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Trademark Protection Of Color Alone: How And When Does A Color Develop Secondary Meaning And Why Color Marks Can Never Be Inherently Distinctive, Diane E. Moir
Touro Law Review
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The Ethics Of Genetic Patenting And The Subsequent Implications On The Future Of Health Care, Suzanne Ratcliffe
The Ethics Of Genetic Patenting And The Subsequent Implications On The Future Of Health Care, Suzanne Ratcliffe
Touro Law Review
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The Human Right To Health And Hiv/Aids: South Africa And South-South Cooperation To Reframe Global Intellectual Property Principles And Promote Access To Essential Medicines, Erika George
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has had a devastating and disproportionate impact in countries of the Global South. The experience of an individual infected with HIV in Africa is very different than that of an individual infected with HIV in America. Life expectancy varies sharply. The ability or inability to access medicines essential for treatment accounts for much of the variance. This article examines how the rhetoric of human rights used in the context of South Africa's AIDS crisis resonated across the Global South, resulted in a powerful social movement for access to medicines, and contributed to important changes in international intellectual …
Using Intellectual Property To Secure Financing After The Worst Financial Crisis Since The Great Depression, Brian W. Jacobs
Using Intellectual Property To Secure Financing After The Worst Financial Crisis Since The Great Depression, Brian W. Jacobs
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Ever since Thomas Edison first used his patent on the incandescent electric light bulb as collateral to secure financing to start his company, the General Electric Company, intellectual property has been able to be used as collateral. Although not immediately thought of when securing financing, using intellectual property as collateral has occurred ever since the late 1800’s with Thomas Edison. In recent years, using intellectual property as collateral to secure financing has become quite popular. However, as with most financing in general, the use of intellectual property as collateral has slowed due to the first recession in the twenty-first century. …