Fall 2018 Class meeting time: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-5:15 pm Office hours in Warren Hall 211C: Tuesday and Thursday 1:15-3:45 p.m. Required materials: Barton Beebe, Trademark Law: An Open-Source Casebook, Version 5.0 (2018 edition) and the federal trademark statute - for more information, click here. Reading and Writing Assignments Introduction 8/21: Pages 8-29 of the casebook (CB); Optional: watch the USPTO's Trademark Basic Facts Videos or read the Basic Facts About Trademarks booklet. I. Establishing Trademark Rights 8/23: CB 30-66; think of one brand of goods or services you like, and search for that trademark by clicking the "Search trademark database" button on the USPTO website. 8/28: CB 66-90 8/30: CB 90-126 9/4: CB 126-62 9/6: CB 162-92 9/11: CB 185-225 9/13: CB 210-42 9/18: CB 243-78 9/20: CB 279-317 9/25: CB 308-47 II. Trademark Infringement 9/27: CB 348-74 10/2: CB 374-412 10/4: CB 412-44 10/9: CB 444-71; first writing assignment due on class 10/11: CB 471-504 10/16: CB 504-34 10/18: CB 535-75 III. Defenses and Other Limitations on Trademark Rights 10/23: CB 576-98 10/25: CB 598-620 10/30: CB 620-40 11/1: CB 640-61 11/6: CB 662-87 11/8: CB 687-704 IV. Right of Publicity 11/13: CB 705-28 11/15: CB 728-51 V. Remedies 11/20: CB 752-72 11/22: No class - Happy Thanksgiving 11/27: No class - Friday classes meet instead of Tuesday classes 11/29: Review; second writing assignment is due in class; there is no reading assignment |