Week 1: Introduction and Internet Jurisdiction
Required Reading
- Course Syllabus
- Software and Internet Law coursebook pages 569-594.
- Presentation on Internet Jurisdiction
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Week 2: Trademarks
Required Reading
- Overview of Trademark Law
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 631-651.
Class Presentation
- Trademarks
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Week 3: Domain Names and Related Disputes
Required Reading
- Primer on Trademark Law & Internet Addresses
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 657-676.
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Week 4: Trade Secrets
Required Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 3-23.
- Class Presentation on Trade Secrets
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Week 5: Patents I
Required Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 160-175, and 180-190.
- iLic Patent Application
- Drawings for the Patent Application
Recommended Reading
- Independent/Dependent Claims
- Survey of Software Patents
- Table of Cases
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Week 6: Patents II
Required Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 197-217.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,937,863
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Week 7: Copyrights I
Required Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 33-53.
- A Copyright Law Primer
- Copyrights in General (the outline for the class lecture)
- Registration of Copyright
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Week 8: Copyrights II
Required Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 58-69 and 73-84.
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Week 9: Copyrights III
Required Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 85-99 and 106-111.
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Week 10: Closed Source Licensing
Required Reading
- Prequel on Software Licensing
- Closed Source Licensing
Recommended Reading
- Outline of a Software License Agreement
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Week 11: Open Source Licensing
Required Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 371-379.
- Comparison Table
Source: The Mitre Corporation, "Use of Free and Open-Source Software
(FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense," Version 1.2, October 28,
2002, page 15.
- Dual Licensing
- In-Class Presentation
Recommended Reading
- Software and Internet Law, 3d Ed., pages 380-382.
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Week 12: Security and Privacy
Required Reading
- Suitwatch - October 26, 2006 by Doc Searls
- In-Class Presentation
More about Privacy, Anonymity and Encryption
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Week 13: Computer Crimes
Required Reading
- Circumvention Prohibitions in the DMCA
- 18 U.S.C. 1030 (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)
- Tex. Penal Code Chapter 33 (Computer Crimes)
- In-Class Presentation
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Week 14: Electronic Discovery
Required Reading
- Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 217 F.R.D. 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) [Zubulake I]
- Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 216 F.R.D. 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) [Zubulake III]
- Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 220 F.R.D. 212 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) [Zubulake IV]
- Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 2004 WL 1620866 (S.D.N.Y. July 20, 2004) [Zubulake V]
- In-Class presentation (updated)
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Final Exam is on December 5, 2007 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Sample Exam Questions
- Writing Room is 119 TU2
- Computer Room is 144 TU2
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