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Intellectual Property
and Internet Law
Joel Leppard
Legal Studies Instructor
LAW STUDIES II
Introduction
Intellectual
Types of Intellectual
Property
Trademarks.
Service Marks.
Trade Dress.
Patents.
Copyrights.
Cyberspace I.P.
1: Trademarks
Trademarks-Statutory
Protection
Trademarks - Registration
Register
with
U.S. Patent Trademark Office
if:
Mark
is currently in commerce;
or
Applicant intends to put it into
commerce within 6 months.
Registration allows use of
symbol.
Trademark Infringement
Trademark Distinctiveness
Strong Marks:
Fanciful.
Arbitrary.
Suggestive marks.
Secondary Meaning.
Trade Dress
Service Marks
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Trade Names
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2: Cyber Marks
Online trademarks.
Domain Names:
www.westlaw.com
Meta Tags.
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3: Patents
Patent Infringement.
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4: Copyrights
Introduction to Copyright.
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Copyrights
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Copyrights
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17
Software Copyrights
Computer Software Copyright Act (1980).
Lotus
v. Borland (1996).
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5: Copyrights in
Digital Information
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Case
Further
No
Developments:
Copyrights in
Digital Information
Digital
Millennium Copyright
Act (1998).
Provides
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Copyrights in
Digital Information
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Case
6: Trade Secrets
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Trade Secrets
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7: Licensing
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8: International
Protection
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Patent Searches.
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