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The Landscape Of Collective Management Schemes, Daniel J. Gervais May 2011

The Landscape Of Collective Management Schemes, Daniel J. Gervais

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Collective management comes in many shapes and sizes. There is, however, an interesting definition proposed by WIPO: [T]he term “collective management” only refers to those forms of joint exercise of rights where there are truly “collectivized” aspects (such as tariffs, licensing conditions and distribution rules); where there is an organized community behind it; where the management is carried out on behalf of such a community; and where the organization serves collective objectives beyond merely carrying out the tasks of rights management . . . . In contrast, “rights clearance organizations” are those which perform joint exercise of rights without any …


The Case For A Limited Protection Of Trademark Merchandising, Irene Calboli Apr 2011

The Case For A Limited Protection Of Trademark Merchandising, Irene Calboli

Faculty Scholarship

Since its judicial creation in the 1970s, strong controversy has surrounded the practice of trademark merchandising. Trademark scholars have generally opposed merchandising rights because of the departure from the traditional interpretation of trademark law - protecting consumers and market competition-in favor of a direct protection of trademark value. Despite this opposition, courts and Congress have favored the acceptance of this practice by broadening the scope of trademark protection and by introducing the concept of confusion as to the products' "sponsorship" or "affiliation" as part of the standard for trademark infringement. Not surprisingly, trademark scholars have criticized these developments but have …


Protection For Informational Works After Feist Publications, Inc. V. Rural Telephone Service Co., Miriam Bitton Apr 2011

Protection For Informational Works After Feist Publications, Inc. V. Rural Telephone Service Co., Miriam Bitton

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Moral Rights And Supernatural Fiction: Authorial Dignity And The New Moral Rights Agendas, Jacqueline D. Lipton Ph.D. Apr 2011

Moral Rights And Supernatural Fiction: Authorial Dignity And The New Moral Rights Agendas, Jacqueline D. Lipton Ph.D.

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

In recent years, several scholars have revisited the question of moral rights protections for creators of copyright works in the United States. Their scholarship has focused on defining a moral rights agenda that comports with American constitutional values, as well as being practically suited to current copyright business practices. Much of this scholarship has prioritized a right of attribution over other moral rights, such as the right of integrity. This Article evaluates some of these recent moral rights models in light of a sample of comments made by American supernatural fiction authors about their works. The Author questions whether the …


Huddle Up: Using Mediation To Help Settle The National Football League Labor Dispute, Jeremy Corapi Apr 2011

Huddle Up: Using Mediation To Help Settle The National Football League Labor Dispute, Jeremy Corapi

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Technical Knockout: How Mixed Martial Arts Will Change Copyright Enforcement On The Web, Keith Black Apr 2011

Technical Knockout: How Mixed Martial Arts Will Change Copyright Enforcement On The Web, Keith Black

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Not That There’S Anything Wrong With That: Imputations Of Homosexuality And The Normative Structure Of Defamation Law, Matthew D. Bunker *, Drew E. Shenkman **, Charles D. Tobin *** Apr 2011

Not That There’S Anything Wrong With That: Imputations Of Homosexuality And The Normative Structure Of Defamation Law, Matthew D. Bunker *, Drew E. Shenkman **, Charles D. Tobin ***

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Has It Fulfilled Congressional Expectations?, George C. Beighley Jr. Apr 2011

The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Has It Fulfilled Congressional Expectations?, George C. Beighley Jr.

