Con Law II Syllabus

Readings for Constitutional Law II (Winter Quarter 2010)

1. Introduction 1017-1028

2. Masses and Schenck 1028-1038

3. Abrams 1038-1043

4. Gitlow and Whitney 1043-1052

5. Dennis and Yates 1052-1061

6. Brandenburg and Beyond 1061-1071

7. Threats 1071-1075

8. The Hostile Audience and Skokie 1076-1091

9. Vagueness, Overbreadth and Prior Restraint 1109-1128*

10. Confidential Information and the Pentagon Papers Case 1092-1109

11. False Statements of Fact 1128-1147

12. Privacy 1147-1152

13. Commercial Advertising 1152-1172

14. Obscenity and Child Pornography 1172-1201

15. The Lewd, the Profane, and the Indecent 1201-1223

16. Hate Speech and Pornography 1223-1254

17. Content Neutrality and the Public Forum 1255-1287

18. Unequal Access and the Public Forum 1288-1305

19. Government Speech 1305-1325

20. Draft Card Burning, Flag Burning and Nude Dancing 1325-1346

21. Campaign Finance Regulation 1346-1383

22. Freedom of Association 1384-1399

23. Freedom of the Press 1399-1421

24: Regulating the Press to Improve the Marketplace of Ideas 1421-1441

* You should read this on your own before we get to assignment 10. We will not discuss this material in class.

Remedies Syllabus

Week		Subject		Laycock	Reader
1		Introduction; Restoring Plaintiff to His Rightful Position		1-19
1		Value as the Measure of the Rightful Position		19-33	Peevyhouse (1)
1		Reliance and Expectancy as Measures of the Rightful Position		37-48; 49-53	Damages' Formulas (2)
2		The Victim's Incentives			Cooter (3) Cooter & Porat (4) (not easy)
2	Consequential Damages	56-68	Epstein (5)
2	Liquidated Damages	74-88
3	Probabilistic Recoveries		Levmore (6) Porat (7)
3	Avoidable Consequences, Offsetting Benefits and Collateral Sources	92-110
3	The Scope of Liability	110-119
4	Economic Analysis of Specific Performance	383-411
4	Preventing Unjust Enrichment	565-603
4	Recission and the Benefit Requirement	621-639

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Trademarks Syllabus

UNFAIR COMPETITION AND TRADEMARKS

Mr. Landes

Fall 2009

 
 

Page numbers refer to Kitch & Perlman, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition, University Casebook Series (5th Edition, Foundation Press: 1998. The course packet includes a copy of the Lanham Act, materials from the Trademark Office, Ch. 7 from Landes & Posner, and cases listed below

 
 

*Denotes material not covered in class

 
 

I. Misappropriation 9-23, 408-412

 
 

II. Unfair Competition

1. Economics of Advertising 57-64

 
 

2. Common Law False Advertising 65-71

 
 

3. Disparagement* 71-72, 74-79, 83-84

 
 

4. Lanham Act §43(a)

100-114,

McNeil v. Pfizer

126-132

Dastar v. 20th Century Fox

115-121

139-143

 
 

5. State Statutes* 144-145

 
 

6. The Federal Trade Commission* 155-164

 
 

III. Trademarks

 
 

1. The Fundamentals

165-184, Landes & Posner,

Ch. 7 from "The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law" (Harvard Univ. Press 2003),

Materials from Trademark Office on registration

 
 

2. Descriptive and Generic Marks

190-194, 202-206

Browne Drug v. Cococare Products

Ty v. Softbelly's

Custom Vehicles v. Forest River

 
 

3. Geographic Marks, Certification Marks, Personal Names and Likeness

213-216, 219-224

In Re
California Innovations

In Re Les Halles de Paris

Peaceable Planet v. Ty

ETW v. Jireh Publishing

4. Subject Matter & Preemption

224–242

Wal-Mart v. Samara

Traffix Devices v. Marketing Displays

Bretford Manufacturing v. Smith

Gibson Guitar v. PRS Guitar

25–37

 
 

