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Experimenting With State-Enacted Resale Rights, Guy A. Rub Jan 2019

Experimenting With State-Enacted Resale Rights, Guy A. Rub

Kentucky Law Journal

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Trade Secrets, Non-Competes, And Unfair Competition, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law Oct 2001

Trade Secrets, Non-Competes, And Unfair Competition, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law

Continuing Legal Education Materials

Materials from the conference on Trade Secrets, Non-Competes, and Unfair Competition held by UK/CLE in October 2001.


Computer Law Institute, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law, Charles R. Keeton, Jay E. Ingle, J. Mark Grundy, Robert F. Duncan, Kenneth J. Tuggle, Joel T. Beres, Bill E. Webb, Stephen J. Davidson, Cynthia L. Stewart, Judge B. Wilson Ii, David J. Beyer, Kurt X. Metzmeier, Shaun E. Esposito May 1999

Computer Law Institute, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law, Charles R. Keeton, Jay E. Ingle, J. Mark Grundy, Robert F. Duncan, Kenneth J. Tuggle, Joel T. Beres, Bill E. Webb, Stephen J. Davidson, Cynthia L. Stewart, Judge B. Wilson Ii, David J. Beyer, Kurt X. Metzmeier, Shaun E. Esposito

Continuing Legal Education Materials

Materials from the Computer Law Institute held by UK/CLE in May 1999.


Legislative Process And Commercial Law: Lessons From The Copyright Act Of 1976 And The Uniform Commercial Code, Harold R. Weinberg, William J. Woodward Jr. Feb 1993

Legislative Process And Commercial Law: Lessons From The Copyright Act Of 1976 And The Uniform Commercial Code, Harold R. Weinberg, William J. Woodward Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Overlap and conflict are inevitable in any legal system in which a federal government and state governments both have authority to enact laws. In our federal system, the Constitution's Supremacy Clause identifies federal law as preeminent in case of conflict. When conflict develops and litigation is required to determine whether state or federal law controls the issue at hand, our system analyzes the problem using the term preemption as a basis for analysis.

This Article explores the federal legislative process that precedes judicial preemption decisions. By studying the legislative process for its sensitivity to preemption issues, possible ways to modify …


Easing Transfer And Security Interest Transactions In Intellectual Property: An Agenda For Reform, Harold R. Weinberg, William J. Woodward Jr. Jan 1990

Easing Transfer And Security Interest Transactions In Intellectual Property: An Agenda For Reform, Harold R. Weinberg, William J. Woodward Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Uncertainty and confusion probably always have existed bout the employment of intellectual property as collateral for a loan. Since the drafting of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, an uneasy coexistence of state and federal law has developed. Both state and federal law now arguably apply when a debtor attempts to use a patent or trademark to secure a loan. The extent to which each body of law is applicable and the interaction between the two systems was left unclear by the drafters of Article 9 and has not been clarified by Congress. The radical differences between the state …