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

This Article suggests that the creation of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was a successful experiment that proves a change in the legal philosophy behind the jurisdiction for federal appellate courts from exclusively general regional jurisdiction to a more specific national subject matter jurisdiction can be successful. This Article provides a historical analysis of how the Federal Circuit was created by presenting interviews from those involved in its creation. The Article then examines the legislative intent behind the creation of the Federal Circuit by looking at the congressional history and interviewing those who testified before Congress. Finally, …


The Crimes Of Fashion: The Effects Of Trademark And Copyright Infringement In The Fashion Industry, Carolyn Marcelo Apr 2011

The Crimes Of Fashion: The Effects Of Trademark And Copyright Infringement In The Fashion Industry, Carolyn Marcelo

Senior Honors Theses

Counterfeits of designer merchandise continue to be made and sold throughout the world causing drastic social and economic outcomes everywhere.  Despite the illegality of manufacturing and distributing counterfeit goods, this business has far-reaching effects that society is not generally aware of.  The evils of counterfeiting luxury goods include forced child labor, drug trafficking, and international terrorism as well as loss of billions of dollars in revenue to legitimate businesses and governments.  The ancient Latin phrase “Caveat emptor” “Let the buyer beware” is still relevant today.  Being made aware and being warned, society may be motivated to shut down this illicit …


Patent Marking Estoppel And The Patent Licensee, Scott D. Locke Apr 2011

Patent Marking Estoppel And The Patent Licensee, Scott D. Locke

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Non­–Per Se Treatment Of Buyer Price-Fixing In Intellectual Property Settings, Hillary Greene Apr 2011

Non­–Per Se Treatment Of Buyer Price-Fixing In Intellectual Property Settings, Hillary Greene

Duke Law & Technology Review

The ability of intellectual property owners to earn monopoly rents and the inability of horizontal competitors to price fix legally are two propositions that are often taken as givens. This iBrief challenges the wholesale adoption of either proposition within the context of buyer price-fixing in intellectual property markets. More specifically, it examines antitrust law’s role in protecting patent holders’ rents through its condemnation of otherwise ostensibly efficient buyer price fixing. Using basic economic analysis, this iBrief refines the legal standards applicable at this point of intersection between antitrust and patent law. In particular, the author recommends the limited abandonment of …


Speaking Of Music And The Counterpoint Of Copyright: Addressing Legal Concerns In Making Oral History Available To The Public, Jeremy J. Beck, Libby Van Cleve Apr 2011

Speaking Of Music And The Counterpoint Of Copyright: Addressing Legal Concerns In Making Oral History Available To The Public, Jeremy J. Beck, Libby Van Cleve

Duke Law & Technology Review

Oral history provides society with voices and memories of people and communities experiencing events of the past first-hand. Such history is created through interviews; an interview, however, like any other type of intellectual property—once in a fixed form—is subject to copyright law. In order to make oral history available to the public, it is critically important that individuals generating and acquiring oral history materials clearly understand relevant aspects of copyright law. The varied nature of how one may create, use, and acquire oral history materials can present new, surprising, and sometimes baffling legal scenarios that challenge the experience of even …


Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholomew, Patrick F. Mcardle Apr 2011

Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholomew, Patrick F. Mcardle

Vanderbilt Law Review

In its most recent contributory infringement pronouncement, the Supreme Court advised courts wrestling with these issues to consult tort law's own contributory liability framework, which it described as "well established."31 The conventional wisdom among legal scholars agrees with the Court. Most scholarship in this area contends that obeisance to traditional tort law principles of contributory liability will fill the void in infringement law with answers that are adequately calibrated to the balance between incentivizing creation and permitting downstream use. This Article challenges that conventional wisdom. Although we agree that tort law can shed some much-needed light on contributory infringement, we …


Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholonew, Patrick F. Mcardle Apr 2011

Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholonew, Patrick F. Mcardle

Vanderbilt Law Review

Two years ago, the outbreak of a mysterious virus captivated the world. First detected in the state of Veracruz, Mexico in April 2009, the virus hopscotched from country to country leaving a trail of death and panicked citizens. Concerned that the virus would continue to spread, world governments banned travel to affected nations and urged citizens to take precautionary measures. U.S. Vice President Biden told citizens not to take mass transit. Airports installed thermal scanners to detect and quarantine infected travelers. Thousands donned surgical masks. Despite these precautions, two months after the virus's discovery, public health authorities diagnosed a full-fledged …


Intellectual Property Perspectives: Spring 2011, Ip Law Program Apr 2011

Intellectual Property Perspectives: Spring 2011, Ip Law Program

Intellectual Property Perspectives

No abstract provided.


