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.
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Other IP Articles
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The Perils of Domain-Name Branding
The Internet's emergence as a medium for advertising and commerce has led to the development of new branding nomenclature. Not only are net- and web-formative words such as Netscape and WebTV popular, but Internet addresses, or domain names, have ...
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The Pink Panther Goes to Court
A legal case that shows the range of protection given to a "famous" trademarkHow typical of Clouseau not to be there when needed. But I digress. Inspector Clouseau is the bumbling Parisian detective in The Pink Panther movies that starred the late ...
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The Saturday Night Incident
Why a photographer lost the copyright fight over media use of his workJim Allen is a freelance Toronto photographer. In 1985, Saturday Night magazine engaged him to shoot a cover photo of Member of Parliament, Sheila Copps. At that time, Copps was ...
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The Surprising Power of State Law Claims: Recent Cases Serve as Reminder That Federal Acts Need Not Be the Sole Means of Recovery
The Lanham Act (Title 15, USC), the Federal Copyright Act (Title 15, USC) and the Patent Act (Title 35, USC) are all familiar territory for intellectual property practitioners. Often forgotten, however, are the multitude of state laws that are ...
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The Washington Digital Signatures Act (1998)
On January 1, 1998, the Washington Electronic Authentication Act aka The Washington Digital Signature Act, RCW 19.34 (the "Act") became effective. The Act was designed to help make transactions safer over the internet by providing a uniform ...
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The World Trade Organization and United States Trade Policy
Fact Sheet prepared by the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and released by the Bureau of Public Affairs, June 14, 1996. The World Trade Organization (WTO), established in Geneva, Switzerland on January 1, 1995, is the legal and institutional ...
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Thelen Reid Report No. 372: Trademark Issues on the World Wide Web: More Than Hijacking Domain Names
A company's failure to vigorously protect its trademark on the Internet hurts its ability to stop infringers. In Snap-On Tools Co. v. CNET, Inc., 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14581 (N.D. Ill Sept. 22, 1997), Snap-On Tools failed to obtain an injunction ...
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Tools of the Trade: Website Audit
Whether you are an active participant in e-commerce, maintain a passive website, act as a website designer, provide content or work with the websites of others, you must understand and monitor a wide variety of legal issues before they become ...
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Trade Secret Issues: A Conversation with William J. Bohler of Townsend and Townsend and Crew
: What impact has your engineering education and technical background had on your experience in practice? It's been a tremendous asset in both trade secret and patent cases, especially if the technology at issue is at all complicated. Whether I'm ...
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Turning Trade Secrets into Non-Compete Agreements
One of the more controversial issues in trade secret law today is the use of the so-called "inevitable disclosure" theory to prevent a former employee from working for a competitor in his or her area of expertise. Companies urging adoption of this ...
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