syllabus

Class 1 (1/17):  Overview of International Intellectual Property Rights

Discussion:  Problem Set 1

Class 2 (1/18):  The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and Protection of Foreign Authors in the United States

Readings: 

• Class 2 Readings

  • Peter K. Yu, The Copyright Divide, 25 Cardozo L. Rev. 331 (2003)

  • Samuel Ricketson, The Birth of the Berne Union, 11 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 9 (1986)

  • House Report of the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, H.R. Rep. No. 609, 100th Cong. (1988)

Further Readings (Berne Convention): 

(Note:  Further readings are provided for reference purposes and will not be discussed in class.)

• Sam Ricketson, The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1886-1986 (1987)

• WIPO, Guide to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act 1971) (1978)

• Symposium, Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Berne Convention, 11 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 1 (1986)

• Symposium, Fundamentals of International Copyright: The Impact of Berne, 8 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1 (1989)

• Universal Copyright Convention, revised at Paris July 24, 1971, 25 U.S.T. 1341, 943 U.N.T.S. 178

Further Readings (early American Protection):

• Bruce Bugbee, Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law (1967)

• Marci Hamilton, Should U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Change To Fit World Norms?, FindLaw’s WRIT: Legal Commentary, May 24, 2001

• Lyman Ray Patterson, Copyright in Historical Perspective (1968)

• J. Thomas McCarthy, Intellectual Property—America’s Overlooked Export, 20 U. Dayton L. Rev. 809 (1995)

Class 3 (1/24):  The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Cont'd)

Due:   Problem Set 2 

Readings: 

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Sept. 9, 1886, revised at Paris July 24, 1971, 828 U.N.T.S. 221 Skim

• Class 3 Readings

  • Peter Jaszi, Garland of Reflections on Three International Copyright Topics, 8 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 47 (1989)

  • Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Copyright and the Moral Right: Is an American Marriage Possible?, 38 Vand. L. Rev. 1

  • Turner Entertainment Co. v. Huston, CA Versailles, civ. ch., December 19, 1994, translated in Ent. L. Rep., Mar. 1995, at 3

  • Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 538 F.2d 14 (2d Cir. 1976)

  • Herman Cohen Jehoram, The Nature of Neighboring Rights of Performing Artists, Phonogram Producers and Broadcasting Organizations, 15 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 75 (1990)

Further Readings:

• Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Resale Right for the Benefit of the Author of an Original Work of Art, 2001 O.J. (forthcoming)

• Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (2000)

• California Art Preservation Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 987 (West 1998)

• New York Artists' Authorship Rights Act, N.Y. Arts & Cult. Aff. Law §§ 14.51-14.59 (McKinney 1984)

• Paul Goldstein, Copyright’s Highway: From Guttenberg to the Celestial Jukebox 165-96 (1994)

• Thomas F. Cotter, Pragmatism, Economics, and the Droit Moral, 76 N.C. L. Rev. 1 (1997)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, A Tale of Two Copyrights: Literary Property in Revolutionary France and America, 64 Tul. L. Rev. 991 (1990)

• Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, “Author-Stories:” Narrative’s Implications for Moral Rights and Copyright’s Joint Authorship Doctrine, 75 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1 (2001)

• Neil Netanel, Alienability Restrictions and the Enhancement of Author Autonomy in United States and Continental Copyright Law, 12 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1 (1994)

• Geri J. Yonover, The Precarious Balance: Moral Rights, Parody, and Fair Use, 14 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 79 (1994)

Class 4 (1/25):   The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Cont'd)

Class 5 (1/30):  "Appropriation Art + Copyright Challenges" Panel

Turner Jazz Center

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Class 6 (1/31):  Protection of Moral Rights and Neighboring Rights

Readings: 

• Class 3 Readings

  • Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Copyright and the Moral Right: Is an American Marriage Possible?, 38 Vand. L. Rev. 1

  • Turner Entertainment Co. v. Huston, CA Versailles, civ. ch., December 19, 1994, translated in Ent. L. Rep., Mar. 1995, at 3

  • Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 538 F.2d 14 (2d Cir. 1976)

• Moral Rights 2.0

• Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (2000)

Further Readings:

• Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Resale Right for the Benefit of the Author of an Original Work of Art, 2001 O.J. (forthcoming)

• Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (2000)

