322.01 Copyright Law

A comprehensive course on the law of literary and artistic property, with emphasis on mastering the technical intricacies of the 1976 Copyright Act and its many complex recent amendments, including the cyberspace rules introduced by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Subject matter treated will include literary characters; musical works; pictorial,Graphic, and sculptural works; industrial designs; motion pictures and plays; sound recordings; computer programs and databases. Throughout the course effort is made to clarify the relations between artistic property and industrial property (especially trademarks and unfair competition law) in the United States and at the international level. Students are encouraged to think critically about the unresolved economic and policy issues facing creators and innovators in an Information Age, issues that often reflect a larger, ongoing debate within the framework of the world's intellectual property system, and the course will prepare them for the practice of copyright law at any level.

Fall 2014

Course Number Course Credits Evaluation Method Instructor
322.01
Course Credits
Jerome H. Reichman
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW.322.01.F2014
Email list: LAW.322.01.F2014@sakai.duke.edu
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Course
Degree Requirements
Course Requirements - JD
Course Requirements - LLM