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Transnational IP Program B599AB

By Giovanni Maria Riccio

February 18, Monday

  09:00  Welcome and Orientation (Coffee and Pastries)

  10:00  Exhaustion Doctrines in EU and US (Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Prof. Toshiko Takenaka)

• "Extraterritoriality and Exhaustion ? The European/German Viewpoint" (Prof. Dr. Goddar), presentation in PowerPoint and as a Web page

• "Advanced Patent Law ? Introduction" (Prof. Takenaka), presentation slides in PowerPoint and as a Web page

• LG Electronics, Inc. v. Bizcom Electronics, Inc., 453 F.3d 1364, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 16916, 79 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1443 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

• LG Electronics., Inc. v. Asustek Computer, Inc., 65 U.S.P.Q.2d 1589 (N.D. Cal. 2002) (required reading)

• Mark Janis, A Tale of the Apocryphal Axe: Repair, Reconstruction, and the Implied License in Intellectual Property Law, 58 Md. L. Rev. 423 (1999)

• Niels Hölder, Contributory Patent Infringement and Exhaustion in Case of Replacement Parts ? Comment on a Recent Supreme Court Decision in Germany, 36 Int'l Rev. Intell. Prop. & Competition L. 889 (2005)

  11:30  Break

  11:40  License Essentials in EU and US and Introduction

             of Hypothetical Case Law for Discussion and Mock Trial (Agostino Clemente; Stephen Faciszewski)

  12:40  IP and Freedom of Expression (Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich)

  13:30  Lunch Break

  14:30  IP Licensing and Contractual Issues (Agostino Clemente; Francesca Maschio; Stephen Faciszewski; Dan Laster )                                                    

             Student discussions to prepare for negotiation

  17:30  End of Class

February 19, Tuesday      

  09:00  Brand Protection under Community Law (Stefano Sandri)

  10:00  The Chain of Rights in Audio-Visual Production (Agostino Clemente; Amy Louise Hamilton)

  11:30  Break

  11:40  IP Licensing and Competition Law in EU and US (Rita Coco; Stephen Faciszewski)

  13:30  Lunch Break

  14:30  Negotiation Exercise and Evaluation

  17:30  End of Class

February 20, Wednesday

  09:00  Patent Protection of Software in EU and US (Doug Stewart; Matthias Bosch)

  10:30  Break

  10:40  Copyright Protection of Software in EU and US (Dan Laster; Giovanni Maria Riccio)

  13:40  End of Class

             All Afternoon- Free Time

February 

21, Thursday

  09:00  IP Rights in the Persona? Bio-Patents, Right of Publicity, Data Property and Other Contested Issues (Prof. Giorgio Resta)

  10:00  Product Design and Trade Dress Protection in EU and US (Francesca Maschio; Signe Brunstad)

  11:30  Break

  11:40  Litigation Procedure in Italy, Germany and US (Jochen Pagenberg; Paul Meiklejohn; Mario Franzosi)

  13:30  Lunch Break

  14:30  Student Discussion to Prepare for Mock Trial (Domenico Di Pietro; Paul Meiklejohn; Doug Stewart; Jochen Pagenberg; Mario Franzosi) 

  18:00  End of Class

February 

22, Friday

  09:00  Scope of Patent Protection in US, Germany and Italy (Judge Randall R. Rader; Dr. Gabriella Muscolo; Dr. Klaus Grabinski)

  10:40  Infringement Remedies in Italy, Germany and US (Jochen Pagenberg; Mario Franzosi; Paul Meiklejohn)

  12:10  Lunch Break

  14:00  Mock Trial and Evaluation (Judge Randall R. Rader; Dr. Gabriella Muscolo; Dr. Klaus Grabinski) (open to the public)

  18:00  End of Program

  20:00  Graduation Dinner

Full post as published by Internet Law - Copyright Law on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).