• California Art Preservation Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 987 (West 1998)

• New York Artists' Authorship Rights Act, N.Y. Arts & Cult. Aff. Law §§ 14.51-14.59 (McKinney 1984)

• Paul Goldstein, Copyright’s Highway: From Guttenberg to the Celestial Jukebox 165-96 (1994)

• Thomas F. Cotter, Pragmatism, Economics, and the Droit Moral, 76 N.C. L. Rev. 1 (1997)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, A Tale of Two Copyrights: Literary Property in Revolutionary France and America, 64 Tul. L. Rev. 991 (1990)

• Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, “Author-Stories:” Narrative’s Implications for Moral Rights and Copyright’s Joint Authorship Doctrine, 75 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1 (2001)

• Neil Netanel, Alienability Restrictions and the Enhancement of Author Autonomy in United States and Continental Copyright Law, 12 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1 (1994)

• Geri J. Yonover, The Precarious Balance: Moral Rights, Parody, and Fair Use, 14 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 79 (1994)

Class 7 (2/1):  Conflict-of-Laws and Choice-of-Law Issues in International Copyright

Readings:

• Class 4 Readings:

  • Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, 153 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1998)

  • Bridgeman Art Library Ltd. v. Corel Corp., 25 F. Supp. 2d 421 (S.D.N.Y. 1998), aff’d on reconsideration, 36 F. Supp. 2d 191 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)

  • Subafilms, Ltd. v. MGM-Pathe Communications Co., 24 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 1994) (en banc)

  • Boosey & Hawkes Music Pubs. v. The Walt Disney Co. 145 F.3d 481 (2d Cir. 1998)

• Peter K. Yu, Conflict of Laws Issues in International Copyright Cases, Gigalaw.com (Apr. 2001)

Further Readings:

• Eugen Ulmer, Intellectual Property Rights and the Conflict of Laws (1978)

• Graeme W. Austin, Domestic Laws and Foreign Rights: Choice of Law in Transnational Copyright Infringement Litigation, 23 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 1 (1999)

• Graeme W. Austin, Social Policy Choices and Choice of Law for Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace, 79 Or. L. Rev. 575 (2000)

• Curtis A. Bradley, Territorial Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Globalism, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 505 (1997)

• Graeme B. Dinwoodie, International Intellectual Property Litigation: A Vehicle for Resurgent Comparativist Thought, 49 Am. J. Comp. L. 429 (2001)

• Graeme B. Dinwoodie, A New Copyright Order: Why National Courts Should Create Global Norms, 149 U. Penn. L. Rev. 469 (2000)

• Paul Edward Geller, Harmonizing Copyright-Contract Conflicts Analyses, 25 Copyright 49 (1989)

• Jane C. Ginsburg: Copyright Without Borders? Choice of Forum and Choice of Law for Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace, 15 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 153 (1997)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, Extraterritoriality and Multiterritoriality in Copyright Infringement, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 587 (1997)

• David R. Johnson & David G. Post, Law and Borders: The Rise of Law in Cyberspace, 48 Stan. L. Rev. 1367 (1996)

• William Patry, Choice of Law and International Copyright, 48 Am. J. Comp. L. 383 (2000)

Class 8 (2/7):  WIPO Internet Treaties and the Digital Agenda

Readings:

• Currents and Crosscurrents in the International Intellectual Property Regime, 38 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 323 (2004) Read Part III only

• Anticircumvention and Anti-anticircumvention Read Part II only

• WIPO Copyright Treaty, adopted Dec. 20, 1996, WIPO Doc. CRNR/DC/94 (Dec. 23, 1996) Skim and Bring to Class

• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted Dec. 20, 1996, WIPO Doc. CRNR/DC/95 (Dec. 23, 1996) Skim and Bring to Class

Further Readings:

• Mihály Ficsor, Copyright for the Digital Era: The WIPO "Internet" Treaties, 21 Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 197 (1997)

• Neil W. Netanel, The Next Round: The Impact of the WIPO Copyright Treaty on TRIPS Dispute Settlement, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 441 (1997) 

• Jörg Reinbothe et al., The New WIPO Treaties: A First Résumé, 19 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 171 (1997)

• J.H. Reichman & Pamela Samuelson, Intellectual Property Rights in Data?, 50 Vand. L. Rev. 51 (1997)

