POLSCI 3IP3
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Fall 2023 · C01
Topics
- Edwin C. Hettinger, “Justifying Intellectual Property,” Philosophy & Public Affairs 18, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 31-52
- Alan Story, “Inside Views: ‘Balanced’ Copyright: Not a Magic Saving Word,” Intellectual Property Watch , 27 February 2012, http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/02/27/%E2%80%98balanced%E2%80%99-copyright-not-a-magic-solving-word/
- Mistrale Goudreau, “Patents,” in Intellectual Property Law in Canada (Frederick, MD: Wolters Kluwer, 2017), 61–97
- “A Patent Waiver on COVID Vaccines Is Right and Fair,” Nature , 25 May 2021, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01242-1
- Martin P. J. Kratz,“Trade-Marks and the Internet,” in Canada’s Internet Law in a Nutshell (Toronto: Carswell, 2013), 225–66
- Lauren Blaiwais and Scott Miller, “Offensive Trademarks: The Canadian and American Perspectives,” Intellectual Property Journal 30, no. 2 (2018): 205-215
Readings
- Canadian Copyright: A Citizen’s GuideBetween the Lines · ISBN 9781771130141
- A digital edition (ISBN-13: 9781771130141) is available for purchase in ePub format from the Rakuten Kobo eReader Store ($13.99 CAD); and in Mobi format from the Amazon Kindle Store ($14.39 CAD). A print edition (ISBN-10: 177113013X; ISBN-13: 978-1771130134) is available for purchase from the McMaster University Campus Store ($24.95 CAD).
- The digital edition can also be checked out from the McMaster University Library for free; it can be read online (via any web browser) or downloaded and read offline for 7 days (using free third-party software). A PDF chapter (up to 84 pages) can be downloaded permanently.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall 2023