Lecture Business law with UCC applications (13/e): Chapter 33 - Brown, Sukys

Business Law with UCC
Applications,13e
The Intersection of Law and
Science
Chapter 33
McGraw­Hill/Irwin

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Learning Objectives
1. Explain how the law permits the government to
regulate science and technology.
2. Describe the function of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy.
3. Outline the role of the National Science
Foundation.
4. Define the function of the National Institutes of
Health.
5. List the three challenges that face the modern
world.
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Learning Objectives (cont.)
6. Identify the purpose of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
7. Define the role of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
8. Describe the functions of the Clean Air Act and
the Clean Water Act.

9. Explain how the law protects patents, trade
secrets, and copyrights.
10. Describe four main issues that must be
considered in developing a science policy.
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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Regulating Science and Technology
– National, State, and International Authority
– Funding Science and Technology

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• National, State, and International Authority
– National Authority
– State Police Power
– International Power
– The United Nations
– International Problems

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The Intersection of Law
and Science

• Funding Science and Technology
– Office of Science and Technology Policy
– Chief Technology Officer of the United States
– National Science Foundation
– National Institutes of Health
– A National Science Court
– UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization
– The World Health Organization
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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Facing the Global Challenges
– Heilbroner’s Global Challenges
– Regulating Energy Problems
– Regulating Environmental Problems
– Regulating Population Growth

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Regulating Energy Problems
– The Federal Energy Regulation Commission
– Nuclear Regulatory Commission
– International Atomic Energy Agency

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Regulating Environmental Problems
– The Environmental Protection Agency
– The Clean Air Act
– The Clean Water Act
– The Oil Pollution Act
– United Nations Environment Program
– United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development
– The Copenhagen Accord
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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Regulating Population Growth
– Population Growth Figures
– Consequences of Uncontrolled Population
Growth
– The American Response
– The International Response

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The Intersection of Law

and Science
• Protecting Innovation and Creativity
– The Nature of Intellectual Property
– Protecting Patents
– The America Invests Act of 2011
– Protecting Trade Secrets
– Protecting Copyright

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Protecting Patents
– The Patent Application Process
– Patentable Subject Matter
– Usefulness, Novelty, and Nonobviousness
– Recent Developments in the Nonobviousness
Test
– Nonobviousness and Cyber-Inventions
– Specificity in the Application

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• The America Invents Act (AIA) of 2011
– The First-to-File Provision
– The New Dispute Resolution Process

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Protecting Trade Secrets
– A Primer on Trade Secrets
– State Statutory Trade Secret Protection
– The Economic Espionage Act
– Establishing Trade Secret Status
– Computer Programs Denied Trade Secret
Status

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Protecting Trade Secrets
– Computer Programs Granted Trade Secret
Status
– Trademark Protection
– Trademark Dilution

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The Intersection of Law
and Science

• Protecting Copyright
– A Primer on Copyright
– The No Electronic Theft Act
– The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
– The World Intellectual Property Organization

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Developing Global Solutions
– Four Basic Requirements
– UN Economic Security Council

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The Intersection of Law
and Science
• Four Basic Requirements
– Developing Long-Range Plans
– Developing Partnerships
– Developing Education and Human Resources
– Developing Sources of Capital

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The Intersection of Law

and Science
• UN Economic Security Council
– Positive Action Plans by the ESC

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