Wikipedia:Canada Education Program/Courses/Intellectual Property: Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Law (Ariel Katz)/Timeline

Course Structure (tentative)

 * General introduction
 * Jan. 7	Introduction to the course and overview of IP law
 * Copyright law
 * Jan. 9	- Introduction to copyright law: origins and governing principles
 * Jan. 14 - Copyrightability: Fixation, Originality
 * Jan. 16 - Limitations on copyrightability: Ideas and facts vs. expressions; merger doctrine; scènes à faire
 * Jan. 21 - Subject matter limitations
 * Jan. 23 - The copyright bundle: “Means” and “includes”; Copyright infringement - substantial part
 * Jan. 28 - Copyright infringement: to “authorize”, secondary infringement
 * Jan. 30 - Fair dealing and other users’ rights and defences
 * Feb. 4	- Fair dealing; collective administration of copyrights
 * Feb. 6	- Exhaustion/first sale; Moral rights
 * Patent law
 * Feb. 11 - Trade secrets
 * Feb. 13 - Introduction to patent law; subject matter
 * Feb. 25 - Patentable subject matter
 * Feb. 27 - Presumption of validity; utility
 * Mar. 4	- Novelty; Non-obviousness
 * Mar. 6	- Sufficiency of specification; Notice of Compliance proceedings
 * Trademark law
 * Mar. 11 - Patent infringement
 * Mar. 13 - Defences, remedies
 * Mar. 18 - Introduction to trademark law
 * Mar. 20 - Passing off
 * Mar. 25 - Trademark registration
 * Mar. 27 - Confusion; functionality
 * Apr. 1	- Depreciation of goodwill/dilution
 * Apr. 3	- Review class
 * Final exam
 * Apr. 18

Week 1: Wikipedia Essentials

 * In class
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)


 * Assignment (due week 2)
 * Read Five pillars, an explanation of Wikipedia's basic rules and principles

Week 2: Editing basics

 * In class
 * Campus Ambassadors introduce:
 * Basics of editing
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good & bad articles
 * Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
 * Assignments (due week 3)
 * Create a Wikipedia account, create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to one of the class's Online Ambassadors (via talk page), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

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