syllabus

Class 1 (1/12):  Introduction

Discussion:  Problem Set 1

Class 2 (1/14):  Sources, Nature, and Purposes of Trademark Rights

• Casebook 1-2 to 1-15; 1-29 to 1-41

• Discussion: Casebook 1-15 to 1-29

Note: There will be no class on 1/19 (Martin Luther King Day).
 
Class 3 (1/21):  Distinctive, Descriptive, and Generic Marks

• Casebook 2-2 to 2-37 (Skip Problems 2-1 to 2-4)

Class 4 (1/26):  Non-verbal Marks and Ineligible Subject Matter

• Casebook 2-40 to 2-76

Class 5 (1/28):  Fuctionality

• Casebook 3-1 to 3-45 (Skip Problems 3-1 to 3-3)

Class 6 (2/2):  Traffix and Post-Traffix Application of the Functionality Doctrine

• Casebook 3-45 to 3-69 (Skip Problem 3-4)

Class 7 (2/4):  Use

• Casebook 4-1 to 4-40 (Skip Problems 4-1 to 4-6)

Class 8 (2/9):  "Surrogate" Use and Loss of Rights Through Non-use or Uncontrolled Uses

• Casebook 4-43 to 1 to 4-85 (Skip Problems 4-7 to 4-13)

Class 9 (2/11):  Registration and Exclusion

• Casebook 5-1 to 5-28; Problems 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4

Class 10 (2/16):  Geographic Marks, Name Marks and Incontestability

• Casebook 5-28 to 5-66 (Skip Problems 5-5, 5-6)

Class 11 (2/18):  Geographic Limits on Trademark Rights

• Casebook 6-1 to 6-43 (Skip Problems 6-1 to 6-6), 6-50 to 6-63

Class 12 (2/23):  Confusion-based Trademark Protection

• Casebook 7-1 to 7-38 (Skip Problem 7-1)

Note: There will be no class on 2/25 (Class Cancelled).
 
Class 13 (3/1):  Confusion-based Trademark Protection (Cont'd)

• Casebook 7-38 to 7-74 (Skip Problems 7-2 to 7-9)

Class 14 (3/3):  Reverse Confusion and Vicarious Liability

• Casebook 7-76 to 7-111 (Skip Problem 7-10)

Note: There will be no classes on 3/8 and 3/10 (Spring Break). 

Class 15 (3/15):  Dilution and Non-confusion-based Theories

• Casebook 8-1 to 8-32 (Skip Problems 8-1 to 8-3)

Class 16 (3/17):  Tarnishment, Blurring and Other Forms of Dilution

• Casebook 8-33 to 8-58 (Skip Problems 8-4, 8-5)

Class 19 (3/22):  Domain Names and Cybersquatting

• Casebook 8-58 to 8-93

Class 20 (3/24):  ICANN and UDRP

• Casebook 8-93 to 8-123 (Skip Problem 8-6)

Class 21-22 (3/26-27)

“Intellectual Property, Sustainable Development, and Endangered Species” Symposium

Note: You are required to attend any two sessions.

Class 23 (3/29):  Fair Use and Other Permissible Uses

• Casebook 9-1 to 9-37 (Skip Problems 9-1 to 9-4)

Class 24 (3/31):  Use of Trademark in Parody or Speech

• Casebook 9-41 to 9-64, Problems 9-5 to 9-8

Class 25 (4/5):  False Advertising

• Casebook 10-1 to 10-31 (Skip Problems 10-1 to 10-4)

Class 26 (4/7):  False Endorsement; Right of Publicity

• Casebook 11-1 to 11-35 (Skip Problems 11-1, 11-2)

Note: There will be no class on 4/14 (Class Cancelled).
 
Class 27 (4/12):  Right of Publicity (Cont'd)

• Casebook 11-35 to 11-78 (Skip Problems 11-3, 11-4)

Class 28 (4/19):  Remedies

• Casebook 12-1 to 12-26

Class 29 (4/21):  Trademark Transactions

• Casebook 13-1 to 13-23, 13-42 to 13-46

Note: There will be no class on 4/26 (Class Cancelled).

Class 30 (4/28):  Review Session