Readings

The readings for the eleventh day of class examine intellectual property, patents, and patent trolls.

Intellectual Property

• WIPO - What is IP?

• Intellectual Property: The Term

Patents

• A Brief History of Patents: Patent Law Past and Present

• The Case Against Patents (Archive)

• Why We Can’t Kill the Patent System (Archive)

  Patent Trolls

• Patent Trolls

• Not So Scary, After All: In Defense Of Patent Trolls (Archive)

• Why patent trolls won’t give up

Optional

• The Case Against Patents

• When Patents Attack!

Quiz

Once you have performed the readings, you are to take the quiz below by 6:00 AM of the morning the reading is assigned (ie. it is due before class).