(Texas A&M University School of Law)
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 some of 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 Monday, May 4, 2015, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (3 hours).
The exam room is 207.
Everyone must be in the exam room by 1:45 p.m. for examination distribution.
The examination will be distributed at the beginning of the exam period, and picked up at the end of the period, by the TAMU Law administrative persons who proctor exams.
The examination instructions given to the TAMU Law administration is that the exam is to be completed using "Electronic Blue Book."
Questions answered around 2 p.m. on 5/2/2015 (Vetter's answers are in brackets):
1. I was wondering how closely we will need to understand information on pages 50-77, dealing with International Institutions and Recent Developments in International IP as it pertains to the exam. (Slides 1-11 through 1-22). We went through those pretty quickly in class and I want to know if it is a wise use of my time to go over them again. [_recent developments are not relevant; International Institutions are relevant only to the extent they relate to understanding WIPO and the WTO_]
2. I am looking over sui generis rights and am wondering if it is a wise use of time to go over that in detail or just have a basic understanding of it (which I think I do). (I don't think we were asked to bring treaties that apply to this.) [_we didn’t study any specific sui generis proposals or efforts in any detail, so those can safely be omitted_]
3. My last question encompasses the first two to some extent. Is it a good idea to spend more time on issues we studied more in class, because they are likely more important? OR Is it a good idea to spend some time trying to get a good understanding of things we didn't spend as much time on in class (the previous two questions) just to make sure I understand them? [_the best use of time at this point is, in my view, to spend time writing answers to the existing, posted finals, where those answers are refined in successive rewritings and in reference to your notes_]
{ more forthcoming, if any }
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 2015 "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 2, 2015, by Greg R. Vetter