Wikipedia:WikiProject Intellectual Property law 2010 Berkeley

Note: This page is now here for archival purposes only. The current Intellectual Property law WikiProject is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Intellectual Property law.

Introduction

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Students in the University of California Berkeley's Fall 2010 Intellectual Property Law for the Information Industries course seek to improve Wikipedia pages related to Intellectual Property law topics. (It's also an assignment.) This effort is also now part of the Wikimedia Foundation's pilot project on United States Public Policy.

Students have identified the following pages that they may work on:

Possible Pages to Work on

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Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Agreements

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
Physic Asset Marketing Systems, Inc. v. Gagnon wsko.ko
open Uniform Trade Secrets Act open
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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
ToastIsTasty Adobe Systems, Inc. v. Southern Software, Inc. Karthik Jagadeesh

Computer Privacy and Security

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
Karthik Jagadeesh Lane v. Facebook, Inc. ToastIsTasty

First Sale and Section 117

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
dmac127 Microsoft Corp. v. DAK Industries, Inc. cxw2513

Derivative Works and Fair Use

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
cxw2513 Micro Star v. FormGen Inc. Kaushik Iyer
open Fair use open

Contract Formation: Shrinkwrap, Clickwrap, and Browsewrap licenses

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
brho1234 Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp. LisaFowler
open Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc. open
open Louisiana Software License Enforcement Act (La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 51:1961-66) open
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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
open UMG v. MP3.com open

Digital Rights Management and Anti-Circumvention

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
wsko.ko RealNetworks, Inc. v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. Klees

DMCA Safe Harbors

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
Hcookeecs Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., Viacom_v._YouTube#Copyright_complaints_against_YouTube marmbrus
Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
open Copyright misuse open
open Copyfraud open

Free Software and Free Culture

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
open Jacobsen v. Katzer open

Cybersquatting, the UDRP, ACPA, and Gripe Sites

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
open Panavision International, L.P. v. Toeppen open

Pop-up and Keyword Advertising, Metatags, TM Contributory Liability

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
open Bosley Medical Institute, Inc. v. Kremer open
marmbrus 1-800 Contacts, Inc. v. WhenU.com, Inc.; 1-800 Contacts#Pop-up Ad lawsuit Hcookeecs
Yoplaitexas Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp. Prahalika
LisaFowler Falwell v. Lamparello; Jerry Falwell#Falwell versus Christopher Lamparello brho1234
Kaushik Iyer Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc.; Rescuecom#Public Incidents, Draft, Notes Physic
open Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc. open

Patents (Particularly Software and Business Method Patents)

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s)
Hanh-Phuc Le AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications, Inc. Mervin John
Prahalika Reddy Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc. open
open British Telecommunications Plc. v. Prodigy; British Telecommunications#BT.27s .22Web patent.22 open
Mervin John Perfect Web Technologies, Inc. v. InfoUSA, Inc. dmac127
open SRI International, Inc. v. Internet Security Systems, Inc. open
Mangaki LG Electronics, Inc. v. Hitachi America Ltd. open
Klees Fujifilm Corp. v. Benun Hanh-Phuc Le

"Hot News" Misappropriation

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Wiki User(s) Wiki Page(s) Reviewer(s)
naryasece National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc. Prahalika
open Barclays Capital Inc. v. Theflyonthewall.com open

Here is a list of more copyright topics on Wikipedia.

Some Wiki Resources From Your Fellow Classmates

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  • I found the following page to be a good starting point for figuring out wikipedia law articles: Wikipedia:WikiProject Law
  • I also found this page where featured (highest quality) law articles are listed: Wikipedia:Featured Article#Law
  • Something else that I am using is changedetection.com, which lets you watch web pages so that you know when they change.
  • A good way to monitor Wikipedia articles for changes is `starring' an article. Any changes to the article will then appear in your watchlist.
  • You can get a more full-featured editor by installing a Greasemonkey script called wikEd.
  • Every user has a sandbox where they can play with things (like draft versions of their page). It's here.

Other resources

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Here is a list of helpful, experienced Wikipedia editors who can answer questions about the wiki software and formatting in general, how to insert citations and media, advice on how to form a WP:Consensus with other editors on Wikipedia, or any general and/or technical advice on how to use Wikipedia.

Guidelines to Remember

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Content Guidelines

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General Overview

Wikipedia's Three Core Content Policies:

Technical Guidelines

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Citations

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References Generally: Learn how to do references
For example, here is a good citation to Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).[1]
I made that reference with the following text:
<ref name=Baker>''Baker v. Selden'', [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/101/101.US.99.html 101 U.S. 99] (1879).</ref>

If I cite to that same reference again later, then I just need: <ref name=Baker>.[1]

See: WP:CITE.

For relatively painless citing of law cases consider using Wikipedia's template for court citations: Template:Cite_court.

Cases: To the extent possible, provide links to publicly-available versions of all court opinions mentioned. A good source of Federal opinions is http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/

Statutes: How to cite to the United States Code (U.S.C.)

Wikilinks: In general, provide links to other articles of relevance within Wikipedia.

Choose a Category/Categories for the page you edit
One of the following categories might fit the page you edit:
Category:United States Internet case law
Category:United States copyright case law
Category:United States federal intellectual property legislation

Category:United States Supreme Court cases
Category:United States courts of appeals cases
Category:United States district court cases
Category:California state case law

or look for a better category in the Category tree.

Don't let the page you edit be an orphan
Click the "What links here" link in the toolbox on the left-hand margin of the page you edit and make sure it has at least three incoming links (from pages other than this one) and think about what other pages in Wikipedia ought to link to the page you edit and then add such links.

Infobox Templates Some articles, particularly case summaries, have an Infobox on the right-hand side, providing key details of the case. If you would like to use such an Infobox, here are some that may be of use:

Other Infoboxes are topical rather than court-specific. You can see a list of some of these at the Wikipedia:WikiProject Law page.

Previous Law WikiProjects:

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References (for illustration purposes only)

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  1. ^ a b Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).