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Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, And Copyright Infringement, Zach Naqvi
Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, And Copyright Infringement, Zach Naqvi
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
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Scènes À Faire In Music: How An Old Defense Is Maturing, And How It Can Be Improved, Torrean Edwards
Scènes À Faire In Music: How An Old Defense Is Maturing, And How It Can Be Improved, Torrean Edwards
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
First, this Comment will provide background on the test for copyright infringement used by the Fourth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. Second, the Comment will address what scènes à faire is and how recent cases have treated scènes à faire in music. Third and finally, the Comment will offer a suggestion as to a proper scènes à faire determination and analyze how scènes à faire should be applied.
Keinitz V. Sconnie Nation, Llc: The Seventh Circuit's Necessary Resistance To Defining The Fair Use Doctrine Solely In Terms Of Transformativeness, Alexander Perwich
Keinitz V. Sconnie Nation, Llc: The Seventh Circuit's Necessary Resistance To Defining The Fair Use Doctrine Solely In Terms Of Transformativeness, Alexander Perwich
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Under the fair use doctrine, use of a copyrighted work is not an infringement on a copyright if, after consideration of four factors, a court considers the use to be fair. The four factors courts are required to consider are: (1) “the purpose and character of the use;” (2) “the nature of the copyrighted work;” (3) “the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;” and (4) the effect the use has on “the potential market for or value of the original copyrighted work.” A circuit split exists between the Second and …
Eyes Wide Shut: Induced Patent Infringement And The Willful Blindness Standard, Kristin M. Hagen
Eyes Wide Shut: Induced Patent Infringement And The Willful Blindness Standard, Kristin M. Hagen
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
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Reverse Engineering Ip, Tonya M. Evans
Reverse Engineering Ip, Tonya M. Evans
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
With the advent of the Internet and digital technology, the twenty-first century has ushered in a quantum increase in the ways to create, disseminate, and commercially exploit creativity. Digital technology allows anyone to create perfect digital copies of protected works in the comfort of their homes and to distribute them to tens, hundreds, thousands, and even millions of people with the click of a hyperlink via a handheld device. Indeed, copyright touches more ordinary people in substantial ways in this age of information than at any other time in American copyright history. READ MORE, download the article.
The Immorality Of Strict Liability In Copyright, Steven Hetcher
The Immorality Of Strict Liability In Copyright, Steven Hetcher
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
I will argue for a fundamental reconceptualization of liability for copyright infringement. Specifically, I will argue that the essentially unchallenged orthodoxy that copyright infringement is a strict liability tort is false. From the Supreme Court on down, it does not even appear to be questioned that copyright infringement applies a strict liability standard. Upon reflection, this is peculiar, given that this is anything but an innocuous doctrine. It is just the opposite; it is a doctrine that strongly favors copyright owners who may more easily prevail in infringement suits, as it will always be easier to establish strict liability as …
Meddimmune, Microsoft, And Ksr: The United States Supreme Court In 2007 Tips The Balance In Favor Of Innovation In Patent Cases, And Thrice Reverses The Federal Circuit, Sue Ann Mota
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
In 2007 the Supreme Court reversed three patent cases from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The three cases were MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (holding a patent licensee does not have to breach a license agreement before seeking declaratory judgment that the underlying patent is invalid, unenforceable, or not infringed), Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (holding Microsoft did not supply a component of an invention from the United States that had the possibility of infringing under the Patent Act), and KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (holding the requirement of non-obviousness under the Patent Act is analyzed …
International Copyright Law And Litigation: A Mechanism For Improvement, Roberto Garza Barbosa
International Copyright Law And Litigation: A Mechanism For Improvement, Roberto Garza Barbosa
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
This article outlines the challenges of international copyright litigation and considers rights and remedies available under TRIPs and the laws of various national copyright statutes. To keep pace with new technology, the author proposes a mechanism for the enforcement of existing rights around the world, while counter the prevailing problems of the ease of infringement and expense of enforcement.
Trips And Traditional Knowledge: Local Communities, Local Knowledge, And Global Intellectual Property Frameworks, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa
Trips And Traditional Knowledge: Local Communities, Local Knowledge, And Global Intellectual Property Frameworks, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Intellectual property treatment of traditional or local knowledge is a major issue of contention today, particularly since the implementation of the TRIPs Agreement, which establishes minimum levels of intellectual property protection for members of the World Trade Organization. Discourse surrounding local knowledge is highly charged with accusations of "piracy" from Western countries countered with allegations of "biopiracy" from Third World countries. Flowing beneath the surface of this dialogue are multiple levels of historical experience. Intellectual property frameworks were formed in the nineteenth century during a period when evolutionary views of the development of human societies were paramount. Local knowledge was …
U.S. V. Rxdepot: The Battle Between Canadian Store-Front Companies, The Fda And Brand-Name Companies, Michael Rosenquist
U.S. V. Rxdepot: The Battle Between Canadian Store-Front Companies, The Fda And Brand-Name Companies, Michael Rosenquist
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Prescription drugs are taken by millions of Americans each year for everything from seasonal allergies to beating cancer. However, millions of Americans each year are without health insurance of some form of prescription drug coverage. When the costs of prescriptions are beyond those Americans' reach, where should they turn to for help? RxDepot, Inc. was a company founded by an entrepreneur, Carl Moore, who believed he had the answer to the problem. In 2002, he began opening stores in the United States where customers could bring in the prescription, have it sent to a Canadian pharmacy, and receive their prescriptions …
Is This Conflict Really Necessary?: Resolving An Ostensible Conflict Between Patent Law And Federal Trademark Law, Thomas F. Cotter
Is This Conflict Really Necessary?: Resolving An Ostensible Conflict Between Patent Law And Federal Trademark Law, Thomas F. Cotter
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Professor Cotter discusses the inherent conflict between patent and trademark law in product configuration - a species of trade dress - that is disclosed within the text of a utility patent or on which the claims of a utility patent read. Commentators have disagreed as to whether or not such disclosed features should enter the public domain upon expiration of the patent, regardless of whether they would otherwise qualify for trademark protection. Professor Cotter illustrates why the conventional belief that patents are monopolies is, in general, false. He then provides a brief overview of relevant trademark law principles. Professor next …