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International Intellectual Property, Spring 2008

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

Unit 1

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

Unit 3

GATT 1947 (Article 1 only)
A Summary of the Final Act of the Uruguay Round ("Introduction," "Agreement Establishing the WTO," and "Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Trade in Counterfeit Goods" only)
Parfums Christian Dior BV v. Evora BV (example of an ECJ preliminary reference decision; just skim)

Unit 6

On the WTO Webcasting page, watch the following videos:

• "Basic Principles of the WTO System" (68 minutes)
• The Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement (both videos, 64+48 minutes)
• From GATT to WTO (streaming only; 17 minutes)
• Case Studies of WTO Dispute Settlement (streaming only; 16 minutes)

Unit 7

Work of the TRIPS Council
TRIPS: "Non-Violation Complaints" (Article 64.2)

Unit 12

Doha Declaration on TRIPs and Public Health, Nov. 9-14, 2001
WTO, Doha Development Agenda Press Release, Aug. 30, 2003
Decision of the General Council of Aug. 30, 2003

Unit 13

General Accounting Office, Experts' Advice for Small Businesses Seeking Foreign Patents (skim)
Summary of PCT Procedure (see link at top of this page)
European Commission, FAQs Relating to Proposals for a Community Patent

Unit 14

Unit 17

EU Database Directive 96/9/EC
Statement of David O. Carson on the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act

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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