Monday, March 30, 2009

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