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Intellectual Property: Licensing, Copyright, & Advertising
LSLW 547
- Professor: Jack Baldwin LeClair M.A., Ed.S., J.D.
- Office Hours: by appointment and posted on office door.
- Office Phone: 973.655.7953
- Email: leclairj@mail.montclair.edu (put
LSLW 547 in the subject line)
- Text 1: PIP = Poltorak, Alexander and Paul J. Lerner. Essentials
of Intellectual Property. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002)
- Text 2: PLIP = Poltorak, Alexander and Paul J. Lerner. Essentials of Licensing
Intellectual Property. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004)
- Other Assignments - to be assigned on Blackboard.
purpose of this course:
- All reading and written assignments must be completed prior to the class in
which they are due.
- Attendance is mandatory. Students are responsible for keeping current with
the assignments. The professor is not responsible for keeping students current.
- Class participation is encouraged and will be rewarded academically.
- All assignments must be each student's workproduct.
- Readings will be from the text, cyberspace, or handouts.
| Midterm Examination |
40% |
| Final Examination |
40% |
| Classroom Participation |
10% |
| Assignments |
10% |
| DATE |
ASSIGNMENT |
NOTES |
| 1.18.05 |
Introduction to Intellectual Property; History internationally
and domestically. |
Login to Blackboard // PIP: preface, forward, and Introduction. |
| 1.25.05 |
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights and supporting
players |
PIP: 1, 2 |
| 2.01.05 |
Knowing what you have and protecting it. |
PIP: 3, 4. |
| 2.08.05 |
Valuing IP |
PIP: 5, 6. |
| 2.15.05 |
Director Liability - Mistakes that cost big bucks. |
PIP: 7 |
| 2.22.05 |
Enforcing Rights in IP |
PIP: 8 |
| 3.01.05 |
IP in Cyberspace - Infinite Xeroxing |
PIP: 9 |
| 3.08.05 |
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
List of Key Terms for Midterm |
| 3.15.05 |
SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS |
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| 3.22.05 |
Bravely into the mechanics of details. |
PLIP: Forward, Preface, Ch 2, 3 |
| 3.29.05 |
Licensing Strategies including patents. |
PLIP: 4, 5. |
| 4.05.05 |
Trade Secrets - Can they be licensed - |
PLIP: 6 |
| 4.12.05 |
Trademark and Copyright Licenses |
PLIP: 7, 8. |
| 4.19.05 |
Royalties and Enforcement of Deals |
PLIP: 9, 10 |
| 4.26.05 |
Negotiating Deals - How not to take it on the
chin. |
PLIP: 11 |
| 5.03.05 |
Last Class Discussion and Review for Final |
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| 5.10.05 |
FINAL
EXAM |
List of Terms & Concepts for Final Exam |
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