Faculty & Staff
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Elizabeth
A. Rowe Associate Professor Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611-7625 e-mail: Rowe@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0927 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Courses
- LAW 6573 - Patent Law (Credits: 3)
This course covers such topics as patent eligibility, utility, anticipation, nonobviousness, claim interpretation, inventorship, infringement, inequitable conduct, and litigation procedures including remedies and defenses. Patent drafting and prosecution are not covered. - LAW 6576 - Trademark Law (Credits: 3)
This course covers trademark law, with some coverage of broader unfair competition issues. It is a combination common law/statutory class. Specific trademark issues include nature of trademark rights, violations of trademark rights, defenses, remedies and selected procedural issues that arise in trademark cases. The prosecution of trademark applications is not covered in any detail, but the statutory requirements and benefits of registration are covered. - LAW 6930 - Trade Secret Law (Credits: 3)
This course addresses the law and theory applicable to the protection of confidential and proprietary business information ranging from formulas to customer lists. It includes coverage of trade secret protection and misappropriation in the employment context, such as issues regarding confidentiality and non-competition agreements, and the inevitable disclosure doctrine. Litigation strategies in trade secret misappropriation cases, as well as procedures and requirements for preserving trade secret protection are also covered. Finally, the course touches on relevant comparisons between trade secret law and other forms of intellectual property protection, such as patent law. - LAW 6936 - Corporate Espionage (Credits: 2)
This seminar explores the law and theory applicable to the gathering of competitive intelligence among companies. It will address the laws, policies, and technologies associated with corporate espionage. It includes coverage of such practices as spying, committing computer crimes, engaging in surveillance, and stealing trade secrets of one’s competitors. The intellectual property and unfair competition doctrines and policies that regulate and protect against these practices will be the focus of the course. Data security and technological challenges to protecting proprietary information will also be covered. Prior course work in trade secret law is recommended but not required.