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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Corporate Liability For Online File Sharing
When management assesses the various financial and legal risks of a company's day-to-day operations, it is safe to assume that the staff member listening to the latest Britney Spears album on his or her computer is not the top concern of most ...
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Client Alert: Trade Dress in Restaurant Context
Specifically in the context of restaurants, trade dress can include both the exterior and interior architecture of the restaurant, signs, interior floor plan, the decor, menus and cuisine. In the widely cited Two Pesos case, the Supreme Court held ...
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Any emerging company interested in a joint venture with a large corporation quickly comes face to face with the reality of corporate security. Before you ever sit down at the negotiating table, you sign strict confidentiality agreements and run a ...
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California Court Adopts Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine, Providing Employers With A Powerful Tool To Prevent Disclosure Of Trade Secrets
A California court has adopted the inevitable disclosure doctrine which allows an employer to obtain an injunction preventing an employee from working for a competitor in a position where disclosure of the employer's trade secrets would inevitably ...
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Avoiding the Risks In Large Software System Acquisitions
Corporate investments in software systems have an alarmingly high failure rate. Millions are lost on canceled projects and systems delivered late, over-budget, or without promised functionality. Many things explain this. Some of these problems can ...
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Arent Fox Alert: 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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Advertising Injuries: Are You Covered?
Has your business ever been sued, or threatened with suit, because your product allegedly looks too similar to another business product? You may be tempted to change your product's design, simply to avoid the cost of defending a lawsuit. But your ...
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Protecting Your Rights to Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy
The United States bankruptcy laws affect intellectual property rights, particularly the rights of secured creditors and licensees. This article first reviews how creditors should protect and perfect their security interests in intellectual ...
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Possible Death of the International Trade Commission (ITC)
Is the ITC a superfluous and redundant infringement tribunal which undermines the U.S. patent system and fails to serve a valid purpose in patent litigation? The National Law Journal recently published a provocative editorial written by a trade ...
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Aligning Compensation With Performance
As the Altman Weil 2004 Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey illustrates, many of the nation's largest corporations value their senior lawyers highly-and award them salaries and bonuses that clearly reflect this assessment. But what about ...
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