Tag: United States
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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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IP and Antitrust
This topic will focus on the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law. We will examine current antitrust cases in high-technology fields, including computers, software, and pharmaceuticals. The topic takes a practical approach to real issues currently being litigated, including- IP an…
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Technology
Technology & GovernanceThis “law and technology” and “advanced administrative law” topic focuses on the relation between technology and governance. Topics include: how, and by whom, technology should be regulated; the use of technology to regulate behavior; the government's use of technolog…
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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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IP in Entertainment Industries
This topic will examine copyright and other legal issues relating to film, television, music, and multimedia in industrial context. Each industry will be examined from a variety of perspectives, detailing the business, legal, social, and ethical issues encountered by practitioners as well as the pol…
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Trade Secrets
This topic will explore the theory and practice of trade secret law. Unlike most of intellectual property law, which is a creature of federal legislation, trade secret law is rooted in state common law and evolved under the influence of the Restatement and uniform law movement. We will discuss how t…
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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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IP Strategy
This topic focuses on intellectual property strategy for high technology companies and investors in technology-focused businesses. The topic is designed to provide students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia with a solid understanding of key strategy issues in the field of intellectual property …
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Trademark Law
This is a survey topic in international trademark law and practice. The topic will cover various theories of trademark/trade name infringement and dilution, including defenses such as parody and fair use, and explore mechanisms of trademark protection globally, such as international treaties and int…
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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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IP Transactions
This topic covers the myriad transactions involving intellectual property rights in the modern economy with an emphasis on the high technology industry. Increasingly, conventional transactional lawyering involves an intellectual property component; this topic is designed to help those students and r…
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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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Law and Tech Writing topic
This writing topic enables students and readers of this Legal Encyclopedia to prepare comments on important developments for inclusion in the Annual Review of Law & Technology. Admission is based on an application process. Applications must be submitted to the box outside Boalt 355 no later than May…
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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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Mergers and Acquisitions in High Tech
The topic focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and other acquisitive or dispositive transactions, especially in the technology and emerging growth sectors. Since 1997, mergers have become the preferred exit strategy for owners to liquidity, taking precedence over initial public offerings. We will fo…