5. Rights of Holders of Trademarks

257–277

284–289

Google v. American Blind

1-800 Contacts v. WhenU.com

Rescuecom v. Google

KP Permanent Make-Up v. Lasting Impression

 
 

6. Non-Competing Goods and Dilution

299-304

Mattel v. MCA Records

316-323, Ty v. Perryman

Playboy v. Welles

Playboy v. Netscape

Louis Vuitton v. Haute Diggity Dog

327-329

Nitro v. Acushnet

Novartis v. Abbeyvet Export,

 
 

7. Domain Names

309-313,

Sporty's Farm v. Sportsman,

PETA v. Doughney,

Bosley v. Michael Kremer,

Hendrix v. Jimi Hendrix Fan Club

 
 

8. Remedies and Contributory Infringement

334-342,

Vulcan Golf v. Google,

Tiffany v. Ebay

9. Abandonment

Indianapolis Colts v. Baltimore Football Club

350-352

 
 

10. Assignment and Licensing

352-362

 
 

 
 

 
 

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Environmental Law Syllabus

Unit I—Background

 
 

Class 1:             

Page 53-57 (Ruckelshaus); 59-69 (Benzene);  risk assessment

Page  78-83 Public Citizen v. Tyson, (EtO) same

 
 

Class 2:             

Page 108-126 (EDS v, EPA: Corrosion Proof v. EPA).

 
 

Class 3:           

Page 206-218 (HomeBuilders v. Babbitt) commerce clause

Page 218-230 (NY v. US; Virginia v Browner) tenth amendment

 
 

Class 4:            

Page 230-236 (Burnette v. Carothers)  11thAmendment

Page 237-247 (Philadelphia v. NJ) dormant commerce

 
 

Unit II—Air Pollution

 
 

Class 5:            

Page 288-299 (Ackerman & Hassler) Clean Coal/Dirty Air

Page 310-326 (lead)

 
 

Class 6:

Page 326-340 (Whitman v. ATA) NAAQS;

Page 340-348 (Union Electric v. EPA) SIPs

 
 

Class 7:

Page 348-355 (Coalition for Clean Air v. EPA) SIPs

Page 355-368 (Portland Cement v. Ruckelshaus; NY v. Reilly

 
 

New Source Performance Standards

 
 

Class 8:

Page 368-384  (Sierra v. Ruckelshaus; Alaska v. EPA) Deterioration

 
 

Class 9:

Page 385-400  (Citizens Refinery v. EPA) Nonattainment

 
 

Class 10:

Page 400-422 (Wisconsin EP v. Reilly; NY v. EPA; EDF v. Duke) New source review

 
 

Class 11:

Page 422-442 APCD v. EPA; Michigan v. EPA, Appalachian v. EPA Interstate Air Pollution

 
 

Class 12:

Page 452-470  (IH v. Ruckelshaus; Manufacturers v. EPA; Engine Manufacturers v. SCAQMD) Mobile Sources

 
 

 Unit III—Water Pollution

 
 

Class 13:                      

Page 505-534 (DuPont v. Train; Weyerhaeuser v. Costle; Kennecott v. EPA; CPC International v. Train) effluent limitations

 
 

Class 14:

Page 545-553 nonpoint sources

Page 553-561 designated uses

 
 

Class 15:

Page 561-569 (Idaho Mining v. Browner; Ohio Valley v. Horinko) antidegradation

 
 

Class 15:

Page 569-586  (Prosolino v. Nastri; NRDC v. Muszynski; SF Baykeeper v. Whitman)Total Maximum Daily Loads

 
 

Class 16:

Page 794-602 (Int'l Fabricare Inst. v. EPA; Waukesha v. EPA) drinking water

 
 

 
 

Unit IV—Hazardous Substances

 
 

 Class 17:

Page 609-630  (API v. EPA; US v. Elias; API v. EPA; ACC v. EPA) waste

 
 

Class 18:

Page 641-669 (NY v. Shore Realty; US v. Bestfoods; US v. Aceto) PRPs

 
 

Class 19:

Page 669-690 (US v. Pacific Hide; Westwood v. NFGDC); US v CMDG Realty) Land transactions

