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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Two New Weapons In The War Against Cybersquatters

This alert is also available in Adobe Acrobat format here. The Act adds to the existing trademark protections embodied in the Lanham Act by creating a new cause of action against the misappropriation of trademarks as domain names. By specifically ...
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U.S. CUSTOMS: Your Intellectual Property Sentinel

Most businesses know that their most valuable assets are their intellectual property -- their trademarks, service marks, trade names, patents, copyrights and trade secrets. It is wise to invest in the registration of trademarks and service marks ...
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U.S. Supreme Court To Determine If A Product’s Design Is “Inherently Distinctive” For Trade Dress Protection

The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari to decide when a product's design is "inherently distinctive" so as to be entitled to trade dress protection under the Lanham Act without proof of secondary meaning. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v ...
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Ways to Keep Trade Secret Litigation From Becoming Inevitable: In the Wake Of The Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

Corporate Counsel Magazine The days when loyalty alone was enough to keep employees in the fold, sometimes for their entire careers, have long since passed. Lured by creative compensation packages, nowadays employees think nothing of jumping from ...
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Web Site Story 3: The Emerging Tort of Domain Name Infringement

Since the first installment of this series, it has become evident that obtaining and protecting domain names will be controlled by trademark law. With a twist. To shape trademark law into a tool to handle domain name disputes, the courts have ...
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Website Provider Liability for User Content and Actions

Many websites have found that developing an online "community" is crucial to obtaining their business objectives. As a result, user-generated content is ubiquitous online. While user-generated content can facilitate a website.s objectives, it raises ...
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What Are My Chances? From Idea Through Litigation

Of the millions of ideas generated annually, only a small percentage ever make it past the initial burst of inspiration. As Thomas Alva Edison once stated: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Still according to ...
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What is a Trade Secret Entitled to Common Law Protection in New Jersey

In New Jersey the definition of a trade secret provided by our Supreme Court in Sun Dial Corp. v. Rideout, 16 N.J. 252 (1954) is stated as follows: "A trade secret is a formula, pattern, device or compilation of information which is used in one's ...
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What Napster Means for Growth Companies

The Napster case is not just about free music on the Internet. The implications of the recent Federal appeals court ruling affects anyone doing business on the Internet. For those who don't know, Napster is an Internet program that enables its users ...
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What’s In A Name?

... that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. 1 Well, maybe. But in the business world, a company and its products may not be as .sweet. to a consumer unless the name(s) are well-known to the consumers. Businesses must ...
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