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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Courtroom Conflicts Abound Over Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Patents
The importance and diversity of issues (and even the fun) of intellectual property law are exemplified in a number of cases from the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Some of those cases are highlighted below: Western Emulsions Inc ...
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Courts Using Different Standards to Determine Functionality in Trade Dress Protection
Two recent cases deserve special attention for their use of alternative tests to determine whether trade dress consisting of packaging for simple consumer products was functional. In Aromatique Inc. v. Gold Seal Inc., 31 USPQ2d 1481 (8th Cir. 1994 ...
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Credit Arrangements and Loan Syndications
In today.s high-tech world, a business.s most valuable assets are often intangible, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks and other assets broadly categorized as "intellectual property". Secured lenders are consequently finding their collateral ...
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Cyberspace Licensing in the Electronic Age: Focus on E-Commerce Copyright/Misappropriations
Originally Published in the By Glasser Legal Works © 2000-2001 Glasser Legal Works. All Rights Reserved. C. Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation . Title II of the DMCA adds section 512 to the Copyright Act and creates four ...
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Cybersquatters Beware: Filing a UDRP Complaint is Quick and Inexpensive
MARCH 3, 2003 - You have spent valuable resources developing and protecting your company's trademark, only to discover that someone (a competitor, disgruntled former employee, cybersquatter) has incorporated it into his domain name, and now your ...
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Cybersquatting Ain’t What It Used To Be: The Cybersquatter’s Day
In November 1999, two big things happened in the domain name world. The first was that the ICANN domain name dispute resolution process that had begun in 1998 was finalized. At about the same time, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ...
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Database Protection at the Crossroads: Recent Developments and the Long Term Perspective
© 1999Originally Published in Course MaterialsBy Glasser LegalWorks A. The User-friendly Rules of Copyright Law B. Unbalanced Rules of the Sui Generis Model C. Long-term Implications of the Sui Generis Model A. The Administration's Position ...
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Defending Levi Strauss: Findlaw Interview with Gregory S. Gilchrist of Townsend and Townsend and Crew
L: Can you briefly tell us about the Saipan workers' case against Levi's? What causes of action were they alleging and how the case was eventually resolved? The case was a class action against many of the largest and most successful apparel ...
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DEP Comprehensive Compliance Monitoring Program
At a recent meeting of the Allegheny County Bar Association Environmental Law Section, the DEP's Eric Conrad described its Foundation for Information eXchange ("FIX"), its data integration and system conversion project. This has resulted in the ...
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Designation by Service Provider of Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, signed into law on October 28, 1998, amended the copyright law to provide limitations for service provider liability relating to material online. New subsection 512(c) of the copyright law provides limitations ...
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