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| Introduction | |
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| Overview | |
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| Historical Notes | |
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| Types of Intellectual Property | |
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| An Economic Perspective | |
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| The Public Domain | |
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| Copyrightable Subject Matter | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Types of Copyrightable Subject Matter | |
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| The Minimum Standard of Creativity | |
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| Uncopyrightable Material-The Idea/Expression Distinction | |
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| Uncopyrightable Material-Useful Articles | |
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| Uncopyrightable Material-Words, Short Phrases, Governmental Works | |
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| Fixation in a Tangible Medium of Expression | |
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| Copyright Ownership | |
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| Copyright Authorship & Ownership | |
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| Works Made for Hire | |
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| Copyright Notice | |
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| Copyright Registration & Deposit | |
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| Copyright Transfers & Recordation of Transfers | |
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| Copyright Duration | |
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| Copyright Renewal Terms | |
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| Termination of Transfers | |
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| Copyright Infringement | |
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| Economic Rights of Authors | |
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| The Rights of Reproduction, Distribution, Derivative Works, Public Performance, and Public Display | |
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| Moral Rights | |
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| The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) | |
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| Preemption | |
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| Copyright Defenses | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Fair Use Defense (Section 107) | |
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| Libraries & Archives (Section 108) | |
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| The First Sale Doctrine (Section 109) | |
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| Limitations of the Rights of Public Performance and Display (Section 110) | |
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| Other Statutory Defenses (Sections 111-122) | |
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| Copyright Misuse | |
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| Internet Service Providers | |
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| Other Defenses | |
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| Copyright Remedies | |
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| Injunctions | |
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| Compensatory Damages-Actual Damages and Profits | |
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| Criminal Penalties | |
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| Trademark Validity | |
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| Trademark and Unfair Competition Law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Generic Terms | |
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| The Spectrum of Distinctiveness | |
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| Descriptive Marks and Secondary Meaning | |
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| Surnames | |
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| Colors, Sounds, Scents, and Other Marks | |
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| Trade Dress | |
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| The Functionality Doctrine | |
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| Product Configurations | |
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| Marks Precluded From Registration | |
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| Service Marks | |
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| Certification and Collective Marks | |
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| Trademark Ownership | |
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| Common Law Trademark Use | |
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| The Intent to Use (ITU) Trademark Application | |
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| Statutory Trademark Rights-Constructive Notice & Incontestability | |
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| Trademark Infringement | |
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| The Likelihood of Confusion Standard | |
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| Infringement Analysis in Parody & Satire Cases | |
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| Dilution | |
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| Attribution & False Advertising Claims Under Section 43(a) | |
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| Trademark Defenses | |
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| Abandonment and Equitable Defenses | |
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| Generic Terms | |
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| Fair Use | |
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| Comparative Advertising | |
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| Used or Reconditioned Goods | |
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| Eleventh Amendment Immunity | |
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| Trademark Remedies | |
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| Overview | |
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| Injunctive Relief | |
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| Monetary Relief | |
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| The Right of Publicity | |
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| Scope of the Right of Publicity | |
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| First Amendment Considerations | |
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| Survival of the Right of Publicity | |
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| Patentable Subject Matter | |
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| Patent & Trade Secret Law | |
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| Overview | |
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| Patentable Subject Matter | |
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| Unpatentable Subject Matter-Laws of Nature, Natural Phenomena, Abstract Ideas, Mathematical Algorithms, Printed Matter | |
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| Utility Patents | |
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| Plant Patents & the Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 | |
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| Design Patents | |
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| Novelty Under Section 102(a) | |
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| Statutory Bars | |
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| Other Requirements of Sections 102 & 104 | |
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| Nonobviousness Under Section 103 | |
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| Written Description Under Section 112 | |
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| Double Patenting, Terminal Disclaimers | |
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| Patent Ownership | |
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| Inventorship | |
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| Joint Inventors | |
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| Shop Rights | |
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| Assignment | |
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| Duration | |
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| Patent Infringement | |
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| Literal Infringement & the Doctrine of Equivalents | |
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| Direct Infringers & Secondary Liability | |
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| Patent Defenses | |
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| Invalidity & Non-Infringement | |
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| Fraud & Inequitable Conduct | |
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| Exhaustion/First Sale Doctrine | |
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| Express or Implied License | |
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| Patent Misuse | |
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| Other Defenses | |
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| Patent Remedies | |
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| Injunctions | |
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| Damages | |
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| Costs and Attorneys Fees | |
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| Trade Secret Law | |
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| Trade Secret Subject Matter | |
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| Reasonable Secrecy Measures | |
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| Trade Secret Infringement | |
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| Defenses & Remedies | |
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| Idea Protection & Misappropriation | |
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| Express Contract | |
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| Misappropriation | |
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| Unjust Enrichment or Quasi-Contract | |
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| Sui Generis Intellectual Property Rights | |
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| Sui Generis Rights | |
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| Laws Currently in Effect | |
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| Proposed Laws | |
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| Table of Cases | |
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| Index | |