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A Definite Claim On Claim Indefiniteness: An Empirical Study Of Definiteness Cases Of The Past Decade With A Focus On The Federal Circuit And The Insolubly Ambiguous Standard, Christa J. Laser
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This empirical study of patent claim definiteness cases of the past decade makes several novel findings including: (1) slightly more than half of final Federal Circuit definiteness cases hold the asserted claims not indefinite; (2) the percentage of non-Federal Circuit definiteness cases holding claims not indefinite increased approximately 60 percentage points over the ten-year period focused on in this analysis;(3) the Federal Circuit more often held chemical claims not indefinite, but electrical claims indefinite; and (4) the Federal Circuit more often held claims with term clarity issues not indefinite, but claims with means-plus-function issues indefinite. These differences partially result from …
The Indians' Chief Problem: Chief Wahoo As State Sponsored Discrimination And A Disparaging Mark, Jack Achiezer Guggenheim
The Indians' Chief Problem: Chief Wahoo As State Sponsored Discrimination And A Disparaging Mark, Jack Achiezer Guggenheim
Cleveland State Law Review
This article traces the history of the Cleveland Indians and Chief Wahoo. It then suggests and assesses two methods by which the Chief Wahoo emblem may be legally challenged. The first method is to assert that Chief Wahoo, as used in Jacob's Field, is state sponsored discrimination. As such it could be challenged as a violation of equal protection or as racist speech. Alternatively, in addition to proving that the teams' actions should be deemed state actions, a new theory asserting that discriminatory state speech is a violation of the First Amendment could be advanced. Another method by which the …
The Rejection Of Executory Contracts Under The Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act Of 1988, John J. Fry
The Rejection Of Executory Contracts Under The Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act Of 1988, John J. Fry
Cleveland State Law Review
In October of 1988, Congress enacted the Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act. The Act is intended to "promote the development and licensing of intellectual property by providing certainty to licensees in situations where the licensor files bankruptcy and seeks to reject the license as an executory contract by providing the licensee an "assurance of being able to continue to use the licensed intellectual property after rejection, while debtors/licensors will still be able to free themselves of burdensome obligations." The Act adds a new subsection to 11 U.S.C. §365 which allows the licensee of intellectual property under an executory contract to …
Death Of A Salesman's Doctrine : A Critical Look At Trademark Use, Michael Henry Davis
Death Of A Salesman's Doctrine : A Critical Look At Trademark Use, Michael Henry Davis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
A trademark is a salesman. It does the work of its owner by wearing a smile, by presenting a good image, and in Willy Loman's words, by being well liked. It is, of course, the usual view that the death of the salesman, Willy Loman, was a suicide. Due to the assault upon the requirement of prior trademark use and the growth of a token use doctrine, what happened to Willy Loman has happened to the trademark use doctrine. In the end, it seemed too expensive and it was killed off—partially by its own hand, due to its own internal …
Adjusting The Equities In Franchise Termination: A Sui Generis Approach, Richard A. Greco Jr.
Adjusting The Equities In Franchise Termination: A Sui Generis Approach, Richard A. Greco Jr.
Cleveland State Law Review
The scope of troubled areas in the franchising industry is nearly as broad as the variety of goods and services available through franchised systems. This Note cannot attempt even an overview of all the problems that confront the industry; instead the discussion will focus on one recurring problem within the industry: the rights of the parties engaged in a franchise relation following the termination of that relationship.
Enforcement Of Intellectual Property Rights, Albert R. Teare
Enforcement Of Intellectual Property Rights, Albert R. Teare
Cleveland State Law Review
Wrongful use or appropriation of the property of another is a tort. The owner of a patent has a remedy by civil action for infringement of his patent, and the District Courts of the United States have original jurisdiction of any civil action arising under any act of Congress relating to patents, trademarks and copyrights.
Restrictions On Use Of Intellectual Property Rights, Harold S. Meyer
Restrictions On Use Of Intellectual Property Rights, Harold S. Meyer
Cleveland State Law Review
Intellectual property rights are generally considered to include patents, copyrights, and ownership of unpublished technical data or "know-how," and sometimes trademarks. In spite of the basic differences in character between trademarkmrights and the others, all these rights are often dealt with as a group, particularly in Europe, where they are known collectively as industrial property rights.