Other IP
Bankruptcy, trade secrets, domain squatters. What do all of these issues have in common? They are all part of the intellectual property law rubric. Findlaw has a number of articles to help you wade through the IP law maze. For instance, the intermingling between IP and bankruptcy law has increased over the past couple of years as more companies utilize intellectual property . You can also find information on domain names including what to do after you decide on a name such as purchasing it from a registrar, or look for a hosting provider that can do it for you—many hosts offer this as part of your hosting account package.
Intellectual Property
Other IP Articles
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Shrink-Wrap Licences: A Licence Or A Sale?
Software is often distributed together with short, often one-page, end-user licence agreements. Such agreements serve several purposes, including providing for a limited scope of use by users, setting out express protection for confidential ...
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Smile, You’re On Television
Remarks delivered at the 1966 BNA-LEI Civil Litigation Conference, Washington D.C., March 28-31, 1996 If television could happen to me, it can happen to you. I've done a little television for a long time, including news interviews on the bizarre ...
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Sponsorship Deals Should Be Sealed With More Than A Handshake
Sponsorship deals are becoming more commonplace in the Equine Sports arena. Even so, we have a long way to go when compared to auto racing, for example. Today, athletes, local and national associations are seeking more corporate sponsorships on a ...
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Stanford Biotech Strategies Seminar: Elaine Levin and Lawrence Sung of Preston Gates & Ellis.
Problems Facing Small Biotechs Elaine Levin, a Partner in the Life Sciences group at the law firm of Preston Gates & Ellis, moderated the Biotech Strategies panel held at Stanford University. Levin is an experienced practitioner in strategic ...
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Subsidiary Rights: Acquisition & Licensing
The grant of rights clause in a publishing contract is one of the most important clauses because it enumerates the specific rights granted to the publisher by the author. Negotiation of this clause has become even more important in today's world ...
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Supreme Court Eases Standard of Appellate Review for Decisions of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
On June 10, 1999, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Dickinson v. Zurko, No. 98-377, which clarified the standard of review that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will apply to appeals from ...
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Supreme Court Narrows Trade Dress Protections
Courts have long recognized that trademark protection goes beyond words, slogans, and symbols. In recent years, companies have sought to use the broader concept of .trade dress. to protect other distinguishing features of their products, ranging ...
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System Operator Liability: What Have We Learned?
Introduction In the early 1980s, Thomas Tcimpidis operated a bulletin board system in Los Angeles. In 1984, Tcimpidis was arrested because a user had posted stolen telephone credit card numbers onto the BBS and Tcimpidis was charged with the ...
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Taking Internet Domain Names to the Next Level
Because a domain name permits Internet users to locate information on he application seeks registration for an identical name already in use or the applicant is obviously attempting to register a name to which it is not entitled. Because of the ...
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Technology Licensing Agreements: Findlaw Interview with Richard C. Hsu of Townsend and Townsend and Crew
: Prior to joining Townsend, you gained a significant amount of experience prosecuting and litigating patents on top of your education at Caltech and technical stint at Oracle. Now, when you sit down to negotiate a technology licensing agreement at ...
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