Wikipedia:WikiProject Intellectual Property law 2009 Berkeley

Introduction

Students in the University of California Berkeley's Fall 2009 Intellectual Property Law for the Information Industries course seek to improve Wikipedia pages related to Intellectual Property law topics. (It's also an assignment.)

They've identified the following pages that they may work on:

Possible Pages to Work on

Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Agreements

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Trade secret
open	Non-compete clause
Peter Nguyen & Michael Carwin	Rivendell Forest Prods. v. Georgia Pacific Corp.
Rose Loughlin	Data General Corp. v. Digital Comp. Controls, Inc.
Laura Paajanen	Comprehensive Techs. Int'l, Inc. v. Software Artisans, Inc.
open	Lee Kaifu
Jess Hemerly	Mark Papermaster

Copyright Protection for Code

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
Ari Rabkin Steve Hanna	Software copyright
Cynthia Sturton	Substantial similarity#Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison test
Erika Chin	Computer Associates Int. Inc. v. Altai Inc.
Matt Finifter	Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc.
open	Analytic dissection
Alex Smolen and Alex Kantchelian	Data East USA, Inc. v. Epyx, Inc.
Joel Weinberger	Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation

First Sale and Section 117

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	First-sale doctrine
open	Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs
open	MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc.
open	Microsoft Corp. v. Harmony Comps. & Elecs., Inc.
open	Microsoft Corp. v. DAK Indus., Inc.
open	SoftMan Products Co. v. Adobe Systems Inc.
open	Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.
Eugene Li	MDY Indus. LLC v. Blizzard Entm't, Inc.

Derivative Works and Fair Use

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Derivative work
open	Fair use
open	Midway Mfg. Co. v. Artic Int'l, Inc.
open	Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
open	Micro Star v. FormGen Inc.
open	Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation
open	Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.
open	Google Book Search Settlement Agreement

Contract Formation: Shrinkwrap, Clickwrap, and Browsewrap licenses

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Clickwrap
open	Shrink wrap contracts
open	Browse wrap
open	Step-Saver Data Systems, Inc. v. Wyse Technology
open	ProCD v. Zeidenberg
open	Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp. (Note that current page is about district court opinion and should arguably be replaced with discussion of the 2d Cir. opinion).
open	Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software
open	Sega#Sega versus Accolade
open	Bowers v. Baystate Techs., Inc.

Copyright Liability for Internet Intermediaries

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Religious Technology Center v. Netcom
open	CoStar v. LoopNet
open	Network DVR
open	Cartoon Network, LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.
open	A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
open	MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.

Digital Rights Management and Anti-Circumvention

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Anti-circumvention
open	Digital Millennium Copyright Act
open	Reverse engineering (Legality section)
open	Universal v. Reimerdes
open	Chamberlain v. Skylink
open	Lexmark Int'l v. Static Control Components
This article is nominated as a good article, and has a plethora of discussion...suggest removing from list.	AACS encryption key controversy
open	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson
open	Sony BMG CD copy prevention scandal

DMCA Safe Harbors

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
open	Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.
open	Digital Millennium Copyright Act#IO Group Inc. vs. Veoh Networks Inc.

Copyright Misuse and Preemption

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Copyright misuse
open	Lasercomb Am., Inc. v. Reynolds

Free Software and Free Culture

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Copyleft
open	Creative Commons#Criticism
open	Jacobsen v. Katzer
open	GNU General Public License

Cybersquatting, the UDRP, ACPA, and Gripe Sites

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Cybersquatting
open	Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
open	Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
open	Gripe site
open	Panavision Int'l, L.P. v. Toeppen
open	Planned Parenthood Fed'n of Am., Inc. v. Bucci
open	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney

Pop-up and Keyword Advertising, Metatags

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Keyword advertising
open	Brookfield Commc'ns, Inc. v. West Coast Ent'mt Corp.
open	Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles
open	Bosley Med. Inst. v. Kremer
open	1-800 Contacts#Pop-up Ad lawsuit
open	Playboy Enters., Inc. v. Netscape Commc'ns Corp.
open	Jerry Falwell#Falwell versus Christopher Lamparello
open	Rescuecom#Public Incidents
Priyanka Reddy	Google, Inc. v. Am. Blind & Wallpaper Factory

Software and Business Method Patents

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
open	Software patent
open	Business method patent
open	Exhaustion doctrine
open	State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group
open	AT&T Corp. v. Excel Commc'ns, Inc.
G. Altekar	Netscape Commc'ns Corp. v. Konrad
open	Lockwood v. Am. Airlines, Inc.
open	British Telecomms. Plc. v. Prodigy
open	British Telecommunications#BT.27s .22Web patent.22
open	Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.
open	In re Bilski

Some Wiki Resources From Your Fellow Classmates

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 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.
You can get a more full-featured editor by installing a Greasemonkey script called wikEd.

Guidelines to Remember

Content Guidelines

General Overview
Wikipedia:Five pillars
Wikipedia:List of guidelines
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (legal)

Wikipedia's Three Core Content Policies:
Wikipedia:Neutral point of view
Wikipedia:Verifiability
Wikipedia:No original research

Technical Guidelines

Citations
References Generally: Learn how to do references
For example, here is a good citation to Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).
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>

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 Court 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:
Template:Infobox SCOTUS case Infobox for Supreme Court of the United States cases.
Template:Infobox COA case Infobox for Court of Appeals cases.
Template:Infobox High Court Template to create an Infobox for state Supreme Court cases.
Template:Infobox California Supreme Court case Infobox for California Supreme Court cases.
Template:Infobox Court Case Template to create an Infobox for other U.S. court cases, such as lower state courts or U.S. District courts. This template should automatically choose the correct image of the Court's seal from Template:Infobox Court Case/images.
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:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Cyberlaw 2009 Berkeley
Wikipedia:Wikiproject Cyberlaw 2006 Harvard