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

Do the Prior “New Technology” Cases Apply to the New “New Technology” Cases

Many new technology productions call for the use of existing copyrighted works. However, frequently, there is more than one potential owner of new technology rights in existing works. How sure can one be that one owns the specific rights for use by ...
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Domain Name Disputes: The United States Experience

The collision between cyberspace and trademark law has sparked a series of disputes, and raised a host of issues, regarding the ownership and use of so called "domain names." The proliferation of world wide web "home pages" or "web sites" has made ...
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DOOCES WILD: How Employers Can Survive the New Technological Poker Game of Employee Blogging

"dooced: to lose one's job because of one's website."--- The Urban Dictionary Welcome to the employers' latest cyber-challenge to management of their work forces – employee "blogging". A blog, short for Web log, is a journal or diary posted on the ...
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Downloadable Media: Music and Film on the Internet, II: Music Gets Into The Act

: Because of new laws and cooperative ventures like the SDMI Music, film and all other entertainment features that will inevitably appear on the Internet will be more secure and will be protected in the U.S. by a complex body of laws. Copyright was ...
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Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll: IP Litigation Goes Big League

When a US District Court Judge awarded $68 million in damages for patent infringement against Research In Motion (RIM), the company's shares fell a staggering 20 per cent. This was in August of 2003, 24 hours after the Court's decision was released ...
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E-Rights: Tasini Revisited

During the past few years electronic rights or "e-rights" have significantly increased in importance to everyone involved in the publishing community. Today one cannot read an industry publication, attend a conference or engage in a discussion with ...
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Electronic Rights: Going Beyond the Grant of Rights Clause

The "grant of rights" clause in a publishing agreement delineates the scope of rights granted by the author to the publisher. The clause may be extremely broad in that it may include the grant of all exclusive rights and interests in the author's ...
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Electronic Rights Publishing Agreement: Grant of Rights & Royalty Clauses

When was the last time your "standard" author agreement was reviewed? This has become more important, especially as the contract relates to new issues based upon the growing importance of electronic rights. Although there are a number contract ...
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Electronic Rights Publishing Agreements: Permissions & Out-Of-Print Clauses

Electronic publication has significantly broadened the scope of publishing and licensing opportunities for publishers. Therefore, it is important that the author-publisher agreement permits the publisher to take advantage of these opportunities to ...
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Enforceability of Non-Disclosure Agreements Covering Information That Is Not a Trade Secret

Non-disclosure agreements are the first line of defense for a licensor of intellectual property. A recent decision in the Seventh Circuit, IDX Systems Corporation v. Epic Systems Corporation, University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Mitchell ...
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