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Shared Branding: Associated Use Of Trademarks And Trade Dress Through Shared Retail Space, Lanning Bryer, Scott Lebson, Francesca Montalvo
Shared Branding: Associated Use Of Trademarks And Trade Dress Through Shared Retail Space, Lanning Bryer, Scott Lebson, Francesca Montalvo
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This Article explores the increasingly popular marketing strategy of two or more unrelated companies offering their separate and distinct mono-branded goods and services in a shared commercial space--herein referred to as “shared branding.”
Is Internet Radio “Livin' On A Prayer”? With New Legislation, It “Will Make It, I Swear”, Kelsey Schulz
Is Internet Radio “Livin' On A Prayer”? With New Legislation, It “Will Make It, I Swear”, Kelsey Schulz
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This Comment discusses whether the IRFA would be the appropriate solution to the inequities in current copyright law as it pertains to digital music. Part I of this Comment will provide a more in-depth discussion of the history of copyright law and music distribution. It will examine the implications of the 1971 Sound Recording Act, the 1976 Copyright Act, and the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995. Part II will provide a critique of the current state of the law, including a look at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 and its effects on the respective …
The Shield Act: A Good Attempt At Curbing Patent Trolls That Leaves Us Wanting More, Adina Sivaraman
The Shield Act: A Good Attempt At Curbing Patent Trolls That Leaves Us Wanting More, Adina Sivaraman
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This Comment explores the SHIELD Act in its entirety. Part II examines the historical background of the patent troll issue--focusing on former legislation and case law that sought to curb patent troll lawsuits. Part III discusses what the SHIELD Act is and what it aims to do. Part IV analyzes the positive and negative effects that the SHIELD Act would have if passed and takes a look at other options for limiting patent troll litigation, while ultimately contending that the SHIELD Act should be reformed to take a stronger stand against patent trolls by taking into account other proposed reforms. …
Whodunnit? Divided Patent Infringement In Light Of Akamai Technologies, Inc. V. Limelight Networks, Inc., Mark Tomlinson
Whodunnit? Divided Patent Infringement In Light Of Akamai Technologies, Inc. V. Limelight Networks, Inc., Mark Tomlinson
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This Note provides background information on divided patent infringement in the United States with emphasis on landmark cases and the previous understanding of the Patent Act. Part II provides background information on the underlying controversies and the software at issue in each case. Part III discusses the opinions of the factions of the court, and Part IV dissects the reasoning of each. Part V examines the implications of Akamai on businesses and other method patent holders while acknowledging that the future of the court's holding remains uncertain.
The End Of The Imitation Age?: The Effect Of Apple Inc. V. Samsung, Melissa Barcena
The End Of The Imitation Age?: The Effect Of Apple Inc. V. Samsung, Melissa Barcena
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
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Following An International Copyright Regime At A Large National Cost: Is It Worth It?, Vaishali Khatri
Following An International Copyright Regime At A Large National Cost: Is It Worth It?, Vaishali Khatri
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
The main question at issue is which view of copyright law the United States should adhere to. Founders of American copyright law based our Constitution on utilitarian principles that promote the spread of knowledge and information to the general public. It has always been held that innovation and creativity were of core importance in an efficiently functioning democracy. With the passing of Section 514, the United States digressed from its national roots in order to comply with an international regime of copyright law. This decision in Golan takes steps to afford private economic benefit to a few copyright holders at …
Intellectual Property, The Free Movement Of Goods And Trade Restraint In The European Union, Jarrod Tudor
Intellectual Property, The Free Movement Of Goods And Trade Restraint In The European Union, Jarrod Tudor
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
The European Union (“EU”) is the most significant trade partner of the United States. Trading in goods protected by intellectual property rights remains a challenge for American business entities as they are forced to sift through a myriad of law consisting of the federal intellectual property law of the EU and the intellectual property law of the member states. The European Court of Justice (“ECJ” or “the Court”) has been faced with dozens of complex cases arising out of conflicts between the national law of the member states and the Articles of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European …
Modifying Rand Commitments To Better Price Patents In The Standards Setting Context, Kyle Rozema
Modifying Rand Commitments To Better Price Patents In The Standards Setting Context, Kyle Rozema
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This Article addresses a single problem: how can we allow engineers and scientists from different institutions to collaborate to set the best technical standards possible, not considering intellectual property (“IP”) rights, and then establish the royalty rates for each patent owner after the standard is set? The current system attempting to solve this problem requires patent owner participants to sign a Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (“RAND”) commitment. These RAND commitments require the participants to agree an ante, i.e., before the standard is actually set, to license whatever patent rights they may ultimately have in the standard on terms that are reasonable …