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:

  1. All reading and written assignments must be completed prior to the class in which they are due.
  2. Attendance is mandatory. Students are responsible for keeping current with the assignments. The professor is not responsible for keeping students current.
  3. Class participation is encouraged and will be rewarded academically.
  4. All assignments must be each student's workproduct.
  5. 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  
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  
5.10.05 FINAL EXAM  List of Terms & Concepts for Final Exam