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The Tangled Web: A Case Against New Generic Top-Level Domains, Joseph P. Smith Iii
The Tangled Web: A Case Against New Generic Top-Level Domains, Joseph P. Smith Iii
Law Student Publications
This article’s purpose is to provide a general understanding of the legal and financial implications of the new generic top-level domains. By looking at the history and functionality of generic top-level domains, the reader will hopefully have the requisite background to understand the implications of adding new top-level domains.
New Research Uses For Patent And Trademark Data, Roger V. Skalbeck
New Research Uses For Patent And Trademark Data, Roger V. Skalbeck
Law Faculty Publications
In this article, I examine alternative uses for information found in patent and trademark filing databases, suggesting ways to locate a law firm's clients, perform competitive intelligence, and locate or investigate expert witnesses. Finally, I talk about an interesting non-law use of patent data, i.e., historical research.
Accidental Rights, James Gibson
Accidental Rights, James Gibson
Law Faculty Publications
Written for the Yale Law Journal's online Pocket Part, this is a much shorter and (I hope) more accessible iteration of my earlier paper, Risk Aversion and Rights Accretion in Intellectual Property Law, 116 Yale L.J. 882 (2007). It summarizes that paper's central point - i.e., that intellectual property entitlements are growing not just because of expansive court decisions and legislative enactments, but also because of seemingly sensible, risk-averse licensing decisions that inadvertently feed back into legal doctrine - and then explores how this phenomenon might apply to (and be manipulated by) enterprises such as Google Book Search.