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This seminar is an advanced intellectual property course focusing on legal issues surrounding computer software. Topics will include: protection for software under copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret; contractual protection, including shrink-wrap licenses and UCITA; and sui generis proposals for protecting software. The grade for this course will be based on class participation, a number of small written assignments, and a final paper. An introductory intellectual property class is a prerequisite. Enrollment is limited to 20. LL33001.


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Final Paper
4/15/02--The topic for the final paper has been posted on the assignments page. It will be due on the last day of the exam period.

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Requirements
Here you will find general information about the course, grading, participation, contact information, and other administrative details.

Syllabus
The syllabus should provide you with a rough outline of the subjects we intend to cover and the order of coverage.

Assignment Schedule
This page contains a schedule of assignments for this class, including the schedule for class facilitators, discussion questions for each class, and topics and due dates for the writing assignments.

Powerpoints
This page contains powerpoint presentations from class. They should be posted within a week or two after the corresponding class.

 


 
 
 

Updated: April 16, 2002
Maintained: Joseph P. Liu
URL: http://www2.bc.edu/~liujr/courses/soft02s
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