• Pamela Samuelson, The U.S. Digital Agenda at WIPO, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 369 (1997)

Class 8 (2/8):  The Protection of Copyrights in the European Union

Due:  Problem Set 3

Readings:

• Peter K. Yu, Evolving Protection of Databases, Gigalaw.com (Dec. 2000)

• Peter K. Yu, An Introduction to the EU Information Society Directive, Gigalaw.com (Nov. 2001)

• P.B. Hugenholtz, Why the Copyright Directive Is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid, 11 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 499 (2000)

• Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the Legal Protection of Databases, 1996 O.J. (L 77) 20 Skim

• Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (June 2001) Skim

Further Readings:

• Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)

• Yochai Benkler, Constitutional Bounds of Database Protection: The Role of Judicial Review in the Creation and Definition of Private Rights in Information, 15 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 535 (2000)

• Jan Corbet, The Law of the EEC and Intellectual Property, 13 J.L. & Com. 327 (1994)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, Copyright, Common Law, and Sui Generis Protection of Databases in the United States and Abroad, 66 U. Cin. L. Rev. 151 (1997)

• Marci A. Hamilton, A Response to Professor Benkler, 15 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 605 (2000)

• Malla Pollack, The Right to Know?: Delimiting Database Protection at the Juncture of the Commerce Clause, the Intellectual Property Clause, and the First Amendment, 17 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 47 (1999)

• J.H. Reichman & Paul F. Uhlir, Database Protection at the Crossroads: Recent Developments and Their Impact on Science and Technology, 14 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 793 (1999)

Class 10 (2/14):  The TRIPS Agreement

Readings: 

• Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Apr. 15, 1994, Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C, Legal Instruments—Results of the Uruguay Round vol. 31, 33 I.L.M. 1197 (1994) Skim and Bring to Class

• TRIPS and Its Discontents, 10 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 369 (2006) Read Parts I and II

• The Objectives and Principles of the TRIPS Agreement, 46 Hous. L. Rev. 979 (2009) Read Part III

Further Readings:

• Frederick M. Abbott, The WTO TRIPS Agreement and Global Economic Development, in Public Policy and Global Technological Integration 39 (Frederick M. Abbott & David J. Gerber eds., 1997)

• A. Jane Bradley, Intellectual Property Rights, Investment and trade in Services in the Uruguay Round: Laying the Foundation, 23 Stan. J. Int’l L. 57 (1987)

• Vincent Chiappetta, The Desirability of Agreeing to Disagree: The WTO, TRIPs, International IPR Exhaustion and a Few Other Things, 21 Mich. J. Int’l L. 333 (2000)

• Carlos M. Correa, Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO, and Development Countries: The TRIPS Agreement and Policy (2001)

• Daniel Gervais, The TRIPs Agreement: Drafting History and Analysis (1998)

• Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology (Michael B. Wallerstein et al. eds., 1993)

• Tara Kalagher Giunta & Lily H. Shang, Ownership of Information in a Global Economy, 27 Geo. Wash. J. Int’l L. & Econ. 327 (1993)

• Marci A. Hamilton, The TRIPS Agreement: Imperialistic, Outdated, and Overprotective, 29 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 613 (1996)

• Intellectual Property Rights: Global Consensus, Global Conflict? (R. Michael Gadbaw & Timothy J. Richards eds., 1988)

• Intellectual Property Rights in Emerging Markets (Clarissa Long ed., 2000)

• John H. Jackson & Alan O. Sykes, Implementing the Uruguay Round (1997)

• Keith E. Maskus, Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy (2002)

• Charles R. McManis, Intellectual Property and International Mergers and Acquisitions, 66 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1283 (1998)

• Neil Weinstock Netanel, Asserting Copyright's Democratic Principles in the Global Arena, 51 Vand. L. Rev. 217 (1998)

• Ruth Okediji, Toward an International Fair Use Doctrine, 39 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 75 (2000)

• J.H. Reichman, From Free Riders to Fair Followers: Global Competition Under the TRIPS Agreement, 29 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 11 (1997)

• J.H. Reichman, Beyond the Historical Lines of Demarcation: Competition Law, Intellectual Property Rights, and International Trade After the GATT’s Uruguay Round, 20 Brook. J. Int’l L. 75 (1993)

