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Evaluating Flexibility In International Patent Law, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec Dec 2013

Evaluating Flexibility In International Patent Law, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec

Faculty Publications

Global patent law has raced toward harmonization over the past decades. Countries with vastly different industries, values, and levels of development now offer robust patent rights with similar contours through membership in the World Trade Organization and consequent adoption of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”). However, patent law is still far from harmonized among countries or static within countries. Jurisdictions tailor their patent laws to accommodate differences between industries, unforeseen inefficiencies, and diverse views of the costs and benefits associated with offering patent rights to stimulate innovation. Prior scholarly work consists of either doctrinal analyses …


Trademark As Promise, Laura A. Heymann Nov 2013

Trademark As Promise, Laura A. Heymann

Popular Media

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Overlapping Intellectual Property Doctrines: Election Of Rights Versus Selection Of Remedies, Laura A. Heymann Oct 2013

Overlapping Intellectual Property Doctrines: Election Of Rights Versus Selection Of Remedies, Laura A. Heymann

Faculty Publications

Overlaps exist across various doctrines in federal intellectual property law. Software can be protected under both copyright law and patent law; logos can be protected under both copyright law and trademark law. Design patents provide a particular opportunity to consider the issue of overlap, as an industrial design that qualifies for design patent protection might also, in particular circumstances, qualify for copyright protection as well as function as protectable trade dress.

When an overlap issue arises—that is, when an intellectual property rights holder asserts rights under more than one doctrine—the question then becomes how courts should respond. One response, of …


The Intellectual Property System Of The U.S. And Its Discontents Sep 2013

The Intellectual Property System Of The U.S. And Its Discontents

Stanley H. Mervis Lecture

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Copyright In Libraries: 21st Century Challenges...And Opportunities, James S. Heller Jun 2013

Copyright In Libraries: 21st Century Challenges...And Opportunities, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

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Crossing The Line?: Copyright For Libraries, Frederick W. Dingledy May 2013

Crossing The Line?: Copyright For Libraries, Frederick W. Dingledy

Library Staff Publications

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