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Note On Trademarks - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Note On Trademarks - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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There's currently a debate about whether tmks owners shd be entitled to control strangers' usage of their tmks where the offending usage causes no confusion as to source. Usually the debate is conducted on usual lines on the eco side, whether the increase in incentives (for both production and devt) justifies the decrease in quantity & competitive sources. On the authors' rights side, whether the originators shd have any particular rights in tmks cuz of origination.
Brief Survey Of And Proposal For Better Reconciliation Of The Options In Patent, Trademark, Copyright And Related Law, Thomas G. Field Jr
Brief Survey Of And Proposal For Better Reconciliation Of The Options In Patent, Trademark, Copyright And Related Law, Thomas G. Field Jr
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Taking up trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets (in that order), [this article] will attempt to summarize briefly the ways in which such rights arise, are perfected, and are enforced. It will also discuss a hypothetical in which all of these options will be discussed in a comparative way. Finally, it will suggest that basic improvements in the area could be realized by dispensing with the often confusing and arbitrary subject matter distinctions which characterize the various subparts of the present intellectual property system.