• Michael P. Ryan, Knowledge Diplomacy: Global Competition and the Politics of Intellectual Property (1998)

• Symposium, The Inaugural Engelberg Conference on the Culture and Economic of Participation in an International Intellectual Property Regime, 29 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 1 (1997)

• Symposium, Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (pts. 1 & 2), 22 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 223, 689 (1989)

• The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Arthur Dunkel (Jagdish Bhagwati & Mathias Hirsch eds., 1998)

Class 11 (2/15):  WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism

Readings:

• Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Apr. 15, 1994, Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C, Legal Instruments—Results of the Uruguay Round vol. 31, 33 I.L.M. 1197 (1994) Bring to Class

• Understanding the WTO—Settling Disputes

• The Panel Process: A Flowchart

• Fairness in Music Licensing Act, 17 U.S.C. § 110(5) (2000)

• Richard Owens, TRIPS and the Fairness in Music Arbitration: The Repercussions, 25 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 49 (2003)

• TRIPS Enforcement and Developing Countries, 26 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. (forthcoming 2011) Read Part I

Further Readings:

• Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, Dec. 15, 1993, 33 I.L.M. 112 (1994)

• United States - Section 110(5) of US Copyright Act - Report of the Panel, WT/DS160/R, June 15, 2000: Part 1 & Part 2

• Graeme B. Dinwoodie, The Development and Incorporation of International Norms in the Formation of Copyright Law, 62 Ohio St. L.J. 733 (2001)

• Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and Andreas F. Lowenfeld, Two Achievements of the Uruguay Round: Putting TRIPS and Dispute Settlement Together, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 275 (1997)

• Gail E. Evans, Lawmaking Under the Trade Constitution: A Study in Legislating by the World Trade Organization (2000)

• Paul Edward Geller, Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace: Impact of TRIPS Dispute Settlement, 29 Int'l Law. 99 (1995)

• Laurence R. Helfer, World Music on a U.S. Stage:  A Berne/Trips and Economic Analysis of the Fairness in Music Licensing Act, 80 B.U. L. Rev. 93 (2000)

• John H. Jackson, The Jurisprudence of GATT and the WTO: Insights on Treaty Law and Economic Relations (2000)

• John O. McGinnis & Mark L. Movesian, The World Trade Constitution, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 511 (2000)

• Neil W. Netanel, The Next Round: The Impact of the WIPO Copyright Treaty on TRIPS Dispute Settlement, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 441 (1997)

• David Palmeter & Petros C. Mavroidis, Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: Practice and Procedure (1999)

• Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, The GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System : International Law, International Organizations, and Dispute (1997)

• Symposium, Compliance with the TRIPs Agreement, 29 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 363 (1996)

• Symposium, The Decline of Nations State and Its Effects on Constitutional and International Economic Law, 18 Cardozo L. Rev. 903 (1996)

• Friedl Weiss, Improving WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures: Issues and Lessons from the Practice of Other International Courts and Tribunals (2000)

Class 12 (2/21):  Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Foreign Countries

Due:  Paper Topic

Readings: 

• TRIPS and Its Achilles' Heel, 18 J. Intell. Prop. L. (forthcoming 2011) Read Part I

• Enforcement, Economics and Estimates, 2 WIPO J. 1 (2010) Read pp. 13-17

• USTR, ACTA Fact Sheet (2010)

• Six Secret (and Now Open) Fears of ACTA, 64 SMU L. Rev. (forthcoming 2011) Read Part V

Further Readings:

• Intellectual Property Enforcement: International Perspectives (Li Xuan & Carlos M. Correa eds., 2009)

• Global Debate on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Developing Countries (ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development, Issue Paper No. 22, 2009)

• Ermias Tekeste Biadgleng & Viviana Muñoz Tellez, The Changing Structure and Governance of Intellectual Property Enforcement (South Center, Research Paper No. 15, 2008)

• Robin Gross, IP Justice, IP Justice White Paper on the Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (2008)

• IP Justice, IP Justice Comments to U.S.T.R. on the Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (Mar. 21, 2008)

Class 13 (2/22):  Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Foreign Countries: The Case of China

Readings:

•   Office of USTR, 2011 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers: People's Republic of China 100-105 (2010) Read pp. 71-72 (Section on "Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection")

