San José State University
Department of Computer Engineering
CMPE-294 assignment: Intellectual Property 2: Grading Rubric

CRITERIA	RATINGS				POINTS
Overview of case	Exceeds expectation 1 point Student identifies the court case by name (plaintiff versus defendant). The student also lists the full names of the plaintiff and defendant.	Satisfactory 0.5 points Student either identifies the name of the court case (plaintiff versus defendant), the full name of the plaintiff, or the full name of the defendant.	Below Expectation 0 points Student fails to mention the court case, the plaintiff, and the defendant.
Legal issue claims	Exceeds expectation 2.5 points Student lists the claims by the plaintiff and defendant. Student quotes or paraphrases information with in-text references in IEEE citation style. Student meets or exceeds minimum word limit for entire paper. There is no sign of plagiarism.	Satisfactory 1 point Student lists claims for either the plaintiff or defendant but not both. Student quotes or paraphrases information with in-text references in IEEE citation style. There is no sign of plagiarism.	Below Expectation 0 points Student fails to list claims for plaintiff and defendant and/or some information is plagiarized.
Circuit court case outcome	Exceeds expectation 3 points Student summarizes the outcome from the court case and whether the plaintiff or defendant prevailed in the circuit court. Student quotes or paraphrases information with in-text references in IEEE citation format. Student meets or exceeds minimum word limit for entire paper. There is no sign of plagiarism.	Satisfactory 1 point Student notes whether the plaintiff or defendant prevailed in the circuit court.	Below Expectation 0 points Student fails to note the outcome from the court case and/or some information is plagiarized.
Analysis of circuit court decision	Exceeds expectation 3 points Student assesses outcome of circuit court case and provides reasons for why they agree or disagree with circuit court decision. Student notes other companies which may be impacted by the circuit court decision. Student quotes or paraphrases information with in-text references in IEEE citation format. Student meets or exceeds minimum word limit for entire paper. There is no sign of plagiarism.	Satisfactory 1 point Student notes they agree or disagree with outcome of circuit court decision.	Below Expectation 0 points Student does not make judgement on circuit court decision and/or some information is plagiarized.
References	Exceeds expectation 0.5 points Website sources are formatted in proper IEEE citation format at end of paper.	Satisfactory 0.25 points Website sources are listed but do not conform to IEEE citation format standard.	Below Expectation 0 points Student fails to include references.
CLO 1 Be able to extract information from presentations, pursue further information from such a starting point, and be able to present the results of such an investigation.	Exceeds expectations 5 points	Satisfactory 3 points	Below expectations 0 points		—
PLO 3 Be able to demonstrate leadership and the ability to participate in teamwork in an environment with different disciplines of engineering, science and business.	Exceeds expectations 5 points	Satisfactory 3 points	Below expectations 0 points		—
PLO 6 Be able to communicate effectively, in both oral and written forms.	Exceeds expectations 5 points	Satisfactory 3 points	Below expectations 0 points		—
Total points: 10.0