transactions practice in the digital world. The topics include (1) collective rights organizations, (2) technical protections of content, (3) two-sided markets, (4) the optimal design of online auctions for search engines, (5) the economics of c…
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Energy
Energy and Cleantech ResearchGrowing concern for the effects of global climate change have focused public policy on promoting the development and diffusion of renewable and alternative energy technologies. This two-topic topic will explore the broad contours of this new era of environmental…
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Energy Regulation
Energy Regulation and the EnvironmentEnergy production and use drive the world's economies and offer hope for growth and prosperity. Yet, the extraction and use of fuels and the development of energy facilities are among the greatest threats to the global environment. This topic introduces …