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TABLE OF CONTENTS
James Boyle, The Public Domain (excerpt) ......................................................................... 560
1.) Anti-Circumvention, Fair Use, and the First Amendment ............................................. 561
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley, 273 F.3d 429 (2d Cir. 2001) .................................... 561
2.) Anti-Circumvention, Competition, and Consumer Choice ............................................ 576
Chamberlain v. Skylink, 381 F.3d 1178 (Fed. Cir. 2004) ..................................................... 576
Problem 15-1 ....................................................................................................................... 582
3.) The Interaction between Copyright, Contracts, and the DMCA .................................... 583
MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., 629 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2010) .......... 583
Problem 15-2 ....................................................................................................................... 601
Chapter Sixteen
COPYRIGHT & STATE MISAPPROPRIATION LAW: PREEMPTION .................. 603
U.S. Constitution, Article 6, Clause 2 .................................................................................. 603
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 603
Problem 16-1: Framing and Preemption .............................................................................. 606
International News Service v. The Associated Press, 28 U.S. 215 (1918) ........................... 608
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1.) Subject Matter and General Scope: Extra Elements ...................................................... 608
National Basketball Assoc. v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F.3d 841 (2d Cir. 1997) ......................... 608
2.) Preemption, Misappropriation & the Fact/Expression Dichotomy ................................ 617
Barclays Capital Inc. v. Theflyonthewall.com, Inc., 650 F.3d 876 (2d Cir. 2011) ................ 617
Chapter Seventeen
PATENTS: HOPES, FEARS, HISTORY & DOCTRINE .............................................. 631
1.) Hopes and Fears ............................................................................................................ 631
2.) History ........................................................................................................................... 637
3.) Patent Basics ...................................................................................................... 639
a.) The America Invents Act ........................................................................................ 640
b.) The PTO Application Process ................................................................................ 641
c.) Reading a Sample Patent ........................................................................................ 641
d.) International patent law ........................................................................................... 649
Chapter Eighteen
PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER .............................................................................. 651
1.) Laws of Nature and Natural Phenomena ....................................................................... 651
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980) ................................................................... 651
James Boyle, Endowed by Their Creator?: The Future of
Constitutional Personhood (2011) ................................................................................ 656
Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 133 S.Ct. 2107 (2013) ............... 660
2.) Abstract Ideas, Business Methods and Computer Programs ......................................... 667
James Boyle, The Public Domain (excerpt) ......................................................................... 667
Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. 593 (2010) ................................................................................. 669
Problem 17-1 ....................................................................................................................... 686
Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Intern’l, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014) .................................................... 686
Problem 17-2 ....................................................................................................................... 693
Chapter Nineteen
REQUIREMENTS FOR PATENT PROTECTION: UTILITY .................................... 697
1.) ‘Research Intermediaries’ and Hunting Licenses .......................................................... 697
Brenner v. Manson, 383 U.S. 519 (1966) ............................................................................. 697
2.) Genetic Engineering & the Utility Guidelines ............................................................... 703
USPTO Utility Examination Guidelines: Notice (2001) ...................................................... 704
3.) Utility in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit .................................................. 709