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International Intellectual Property, Spring 2007

The casebook is GRAEME B. DINWOODIE ET AL., INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW & POLICY (2001), together with the paperback documentary supplement.

For our first two classes, please prepare to discuss pages 1-28 of the casebook.

Useful References

International Intellectual Property Law and Institutions

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• List of WIPO Treaties
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• TRIPS Agreement
• The WTO Dispute Settlement Panel Process
• European Union Treaties
• Institutions of the EU
• The Court of Justice of the European Communities

Patents and Industrial Property

• Paris Convention
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Patent Law Treaty
• General Accounting Office, "Expert's Advice for Small Businesses Seeking Foreign Patents"

Copyright and Neighboring Rights

• Berne Convention
• Rome Convention for Performers, Phonogram Producers, and Broadcasters  
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty  
• U.S. Copyright Act, Chapter 12 (Copyright Protection and Management Systems)
• EU Database Directive 96/9/EC (1996)
• U.S. Copyright Office, Report on Legal Protection for Databases (1997)
• U.S. Copyright Office, Report on the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003

Trademark Law and Unfair Competition

• Paris Convention
• Madrid Agreement
• Madrid Protocol
• Madrid System WIPO Site
• U.S. Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
• EU Trademark Directive
• EU Trademark Regulation
• EU Community Trade Mark (CTM)
• Lanham Act

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