Wikipedia:WikiProject Intellectual Property law 2010 Berkeley

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Introduction

Students in the University of California Berkeley's Fall 2010 Intellectual Property Law for the Information Industries course seek to improve Wikipedia pages related to Intellectual Property law topics. (It's also an assignment.) This effort is also now part of the Wikimedia Foundation's pilot project on United States Public Policy.

Students have 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)	Reviewer(s)
Physic	Asset Marketing Systems, Inc. v. Gagnon	wsko.ko
open	Uniform Trade Secrets Act	open

Copyright Protection for Code

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
ToastIsTasty	Adobe Systems, Inc. v. Southern Software, Inc.	Karthik Jagadeesh

Computer Privacy and Security

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
Karthik Jagadeesh	Lane v. Facebook, Inc.	ToastIsTasty

First Sale and Section 117

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
dmac127	Microsoft Corp. v. DAK Industries, Inc.	cxw2513

Derivative Works and Fair Use

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
cxw2513	Micro Star v. FormGen Inc.	Kaushik Iyer
open	Fair use	open

Contract Formation: Shrinkwrap, Clickwrap, and Browsewrap licenses

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
brho1234	Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp.	LisaFowler
open	Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc.	open
open	Louisiana Software License Enforcement Act (La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 51:1961-66)	open

Copyright Liability for Internet Intermediaries

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
open	UMG v. MP3.com	open

Digital Rights Management and Anti-Circumvention

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
wsko.ko	RealNetworks, Inc. v. DVD Copy Control Association, Inc.	Klees

DMCA Safe Harbors

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
Hcookeecs	Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., Viacom_v._YouTube#Copyright_complaints_against_YouTube	marmbrus

Copyright Misuse, Copyfraud and Preemption

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
open	Copyright misuse	open
open	Copyfraud	open

Free Software and Free Culture

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
open	Jacobsen v. Katzer	open

Cybersquatting, the UDRP, ACPA, and Gripe Sites

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
open	Panavision International, L.P. v. Toeppen	open

Pop-up and Keyword Advertising, Metatags, TM Contributory Liability

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
open	Bosley Medical Institute, Inc. v. Kremer	open
marmbrus	1-800 Contacts, Inc. v. WhenU.com, Inc.; 1-800 Contacts#Pop-up Ad lawsuit	Hcookeecs
Yoplaitexas	Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp.	Prahalika
LisaFowler	Falwell v. Lamparello; Jerry Falwell#Falwell versus Christopher Lamparello	brho1234
Kaushik Iyer	Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc.; Rescuecom#Public Incidents, Draft, Notes	Physic
open	Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc.	open

Patents (Particularly Software and Business Method Patents)

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)
Hanh-Phuc Le	AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications, Inc.	Mervin John
Prahalika Reddy	Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc.	open
open	British Telecommunications Plc. v. Prodigy; British Telecommunications#BT.27s .22Web patent.22	open
Mervin John	Perfect Web Technologies, Inc. v. InfoUSA, Inc.	dmac127
open	SRI International, Inc. v. Internet Security Systems, Inc.	open
Mangaki	LG Electronics, Inc. v. Hitachi America Ltd.	open
Klees	Fujifilm Corp. v. Benun	Hanh-Phuc Le

"Hot News" Misappropriation

Wiki User(s)	Wiki Page(s)	Reviewer(s)
naryasece	National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc.	Prahalika
open	Barclays Capital Inc. v. Theflyonthewall.com	open

Here is a list of more copyright topics on Wikipedia.

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 (highest quality) 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.
A good way to monitor Wikipedia articles for changes is `starring' an article. Any changes to the article will then appear in your watchlist.
You can get a more full-featured editor by installing a Greasemonkey script called wikEd.
Every user has a sandbox where they can play with things (like draft versions of their page). It's here.

Other resources

Here is a list of helpful, experienced Wikipedia editors who can answer questions about the wiki software and formatting in general, how to insert citations and media, advice on how to form a WP:Consensus with other editors on Wikipedia, or any general and/or technical advice on how to use Wikipedia.

Guidelines to Remember

Content Guidelines

General Overview

Wikipedia:Five pillars
Wikipedia:List of guidelines
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (legal)
If you are summarizing a case, the outline used by the Wikiproject on Supreme Court cases is a good overall structure to start from for summarizing any case, whether it was decided by the Supreme Court or not.

Wikipedia's Three Core Content Policies:

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).^[1]
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>

If I cite to that same reference again later, then I just need: <ref name=Baker>.^[1]

See: WP:CITE.

For relatively painless citing of law cases consider using Wikipedia's template for court citations: Template:Cite_court.

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 courts 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 Court Case Infobox for U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cases and international cases. This template should automatically choose the correct image of the Court's seal from Template:Infobox Court Case/images. You can also use this template for state court cases but you won't get an image unless you add it.
Template:Infobox United States District Court Case Template to create an Infobox for U.S. District court cases. This template should automatically choose the correct image of the Court's seal from Template:Infobox United States District Court Case/images.
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.

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:

References (for illustration purposes only)

^ ^a ^b Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).

[Baker-1] Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879).

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