 
 

Class 20:

Page 697-718 (US v. Chem-Dyne; US v. Monsanto, In re Bell; US v Burlington; U.S. v. Consolidation Coal) joint and several liability

 
 

 Unit V. Natural Resources

 
 

 Class 21:

Page 910-920 (TVA v. Hill) jeopardy

Page 928-945 (NM Cattle v. US FWS) critical habitat

 
 

Class 22:

Page  954-976 (Babbitt v. Sweet Home; NWF v. Norton) private actions

 
 

Class 23:

Page 975-1002 (Rapanos v. US; Hoosier v. US AC; Yellowstone v. Flowers) wetlands

 
 

Class 24:

Page 1003-1030  (Sierra Club v. Marita; Public Lands Council v. Babbitt; Sierra Club v. Babbitt; M & R v. Babbitt) natural resources on public lands

 
 

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Patent Law Syllabus

The University of Chicago

The Law School

 

PATENT LAW

 

Jonathan Masur

jmasur@uchicago.edu

773.702.5188

 

 

Casebook:    Merges & Duffy, Patent Law and Policy: Cases and Materials (4th ed. 2007)

 

 

Class 1 (March 30): Introduction to the Course

 

        •    Overview of the Patent System (49-55)

        •    Architecture of a Patent (14-26)

 

    Class 2 (March 31): Claim Drafting

 

        •    Claim Drafting (27-35)

        •    Pencil drafting assignment

 

Class 3 (April 2): Eligible Subject Matter

 

        •    Chakabarty (67-78)

 

Class 4 (April 6): Eligible Subject Matter (cont'd)

    

•    Parke-Davis (106-113)

•    Funk Brothers (113-116)

 

Class 5 (April 7): Utility

 

        •    Introduction (207-208)

•    Brenner (222-230)

•    Brana (230-240)

•    Fisher (240-253)

 

Class 6 (April 9): Disclosure/Enablement

 

        •    Incandescent Lamp Patent (261-269)

•    Wands (275-282)

 

Class 7 (April 13): Written Description

 

•    Gentry (299-309)

•    Lizardtech (321-327)

•    Orthokinetics (327-330)

 

Class 8 (April 14): Novelty

 

•    Robertson, Seaborg, Schering, Hafner (357-382)

 

Class 9 (April 16): Novelty (cont'd)

 

•    National Tractor (394-398)

•    Rosaire (398-402)

•    In re Klopfenstein (405-410)

 

Class 10 (April 20): Novelty (cont'd)

 

    •    102(g) Materials (438-464)

 

Class 11 (April 21): Novelty (cont'd)

 

    •    102(g) as Prior Art (468-478)

 

Class 12 (April 23): Statutory Bars

 

        •    Moleculon (528-533)

        •    Pfaff (536-550)

 

Class 13 (April 27): Statutory Bars and Trade Secrets

 

        •    Metallizing (533-536)

•    Elizabeth (555-562)

        •    Baxter (570-579)

        •    Gore (579-584)

 

Class 14 (April 28): Statutory Bars Cont'd

 

    •    No additional reading

 

Class 15 (April 30): Non-Obviousness

 

        •    KSR (663-685)

 

Class 16 (May 4): Non-Obviousness (cont'd)

 

    •    No further reading assignment.

 

Class 17 (May 5): Infringement

 

        •    Phillips (787-804)

•    Unique Concepts (812-820)

 

Class 18 (May 7): Infringement by Equivalents

 

    •    Warner-Jenkinson (856-867)

 

Class 19 (May 11): Infringement by Equivalents (cont'd)

 

        •    Festo (867-881)

 

Class 20 (May 12): Infringement by Equivalents (cont'd)

 

        •    No further reading

 

Class 21 (May 14): Indirect Infringement

 

    •    Aro, Bard (909-922)

 

Class 22 (May 19): Remedies and Legal Process

 

•    eBay (933-947)

 

Class 23 (May 20): Remedies and Legal Process (cont'd)

 

•    Willful Infringement (1029-1039)

 

•    In re Seagate Technology (Section I.)

