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Sherlock Holmes & The Case Of The Contested Copyright, Jessica L. Malekos Smith
Sherlock Holmes & The Case Of The Contested Copyright, Jessica L. Malekos Smith
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
For generations, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels and short stories on the adventures of Sherlock Holmes have captivated the minds of readers and fueled a lucrative intellectual property market. The historical trajectory of international copyright protections to this literary canon, however, is an equally intriguing, if not mysterious, page-turner. This Note explores the procedural history of Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd., and examines how the literary characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson can simultaneously exist in the public domain, while certain story elements still remain under copyright protection in the United States until 2022.
Limiting Downstream Effects Of Patent Licensing Activity In Software And Electronics: An Argument For Alienability Of Patent Licenses To Licensees' Business Successors, Anna A. Onley
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Frustrating the ability to transfer ownership is costly, and non-creative entities (NCEs) may contribute to rising costs of innovation by contractually requiring their licensees to seek NCE consent to subsequent license transfers. One possible way of gradually limiting the reach of NCEs in this area is to expand the doctrine of patent misuse—which supports the unenforceability defense to patent infringement—to construe restraints on alienation of patent licenses as patent misuse. This narrowly tailored approach, discussed in this Note, minimizes the risk of negative impact on the patent system because it avoids the question of patent invalidity and does not seek …
Recent Trends In The Use Of Surveys In Advertising Law Disputes; An Update On The Case Law, Kenneth Plevan
Recent Trends In The Use Of Surveys In Advertising Law Disputes; An Update On The Case Law, Kenneth Plevan
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
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Multiple Intellectual Property Damage Complications As In Apple V Samsung? Try Using Excel, W. Lesser
Multiple Intellectual Property Damage Complications As In Apple V Samsung? Try Using Excel, W. Lesser
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
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