• Peter K. Yu, Intellectual Property, Economic Development, and the China Puzzle, in Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Strategies to Optimize Economic Development in a TRIPS Plus Era 169 (Daniel J. Gervais ed., 2007) Read Part III.A-B only

• Peter K. Yu, From Pirates to Partners (Episode II): Protecting Intellectual Property in Post-WTO China, 55 Am. U. L. Rev. 901 (2006) Read Part IV.C only

• Peter K. Yu, Three Questions That Will Make You Rethink the U.S.-China Intellectual Property Debate, 7 J. Marshall Rev. Intel. Prop. L. 412 (2008)

Further Readings:

• Peter K. Yu, From Pirates to Partners: Protecting Intellectual Property in China in the Twenty-first Century, 50 Am. U. L. Rev. 131 (2000)

• Peter K. Yu, Piracy, Prejudice, and Perspectives: An Attempt to Use Shakespeare to Reconfigure the U.S-China Intellectual Property Debate, 19 B.U. Int’l L.J. 1 (2001)

• Peter K. Yu, Four Common Misconceptions About Copyright Piracy, 26 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. (2003)

• Peter K. Yu, Still Dissatisfied After All These Years: Intellectual Property, Post-WTO China, and the Avoidable Cycle of Futility, 34 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 143 ( 2005)

• Symposium, China and the WTO: Progress, Perils, and Prospects, 17 Colum. J. Asian L. 1 (2003)

• Andrew Mertha, The Politics of Piracy:  Intellectual Property in Contemporary China (2005)

• William P. Alford, To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization (1995)

• William P. Alford, Making the World Safe for What? Intellectual Property Rights, Human Rights and Foreign Economic Policy in the Post-European Cold War World, 29 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 135 (1997)

• Jeffrey W. Berkman, Intellectual Property Rights in the P.R.C.: Impediments to Protection and the Need for the Rule of Law, 15 UCLA Pac. Basin L.J. 1 (1996)

• Glenn R. Butterton, Pirates, Dragons and U.S. Intellectual Property Rights in China: Problems and Prospects of Chinese Enforcement, 38 Ariz. L. Rev. 1081 (1996)

• Albert H.Y. Chen, An Introduction to the Legal System of the People’s Republic of China (1998)

• Patrick H. Hu, "Mickey Mouse" in China: Legal and Cultural Implications in Protecting U.S. Copyrights, 14 B.U. Int’l L.J. 81 (1996)

• Chinese Intellectual Property Law and Practice (Mark A. Cohen et al. eds., 1999)

• Peter Howard Corne, Foreign Investment in China: The Administrative Legal System (1997)

• Peter Feng, Intellectual Property in China (1997)

• Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in China (Mary L. Riley ed., 1997)

• Symposium, Intellectual Property in East Asia, 13 UCLA Pac. Basin L.J. 1 (1994)

• Susan Tiefenbrun, Piracy of Intellectual Property in China and the Former Soviet Union and Its Effects upon International Trade: A Comparison, 46 Buff. L. Rev. 1 (1998)

Class 14 (2/28):  Language and Territoriality Issues in Trademark Law

Class 15 (2/29):  The Paris Convention and Protection of Well-Known Marks

Class 16 (3/6):  Community Trademarks in the European Union

Class 17 (3/7):  The Madrid System and the Protection of Geographical Indications

Class 18 (3/13):  Internet Domain Names and ccTLDs

Class 19 (3/14):  The Development of International Patent Treaties

Note: There will be no class on 3/20-3/21 (Spring Break) and 3/27-3/28 (Rescheduled).

Classes 22-23 (3/30-31):  2012 Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable

More information is available here.

Class 20 (4/3):  The Patent Cooperation Treaty

Class 21 (4/4):  Plant Patents, Plant Variety Protection and Traditional Knowledge

Class 24 (4/10):  The Protection of Pharmaceuticals

Class 26 (4/11):  The Protection of Indigenous Peoples

Film Presentation: “In Whose Honor?: American Indian Mascots in Sports”

Note: There will be no class on 4/17 (Rescheduled).

Class 25 (4/18):  The Future of International Intellectual Property Law

Class 27 (4/24):  Student Presentations (Cont'd)

Class 28 (4/25):  Student Presentations (Cont'd)

Final Paper Due:  May 11, 2012 at 6 p.m. C.S.T.

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