 

Class 24
(May 21): Patent Law in Practice

 

•    Guest Lecturer: Tacy Flint, Sidley Austin LLP

 

•    Reading TBD

Antitrust Syllabus

ANTITRUST LAW

 

Syllabus – Winter Quarter 2009

University of Chicago

 

Professor Daniel Crane

(dcrane@yu.edu)

 

 

 

Assigned Text

 

    Pitofsky, Goldschmid, Wood, Trade Regulation: Cases and Materials (5^th ed).

 

    2007 Supplement to Pitofsky, Goldschmid, Wood

 

Assigned Reading

 

1. The goals of antitrust policy; common law antecedents (pp. 1-12, 169-172, 23-35)
   
   
2. Statutory history of antitrust (pp. 35-51; handout on antitrust statutes)
   
   
3. Early development of legal doctrine (pp. 51-66)
   
   
4. Market power, market definition, and the Cellophane fallacy (pp. 128-165)
   
   
5. Market definition – Grinnell and the Merger Guidelines (pp. 165-168, 172-191; Section 1.0-1.322 of the Merger Guidelines, pp. 1034-1042)
   
   
6. Price-fixing and the per se rule (pp. 197-227)
   
   
7. Characterization of joint action (pp. 228-249)
   
   
8. The quick look approach (pp. 249-275)
   
   
9. Professional associations (pp. 276-296)
   
   
10. Horizontal non-price restraints (pp. 297-323)
    
    
11. Boycotts and refusals to deal (pp. 331-345; 354-370; 378-386)
    
    
12. Political "conspiracies" and Antitrust Federalism: The Noerr-Pennington doctrine (pp. 410-418; 443-449; pp. 450-455; 472-483)
    
    
13. Proving collusion (pp. 490-505; Twombly, Supplement; 526-532)
    
    
14. Facilitating practices (586-610; 551-584)
    
    
    
15. Resale price maintenance (pp. 620-645; Leegin (Supplement)
    
    
16. Vertical nonprice restraints (pp. 648-675)
    
    
17. Vertical refusals to deal (pp. 679-711)
    
    
18. Monopolization (pp. 722-750; Trinko (Supplement))
    
    
19. Microsoft (pp. 765-812)
    
    
20. Attempted monopolization (pp. 832-846)
    
    
21. Predatory pricing (pp. 847-870; Weyerhaeuser (Supplement)
    
    
22. Tying (pp. 876-903)
    
    
23. More tying and bundled discounts (pp. 903-924) (3M v. LePages (Supplement))
    
    
24. Exclusive dealing (pp. 935-953)
    
    
25. Merger caselaw (pp. 964-975; 978-990; 994-1110)
    
    

The Merger Guidelines (pp. 1034-1065)

Corporations Syllabus

 

