Type of Credit: Partially Required
Credit(s)
Number of Students
本課程以中文授課，主要在提升學生的法學研究與寫作的能力。授課老師會輔導學生獨立完成一篇中文判決評析文章，但學生可選擇撰寫英文文章。
This course is designed to teach students how to use the Westlaw database efficiently. The framework of the Westlaw database is based on the legal research methodology for American law. So, the basic knowledge of the American legal research methodology will be introduced. Then, a research project related to IP laws will be assigned to each student. Students will polish their research skills by doing.
The primary language is English, but the secondary language is Mandarin for local or Chinese students.
能力項目說明
This course is intended to expose students to various research skills for studying IP issues. Primarily, this course teaches how to use the Westlaw database to do IP law research.
After this course, students will be able to study American law through the Westlaw database for any IP issues.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
|---|---|---|
Week 1-9/11-Introduction
Week 2-9/18-(1) U.S. legal system; (2) Case comment assignments
Phase I
Week 3-9/25-(1) American legal research methodology; (2) In-Class Practice I (group learning): unfamiliar legal topic X writing skill
Week 4-10/2-(1) Case Law Evolution: Bilski, Mayo, Myriad, and Alice; (2) In-Class Practice II (individual learning): inducement X divided infringement X research planning (secondary sources/case law search)
Week 5-10/9-(1) Student Presentation: secondary sources; (2) In-Class Practice II (individual learning): outline/argument review
Week 6-10/16-Individual Meeting: legal writing review
Week 7-10/23-(1) Midterm Exam (individual practice): your advice to An Tso Sun (孫安佐); (2) Phase II explanation
Phase II (Individual Learning)
Week 8-10/30-Student Presentation: theme X research planning
Week 9-11/6-Student Presentation: secondary sources X scholarly papers
Week 10-11/13-Student Presentation: circuit court decisions
Week 11-11/20-Individual Meeting: outline/arguments
Week 12-11/27-Individual Meeting: outline/arguments
Week 13-12/4-Individual Meeting: draft 1/citation review
Week 14-12/11-Individual Meeting: draft 2/citation review
Week 15-12/18-Individual Meeting: draft 3/citation review
Week 16-12/25-Self-Planned Learning: Term Paper Writing
Week 17-1/1-Self-Planned Learning: Term Paper Writing
Week 18-1/8-Term paper due
Teaching Method: This course is a lecture-based course.
Learning Activity: Each student is required to conduct an in-depth research about an IP issue to gain more research experiences.
Homework: several.
1. In-Class Practice I: 10%
2. In-Class Practice II: 15%
3. Midterm Exam: 25%
4. Phase II: 20%
5. Term Paper: 30%
Cases and journal articles