Author Description

Designed for a comprehensive intellectual property survey class (covering trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, the right of publicity, idea protection, international agreements, and other topics) or for a course focusing in greater depth on a more specific topic, such as copyright law. Because the authors believe that students of intellectual property law need experience in reading and interpreting statutory materials, they have designed the readings to supplement the relevant statutes rather than reiterate them, and to require the students to work directly and closely with statutes. The cases, notes, and textual materials have been carefully selected to generate in-depth classroom discussion.