Module	Subject	Readings for this Class
1.	Organization & Overview	Units 1 & 2 (pp. 2–13)   CB § 1.1.2 (pp. 3–5)
2.	Partnership Law : Formation & Third Parties I	Unit 3: The Formation of Partnerships (pp. 14–15)   Vohland v. Sweet (CB pp. 50–53)   Unit 4: Partnerships and Third Parties (pp. 16–25).
3.	Partnership Law: Third Parties II and Governance	National Biscuit Co. v. Stroud (pp. 59-60)   Unit 5: Partnership Governance (pp. 26–28)
4.	Partnership Law: Dissolution	Unit 6: Dissolution (pp. 26–36)   Page v. Page (71-73)
5.	Partnership Law: Dissociation Corporations: Introduction I	Unit 7: Dissociation (pp. 37–40)   Read everything in your casebook between the headlines "4.1. Introduction to the Corporate Form" on p. 83 and the headline "4.2.2 The Process of Incorporating Today" on p. 90.
6.	Corporations: Introduction II	Unit 8: Introduction to Corporate Law (pp. 41–45).   CB § 4.2.2 (pp. 90–91).   CB § 4.2.3 (p. 91–92)   CB § 4.2.4 (p. 92–93)   CB § 4.2.5 (p. 93)
7.	The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws	Unit 9: Incorporation (pp. 46–49)   Unit 10: Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws (pp. 50–61)
8.	Limited Liability & Veil Piercing I	CB § 4.3 (pp. 94–97)   Unit 11: Veil Piercing (pp. 62–66)
9.	Veil Piercing II	Sea-Land-Services, Inc. v. The Pepper Source (CB pp. 151-55)   Kinney Shoe Corp. v. Polan (CB pp. 156-159)   Walkovszky v. Carlton (CB pp. 160-65)
10.	Formal Distribution Constraints	Unit 12 (pp. 67–81)
11.	The Role of the Board	Read everything in your casebook between the heading "4.5. Centralized Management" on p. 99 and the heading "4.5.2 Corporate Officers: Agents of the corporation on p. 107
12.	Electing and Removing Directors	Unit 13: Quorum and Majority Requirements (pp. 82–87)   CB § 7.2.1. (pp. 180–81)   Read everything in your casebook between the heading "§ 7.2.2. Removing Directors" on page 181 and the heading "Problem: The Unfirable CEO" on page 182.   Read the "Note on Staggered Boards" (CB pp. 183–84).   CB § 7.3 (pp. 184–85)
13.	Circular Ownership	Unit 14: Circular Ownership (pp. 88–89).   Speiser v. Baker (pp. 195–201)
14.	Vote Buying, Controlling Minority Structures, and Shareholder Inspection Right	CB § 7.7.3 (pp. 209–213)   Schreiber v. Carney (pp. 203–208)   Unit 15: The Right to Inspect Corporate Books and Records (pp. 90–92)   General Time Corp. v. Talley Industries, Inc. (pp. 193–94)
15.	Review	Unit 16: The Hypo that Just Does Not Seem To End (pp. 93–99)
16.	Shareholder Passivity	Unit 17: Shareholder Passivity (100–105)   CB § 7.9.2 (pp. 222-230).
17.	Duty of Care I	Unit 18: The Duty of Care (pp. 106–111)   Kamin v. American Express Co. (pp. 252–255)
18.	Duty of Care II	CB § 8.3 (pp. 245–252)   CB § 8.5 (pp. 260–63).
19.	Duty of Care III	Read everything between in your casebook between the heading "8.6. The Board's Duty to Monitor: Losses Caused by board

 

20.	Conflict of Interest Transactions I	Read everything in your casebook between the heading "Conflict Transactions…" on page 293 and the heading "9.2. Self Dealing Transactions" on page 300.   Unit 19: Self-Dealing Defined (pp. 112–114).
21.	Conflict of Interest Transactions II	Unit 20: Controlling Shareholders (pp. 115–116)   Sinclair Oil v. Levien (CB pp. 307-310)   Unit 21: Interested Transactions and Ratification (pp. 117–122)
22.	Conflict of Interest Transactions III	State ex Rel. Hayes Oyster Co. v. Keypoint Oyster Co. (CB pp. 302-305)   Cookies Food Product v. Lake Warehouse (CB pp. 312-317)   Cooke v. Oolie (pp. 311-312)
23.	Corporate Opportunity Doctrine	CB § 9.5 (pp. 351-356)   Unit 22: The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine (pp. 123–125)
24.	The Duty of Loyalty in Close Corporations	Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co. pp 357-362   Read the middle paragraph on page 364 of your casebook which begins with the words "Several states seem to follow" and ends with the words "less harmful to the minority shareholders."   Smith v. Atlantic Properties, Inc., pp. 364-368
25.	Derivative Suits I	Unit 23: Introduction to Derivative Suits (pp. 126–127)   Read everything in your casebook between the heading "Shareholder Lawsuits" on page 369 and the heading "10.2. Solving a Collective Action Problem…" on p. 373
26.	Derivative Suits II	Unit 24: Chancery Court Rule 23.1 (pp. 128–131)   Levine v. Smith (pp. 383–387) (including the note on Ross Perot on p. 387)   Rales v. Blasband (CB pp. 388-395)
27.	Derivative Suits III Review	Zapata Corp. v. Maldonado (CB pp. 396-401)