Posted here is the instruction portion and assignment portion of the final examination. The actual question portion is 6 pages, double spaced.
Please read this document before the exam. It is formatted differently than the example exam instruction examples given below, but its essence is equivalent.
Besides the course casebook, students should also bring the following to the examination in printed form: (i) the TRIPS treaty; (ii) the Paris Convention; (iii) the Berne Convention; and (iv) the course overheads.
The exam is Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (3 hours).
The exam room for those handwriting the exam is TUII 211.
The exam room for those typing their exam by computer is the same, TUII 211.
Everyone must be in TUII 211 by 12:45 p.m. for examination distribution and flash drive distribution.
Please note that several persons who are LLM students for whom English is not their first language might be in the exam room until 5:00 p.m., so please exercise quietness upon finishing.
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Here is a prototype of the exam instructions I anticipate using on the final examination. I contemplate that the ultimate exam instructions will be substantially similar to these instructions, however, I reserve the right to change these exam instructions in any way.
Here is a document about how to write answers for my exams and some information about how I evaluate these answers. There may be revisions to this document during the Spring 2011 "exam season."
Here is a video of a presentation I gave about how to prepare for courses and course examinations. To be most useful, one should watch this video sometime during the first third of the course. Here are the slides used in that video.
Here is a video of a presentation I recommend about how to outline for a course. To be most useful, one should watch this video sometime during the first third of the course.
The items available are the Int'l IP examination from Spring 2003, and Fall 2003 through Fall 2005, and a composite student model answer for the Fall examinations (posted without any individually identifiable information) from students that earned a high grade for each class.
Please note that I generally calibrate the length of my exams with the number of course hours. For a three hour class, the examination will be up to, but no more than, 6 pages, double spaced.
The Fall 2005 Int'l IP final examination is representative of the final examination I contemplate for the course.
Here is the Fall 2005 Int'l IP examination, and here is the composite student model answer. Please note that the composite answer does not necessarily address every issue, nor resolve every issue in such a way as to earn all the points for that issue. Both the examination and the answer should be read in light of the documents I have posted above describing how to deal with my exams.
The Fall 2004 Int'l IP final examination is representative of the final examination I contemplate for the course.
Here is the Fall 2004 Int'l IP examination, and here is the composite student model answer. Please note that the composite answer does not necessarily address every issue, nor resolve every issue in such a way as to earn all the points for that issue. Both the examination and the answer should be read in light of the documents I have posted above describing how to deal with my exams.
The Fall 2003 Int'l IP final examination is representative of the final examination I contemplate for the course.
Here is the Fall 2003 Int'l IP examination, and here is the composite student model answer. Please note that the composite answer does not necessarily address every issue, nor resolve every issue in such a way as to earn all the points for that issue. Both the examination and the answer should be read in light of the documents I have posted above describing how to deal with my exams.
The only item available is the 4-page (problem section) examination for the two-hour version of this class from Spring, 2003.
Students in the International IP class may also wish to look at the Final Exam page for my current IP Survey classes. Posted for these classes are example IP Survey examinations and example composite student model answers (posted without any individually identifiable information) from students that earned a high grade in these classes.
Last modified on May 6, 2011, by Greg R. Vetter at the University of Houston Law Center