2/25 Introduction to the Course 

3/03

Introduction to International Intellectual Property Law

Class instructor: Professor Shen

Reading Assignment: Frederick M. Abbott et al., International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World economy, pp1-19；The TRIPS Agreement

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

3/10

National Treatment for Preotection of Intellectual Property

Class instructor: Professor Shen

Reading Assignment: ECJ Case C_92_92 and C_326_92_ Phil Collins v. Imtrat Handelsgesellschaft MbH

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

3/17

Choice of Forum

Class instructor: Professor Shen

Reading Assignment: Goldstein & Tremble, International Intellectual Property pp. 24-40

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

3/24

Choice of Law

Class instructor: Professor Shen

Reading Assignment: Goldstein & Tremble, International Intellectual Property pp. 51-69

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

3/31

Coyright Exhaustion and E-BOOK 

Class instructor: Professor Shen

Reading Assignment: CJEU Case C?263/18, 19 December 2019

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

4/07

The key issues under International Trademark Law(1):

Class instructor: Professor Shen and the teaching assistants on duty

Reading Assignment : Irene Calboli & Christine Haight Farley, The Trademark Provisions in the TRIPS

Agreement (SSRN)

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

4/14

The key issues under International Trademark Law(2):

Class instructor: Professor Shen and the teaching assistants on duty

Reading Assignment :

Irene Calboli, Reviewing the (Shrinking) Principle of Trademark Exhaustion in the European Union (Ten Years

Later), 16 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 257 (2012)

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

4/21

The key issues under International Trademark  Law(3):

Class instructor: Professor Shen and the teaching assistants on duty

Reading Assignment : Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Secondary Liability for Online Trademark Infringement: The International Landscape, 37 Colum. J.L. & Arts 463 (2014).

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

4/28

The key issues under International Copyright Law(1):

Class instructor: Professor Shen and the teaching assistants on duty

Reading Assignment :Madeleine de Cock Buning, Autonomous Intelligent Systems as Creative Agents

under the EU Framework for Intellectual Property, 7 Eur. J. Risk Reg. 310 (2016).

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

5/05

The key issues under International Copyright Law(2):

Reading Assignment : Loren E. Mulraine, A Global Perspective on Digital Sampling, 52 Akron L. Rev. 697 (2018).

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

5/12

The key issues under International Copyright Law(3):

Class instructor: Professor Shen and the teaching assistants on duty

Reading Assignment : Warner Music UK Ltd & Ors v Tunein Inc [2019] EWHC 2923 (Ch) (01 November 2019)

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

5/19

The key issues under International Patent Law (1): Patent Damages and Territoriality

Class instructor: Professor Shen and the teaching assistants on duty

Reading Assignment : SIMO Holdings Inc. v. Hong Kong uCloudlink Network Technology Ltd., No. 18-cv-5427 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y. Aug 30, 2019)

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

5/26

The key issues under International Patent Law (2): Anti-Suit Injunction

Class instructor: Professor Shen and the teaching assistants on duty

Reading Assignment : Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. v. Avanci, LLC (5:19-cv-02520-LHK)( N.D. Cal., July 31, 2019)

Hours input for learning on preview and review : 4 hours

6/02  No class (Preparation of the final presentation)

6/09

Presentation day 1 for three respective groups sharing two-hour class

6/16

Presentation day 2 for three respective groups sharing two-hour class

6/23

Presentation day 3 for two respective groups sharing two-hour class

Class Participation                                              35%

Presentation of the Assignment                         20%

Comment on Your Colleague's Presentation     10%

Final Paper                                                           35%

It should be noted that the grading is not based on the fluency of English speaking, but rather on the willingness to express your idea in English. Those who don't speak English well can still perform well in this class if they do work hard and are willing to participate.

Abbott, Frederick, et al., International Intellectual Property System in an Integrated World Economy (3d. ed. 2015).

Adelman, Martin et al., Global Issues in Intellectual Property Law (2011)

Bagley, Margo A.  et al., International Patent Law and Policy (2013).

Contretras, Jorge L., Technical Standardization Law-Competition, Antitrust, and Patents (2018).

Chow, Daniel C.K. & Lee, Edward, International Intellectual Property: Problems, Cases and Materials (2d. edition 2012) (Chow & Lee, International Intellectual Property).

Correa, Carlos M. & Yusuf, Abdulqawi A, Intellectual Property and International Trade-The TRIPS Agreement (2d. ed., 2008)

Correa, Carlos M., Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property

Rights-A Commentary on the TRIPS Agreement (2007).

Gervais, Daniel J.,   An International Acquis: Integrating Regimes and Restoring Balance, in International Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research (2015).

Goldstein, Paul & Tremble, Marketa, International Intellectual Property: Cases and Materials (4th. edition, 2016)

 Kur, Annette& Martin Senftleben, European Trade Mark Law-A Commentary (2017).