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Exhaustion And Parallel Trade, Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble spoke at the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) IP Programme 2017: The Professional Intellectual Property Update on 8 November 2017 at the premises of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department of the Government of the HKSAR (HKIPD) in Wanchai. The event, hosted by IEEM, provided an overview of major important legal decisions and developments in intellectual property law and policy across the globe. During her session, "Exhaustion and Parallel Trade," Trimble explored the exhaustion doctrine and its current implications.

The Geoblocking Of Legitimate Content, Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble joined distinguished practitioners, judges, and academics from all over the world to contribute to the 17th annual Intellectual Property Seminar hosted by the Institute of European Studies in Macau. The theme of the two day seminar was, "IP Rights: Obstacles or IP Opportunities to Legitimate Trade?"

Enforcement Of Intellectual Property At Trade Shows: A Comparative Perspective, Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble presented these materials via webcast at a Roundtable on Protecting and Enforcing IP in the Trade Show Context hosted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Global Intellectual Property Academy in Alexandra, Virginia. Professor Trimble discussed various enforcement routes and their respective challenges. She also introduced mechanisms available in Europe and compared them to current mechanisms in the United States.

Ip Update On The U.S., Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble spoke at the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) IP Programme 2017: The Professional Intellectual Property Update on 8 November 2017 at the premises of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department of the Government of the HKSAR (HKIPD) in Wanchai. The event, hosted by IEEM, provided an overview of major important legal decisions and developments in intellectual property law and policy across the globe. During her session, ‘New Developments in IP Law – A Panel Birds-Eye View and Discussion’, Trimble explored significant and recent developments in IP law in the U.S.A.

The Territorialization Of The Internet Domain Name System, Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble presented her paper, “The Territorialization of the Internet Domain Name System" at the 17th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference held at Cardozo School of Law in New York, New York, on August 11, 2017. The presentation was one of four in a session devoted to International Trademark & Design Protection.

Abstracts and information about other sessions at the conference are available on the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference website.

Aktuální Trendy A Otázky Práva Duševního Vlastnictví V Usa ("Current Issues In U.S. Intellectual Property Law”), Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble delivered a lecture as part of a seminar at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic in Prague on June 13, 2017. The seminar familiarized participants with current trends and issues of intellectual property rights in the USA, in particular with the development of registration of intellectual property rights, institutional and judicial reassurance, abuse or aggressive enforcement intellectual property rights.

The Middleman - Intermediary Liability: United States, Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble appeared on a panel at the 120th International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property World Conference hosted in Sydney, Australia on October 16, 2017. This panel session discussed intermediary liability in the digital world in key jurisdictions, including the availability of site blocking injunctions and address the practical effects and inherent limitations of such injunctions in the digital era.

Transnational Enforcement, Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Winston & Strawn and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology hosted a seminar on Global Strategies for IP on September 14, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. Professor Marketa Trimble joined an esteemed group of panelists and guests lecturing on the underlying problem of IP infringement outside the U.S., its impact on U.S. companies, and available remedies.

Právní Otázky Geoblokingu ("Legal Issues Of Geoblocking"), Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble presented on the topic of geoblocking and related legal issues for The International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI) on June 9, 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Session On "Geoblocking Tools And The Law" At Law, Borders, And Speech Conference At Stanford Law School, Marketa Trimble

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Professor Marketa Trimble appeared on a panel at the Law, Borders, and Speech Conference hosted by The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School on October 24, 2016. The session defined and discussed geoblocking and its implications for internet users, government, and private companies.

A video of the session is available here. Additionally, Professor Trimble's presentation is available here.

Charitable Trademarks, Leah Chan Grinvald

Scholarly Works

Charity is big business in the United States. In 2015, private individuals or entities donated over $350 billion, which accounted for approximately two percent of the gross domestic product in the United States. Even though this seems like big money, these donations were split among over 1.5 million organizations. And each year, the number of charitable organizations grows and therefore, the competition for public donations increases. In part to succeed in such competition, some charitable organizations have turned to branding and trademarks as a way to differentiate their entities and to encourage donations. Drawing from the for-profit branding and trademarking …

Patent Working Requirements: Historical And Comparative Perspectives, Marketa Trimble

Scholarly Works

At the beginning of the 20th century, commentators referred to patent working requirements as the most contentious contemporary concept in patent law, and working requirements were at the center of discussions about revisions to the Paris Convention. By the end of the 20th century it seemed that working requirements attracted less attention; the TRIPS Agreement did not expressly mention working requirements at all. However, some TRIPS provisions do arguably relate to such requirements; in fact, some commentators believe that the TRIPS Agreement prevents countries from maintaining such requirements, at least in some forms. Although the lack of interest in working …

U.S. State Copyright Laws: Challenge And Potential, Marketa Trimble

Scholarly Works

With copyright law in the United States lying primarily in the realm of federal law, the laws of the U.S. states concerning copyright do not typically attract significant attention from scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. Some recent events have drawn attention to state copyright laws – for example, litigation against a satellite radio provider for infringement of state common-law public performance rights in pre-1972 sound recordings. However, in general, state copyright laws remain largely in the shadow of federal copyright law, and state law is typically not viewed as a particularly useful vehicle for pursuing the policies that copyright law …