Teaching Materials

I teach Intellectual Property Law, Internet Law, Entertainment Law, Torts, Agency, Partnership, and Unincorporated Business Organizations, and Contract Law as a professor at Chapman University School of Law. Also, some years ago, I taught an Advanced Seminar in Copyright Law and International Intellectual Property.

During the 2000-01 academic year, I taught at the University of San Diego School of Law as a visiting professor. I began my teaching career at the University of Dayton School of Law, where I taught primarily within the Program in Law and Technology.

• Torts I Syllabus, Fall 2008 [PDF]
• Torts I Review Teams, Fall 2008 [PDF]
• Midterm Essay Question
• Multiple Choice Practices Quizzes and Answer Keys
  • Intentional Torts [PDF]
  • Privileges [PDF format]
  • Carelessness [PDF]
  • Duties and Limitations [PDF]
  • Cause in Fact [PDF]

• A Map of IP [PDF format] (showing the relationships between and characteristics of copyright, patents, trademarks, and related intangible goods)
• The Paths of IP [PDF format] (illustrating how the law shapes the economic attributes of trademarks, trade secrets, patents, and copyrights)
• Music Copyrights Table (summarizing the copyright laws applicable to music and sound recordings)
• Trademark Registration Procedures and Timelines [PDF format]
• Intellectual Property Syllabus, Spring '08 [PDF format]
• Trademark Registration Exercise [PDF format]
• Past Exams
  • Intellectual Property Final Exam, Fall 1998 and Answer Key
  • Copyright & Trademark Final Exam, Fall 1996
  • Copyright & Trademark Final Exam, Fall 1995

• Internet Law eCasebook (for spring 2001 and subsequent classes)
• Internet Law Syllabus, Spring 2000 (using solely online materials)
• Past Exams
  • Internet Law Final Exam, Spring 2000
  • Law of Cyberspace Final Exam, Spring 1997
  • Law of Cyberspace Final Exam, Spring 1996

• Syllabus [PDF format]
• Registration Exercise [PDF format]
• Negotiation Exercise [PDF format]
• Litigation Exercises [PDF format]

• Entertainment Law Statutory Supplement [PDF format]
• Entertainment Law Syllabus, Spring 2007 [PDF format]
• Entertainment Law Final Exam, Fall 2003 [PDF format]

• Contracts I Syllabus, Fall 2006 [PDF format]
• Contracts II Syllabus, Spring 2008 [PDF format]
• "Found Contracts" Exercise [PDF format]
• The Mailbox Rule and Related Rules [PDF format]
• A Brief Working Guide to UCC § 2-207
• Review of the Meaning of "Enforce"
• Measuring Expectation Damages [PDF format]
• Types and Measures of Contract Damages [PDF format]
• Contract Damages Flowchart [PDF format]
• Finding the Law of the Contract
• Parol Evidence Rule Flowchart [PDF format]
• Past Exams
  • Bargaining Process Practice Essay Exam [PDF format]
  • Contract I Practice Midterm Exam, Fall 1999 [PDF format]
  • Contract Law I Final Exam, Fall 2005 [PDF format]
  • Contract Law I Final Exam, Fall 2004 [PDF format]
  • Contract Law I Final Exam, Fall 1999
  • Contract Law I Final Exam, Fall 1998
  • Contract Law II Midterm Exam, Spring 2005 [PDF format]
  • Contract Law II Midterm Exam, Spring 2004 [PDF format]
  • Contract Law II Final Exam, Spring 2000
  • Contract Law II Final Exam, Spring 1999

• International Intellectual Property Final Exam, Spring 1997
• International Intellectual Property Final Exam, Spring 1996

• Agency, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Business Organizations Syllabus, Fall 2008 [PDF]
• Agency, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Business Organizations Final Exam, Spring 1999
• Agency and Partnership Final Exam, Fall 1996

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