| Dr. TyAnna Herrington | Skiles 23 | Office hours- 11 TT and arrangement | 404.894.6207 |
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Intellectual Property Policy and Law provides an overview of intellectual property law and the policy issues that shape and drive it. Course participants examine the pragmatic aspects of the law to understand areas of product protection (such as trademark, patent, and copyright), the extent of protection afforded to creative products, limitations on product control, and operation of special treatment areas such as work for hire, among others. They also examine the effects of policy on interpretation, application, and creation of law within the frameworks of differing ideological structures, particularly as they are influenced by the Internet and digitized communication. Assignments include reading and discussion, hard copy critical analyses, and/or digital products.
description of assignments
readings/participation Students are responsible for all course readings on the day assigned. Failure to complete the readings can severely hinder ability to understand the information covered and negatively impact grades.
external reading responses
Students will locate, summarize, and present material from 10 external article readings during the semester. These readings should form the basis of the analytical projects and provide the rest of the class with a database of sources from which to draw information.
analytical artifact
Students will produce final analytical projects that will answer specific, focused questions of their choice in intellectual property. They may submit an analysis in a more traditional print-based medium or may choose to submit a project in a digital medium or combination of media. All projects must provide documentation to explain their theoretical bases, reasoning for technological media choices, a clear synthesis of their ideas and choices, and a final artifact that answers the question asked. To enhance the learning of all course participants, students will present their findings in class.
projects will include
compilation of reading response articles already submitted for course credit,
proposal,
final artifact,
oral presentation of project
readings/participation 10%
external reading responses 20%
analytical artifact 70%, broken down as follows:grading
aug
t 19- introduction to course
th 21- ideology and law
t 26- view Larry Lessig's TED talk
th 28- read Patterson and Lindberg ch 9
sept
t 2- history, read Patterson Lindberg ch 2
th 4- protections: trademark, trade secret, patent, and copyright, intro
t 9- out-of-class applied exercise
th 11- continue discussing protections
t 16- continue discussing protections
th 18- fair use
t 23- work for hire
th 25- proposal discussion, discussion of potential topics
t 30- read Jaszi and Woodmansee
oct
th 2- post-explanation assessment exercise
t 7- begin article summaries and discussion
th 9- article summaries and discussion
t 14- university recess
th 16- informal progress reports
t 21- continue informal progress reports
th 23- continue informal progress reports, read Herrington "The Interdependency of Fair Use and the First Amendment"
t 28- proposal due, DMCA
th 30- TEACH Act, discussion of oral presentations, article summaries and discussion
nov
t 4- Vote!!!!, optional discussion of topic choices
th 6- continue article summaries and discussion
t 11- continue article summaries and discussion
th 13- continue article summaries and discussion
t 18- continue article summaries and discussion
th 20- catch up and overall assessment of progress
t 25- presentations
th 27- Thanksgiving Break
dec
t 2- presentations
th 4- last day of class - presentations - all work due schedule of classes