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The Ip Law Book Review, Vol. 3 #1, November, 2012, William T. Gallagher, Marc H. Greenberg

Intellectual Property Law

REVIEWS AND REVIEWERS:

MORAL RIGHTS: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY, by Mira T. Sundara Rajan Reviewed by Cyrill P. Rigamonti, University of Bern

CLEAN TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: ECO-MARKS, GREEN PATENTS, AND GREEN INNOVATION, by Eric L. Lane Reviewed by Joshua D. Sarnoff, De Paul University College of Law

COMPLEX COPYRIGHT: MAPPING THE INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM, by Deborah Tussey Reviewed by Shubha Ghosh, University of Wisconsin Law School

IMITATION TO INNOVATION IN CHINA: THE ROLE OF PATENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, by Yahong Li Reviewed by Benjamin P. Liu, John Marshall Law School

Rough Justice: Extending The Dmca's Self-Policing “Take-Down” Model Beyond Copyright Law, Timothy Cahn, Ryan Bricker

Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Privacy And Data Rights In An Information Economy, John Tomaszewski, Sharon Anolik

Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Juror's Responses To Music Copyright's Lay Listener Test, Jamie Lund

Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

11th Annual Conference On Recent Developments In Intellectual Property Law And Policy, Marc Greenberg, William T. Gallagher, Chester S. Chuang

Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Trademark And Copyright Enforcement In The Shadow Of Ip Law, William T. Gallagher

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In recent years, as Congress has created new intellectual property (IP) rights and courts have often interpreted those rights broadly, legal scholars have frequently decried the expanded scope of protection afforded IP owners in most substantive areas of IP law. According to this critique, the over-expansion of IP rights throughout the past two decades harms competition, chills free speech, and diminishes the public domain as increasingly broad areas of social life are brought within the scope of strong IP protection. While this over-expansion theory reflects an important-indeed, foundationalpolicy debate concerning the proper balance between IP owners' rights and the public's …

Right Of Publicity And The Intersection Of Copyright And Trademark Law, Marc Greenberg, Michael L. Lovitz

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The Right of Publicity has its root in privacy law. Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis, in an 1890 article in the Harvard Law Review, first defined this right as the right “to be left alone”. William Prosser followed their lead by enunciating a personal right of privacy based in four categories: 1) Protection against intrusion into one’s private affairs; 2) Avoidance of disclosure of one’s embarrassing private facts; 3) Protection against publicity placing one in a false light in the public eye; and 4) Remedies for appropriation, usually for commercial advantage, of one’s name or likeness.

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The Ip Law Book Review, Vol. 2 #2, February 2012, William T. Gallagher, Chester Chuang

Intellectual Property Law

Reviews and Reviewers:

JUSTIFYING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, by Robert P. Merges. Reviewed by Amy L. Landers, Pacific McGeorge School of Law.

TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT LITIGATION: FORMS AND ANALYSIS–VOLUME I: CEASE-AND-DESIST DEMANDS THROUGH ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY, by Mark V.B. Partridge and Phillip Barengolts. Reviewed by Timothy Cahn, Kilpatrick Townsend LLP.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF NGOS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, by Duncan Matthews. Reviewed by Margaret Chon, Seattle University School of Law.

PATENTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: LIBER AMICORUM JOSEPH STRAUS, edited by Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Martin J. Adelman, Robert Brauneis, Josef Drexl and …

Offensive Venue: The Curious Use Of Declaratory Judgment To Forum Shop In Patent Litigation, Chester Chuang

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Forum shopping is widespread in patent litigation because there are clear differences in outcomes among the various federal districts. An accused patent infringer that is sued in a particularly disadvantageous forum can file a motion to transfer to a more convenient forum, but the general consensus is that such motions are difficult to win. Accordingly, accused infringers often file declaratory judgment actions to forum shop. Such actions allow accused infringers to preemptively sue the patent owner in the accused infringer’s preferred forum, and are considered by many to be the best way for accused infringers to play the forum shopping …

Comics, Courts & Controversy: A Case Study Of The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Marc Greenberg

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Cartoons and comics have been a part of American culture since this nation’s formation. Throughout that lengthy history, comics and cartoons have also been a subject of controversy, censorship, legislation, and litigation. They have been viewed as a threat to society and a cause of juvenile delinquency; they are scandalous, indecent, and obscene. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (“CBLDF”), a New York-based non-profit organization, provides legal defense for comic artists, collectors, distributors, and retailers who face civil and/or criminal penalties for the creation, sale, and ownership of comics, cartoons, graphic novels, and related works.

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