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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GATT Giveth and GATT Taketh Away
The GATT amendments to the U.S. patent statute, Title 35, U.S. Code, impose a subtle effect on potential damages recovery and injunctions in future U.S. patent infringement litigation. It is well-recognized that the term of a U.S. patent filed on ...
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Legal Gamesmanship
Why the federal Court decided Sexual Pursuit was too intimate a knock-off of Trivial PursuitOne of the top 10 marketing stories of the 1980's has to be the board game, "Trivial Pursuit". Invented by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott, it was a ...
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Protecting Your Company’s Trade Secrets from Disclosure
Trade secret protection is broad and cheap. It requires little more than reasonable efforts to keep proprietary information secret. Having programs and policies in place to do just that is a vital component of trade secret protection. Employees ...
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Protecting Trade Secrets is Important to Your Business: How to Implement a Trade Secrets Program
Businesses of every size derive independent economic value and a competitive advantage from a diverse range of "secrets". A "Trade Secret" is broadly defined, and can include recipes, business plans and designs, as well as the results of reverse ...
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Licensing Translation Rights I: Pre-Deal Tactics
Licensing translation rights in our greatly shrinking world is becoming a greater source of revenue for United States publishers. Although not every work published in the United States has the potential for translation rights sales, it should be ...
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The Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine: A Necessary And Precise Tool For Trade Secret Law
We live in an age of technological revolution. The personal computer has fundamentally altered our business and personal lives, and the Internet has reinvented the way we communicate, transact commerce and obtain information. Unprecedented employee ...
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Protecting Inventions as Trade Secrets: A Better Way When Patents Are Inappropriate, Unavailable
As the Internet economy propels us into a global, post-Industrial commercial reformation, Web-based enterprises face the need to develop ever more clever methods for allowing end users to search, select, purchase and sell. For over a century, many ...
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Protecting Consequential Damages Waivers In Software License Agreements
Lawyers representing software companies often try to get "belt and suspenders" protection for their clients, particularly when negotiating license agreements for mission-critical software. A common approach is to couple an exclusive remedy ...
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US High Court Decides Pivotal Trade Dress Case
On March 22, 2000, in a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court handed a victory to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and provided much needed clarity for those involved in disputes over a particular type of trade dress - the design of a product ...
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Protection of Graphic Characters
Everyone knows Bugs Bunny, Sherlock Holmes, Mickey Mouse, Superman, James Bond, Barney, and the current Disney children's film hero or heroine. They are all characters; some are fictional characters while others are graphic characters. The primary ...
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