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University Ip: The University As Coordinator Of The Team Production Process, Samuel Estreicher, Kristina A. Yost
University Ip: The University As Coordinator Of The Team Production Process, Samuel Estreicher, Kristina A. Yost
Indiana Law Journal
This Article focuses on intellectual property (IP) issues in the university setting. Often, universities require faculty who have been hired in whole or in part to invent to assign inventions created within the scope of their employment to the university. In addition, the most effective way to secure compliance with the Bayh-Dole Act, which deals with ownership of inventions involving federally funded research, is for the university to take title to such inventions. Failure to specify who has title can result in title passing to the government. Once the university asserts ownership, it then decides whether to process a patent …
Chinese Patents As Copyrights, Benjamin Piwei Liu
Chinese Patents As Copyrights, Benjamin Piwei Liu
Campbell Law Review
Although harmonization efforts such as the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the Patent Corporation Treaty regime have brought national patent systems closer, differences among them remain a continuing challenge to innovators in an interconnected global marketplace. The recent development of the Chinese patent system is of particular interest because China is the factory of the world, the most populous market, the home of the patent office that handles the most patent application filings, and the number one source of imports that violate intellectual property rights (IPR). Its patent system affects every company whose supply …
The Right Of Publicity In New York And California: A Critical Analysis, Paul Czarnota
The Right Of Publicity In New York And California: A Critical Analysis, Paul Czarnota
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
The article provides an analysis of the right of publicity under the state laws of New York and California as of September 2012, focusing on the application of the laws to celebrities and the illegal use of their identities in advertising and trade. The New York right to publicity tort laws reportedly protect a celebrity's name, portrait, and voice from unauthorized use by third parties. The New York case Roberson v. Rochester Folding Box Co. is also mentioned.