A Myriad Of Misunderstanding Standing: Decoding Judicial Review For Gene Patents, Jenny L. Maxey Apr 2011

A Myriad Of Misunderstanding Standing: Decoding Judicial Review For Gene Patents, Jenny L. Maxey

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Heavy Metal Alloys: Unsigned Rock Bands And Joint Work, Michael S. Young Apr 2011

Heavy Metal Alloys: Unsigned Rock Bands And Joint Work, Michael S. Young

Chicago-Kent Law Review

This note uses humorous illustrations culled from the history of popular heavy metal music to facilitate examination of the effectiveness of joint authorship analysis by modern federal courts. The note carefully considers a variety of common contributions made by band members in the absence of any written or verbal agreement about authorship, and concludes (1) that a more equitable regime would do away with the requirement that a co-author make an "independently copyrightable" contribution, and (2) that courts must take greater care not to transform "will to control" into "intent to be a sole author."


League Parity: Bringing Back Unlicensed Competition In The Sports Fan Apparel Market, David Franklin Apr 2011

League Parity: Bringing Back Unlicensed Competition In The Sports Fan Apparel Market, David Franklin

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Should professional sports teams and collegiate institutions have an exclusive right to merchandise their logos? Recent court decisions have effectively provided these organizations with a monopoly in the fan apparel marketplace, as retailers who are not "officially licensed" by the underlying team or university are likely to face trademark infringement liability. In some contexts, this extension of trademark law has prevented companies from selling merchandise that merely displays a team's color scheme. However, such a broad prohibition on the use of team logos is inconsistent with the goal of trademark law, which is intended to prohibit uses of a mark …


Breaking Patents, Daniel R. Cahoy Apr 2011

Breaking Patents, Daniel R. Cahoy

Michigan Journal of International Law

In the 1970s and 1980s, the Boeing aircraft company worked to address the rising cost of jet fuel by inventing lighter metal alloys for use in aerospace materials. Among its discoveries was a method of producing aluminum-lithium alloys with high "fracture toughness," and in 1989, Boeing received a patent for the process. Five years later, another aerospace company working as a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contractor, Lockheed Martin, was attempting to solve a similar problem related to materials used in the space shuttle. Lighter materials were necessary for future shuttle missions to transport components of the International Space …


Copyright For Engineered Dna: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?, Christopher M. Holman Apr 2011

Copyright For Engineered Dna: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?, Christopher M. Holman

West Virginia Law Review

The rapidly emerging field of synthetic biology has tremendous potential to address some of the most compelling challenges facing our planet by providing clean renewable energy, nutri- tionally-enhanced and environmentally friendly agricultural products, and revolutionary new life-saving cures. However, leaders in the synthetic biology movement have voiced concern that biotechnology's current patent-centric approach to intellec- tual property is in many ways ill-suited to meet the challenge of synthetic biology, threatening to impede follow-on innovation and open access technology. For years, copyright and patent protection for computer software have existed side-by-side, the two forms of intellectual property complementing one another. Numerous …


Dynamic Patent Governance In Europe And The United States: The Myriad Example, Kali Murray, Esther Van Zimmeren Apr 2011

Dynamic Patent Governance In Europe And The United States: The Myriad Example, Kali Murray, Esther Van Zimmeren

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

This Article examines the emerging elements of a new model for patent governance. It is divided into four parts. In Section One, we develop a model of dynamic patent governance. This model extends the theoretical framework of network governance, to explain the emergence of networks in the decisionmaking infrastructure for the public and private actors in the patent system. Dynamic patent governance widens this theoretical framework in two key ways. First, dynamic patent governance, within its formal dimensions, is based on the idea that heterogeneous administrative actors regulate the grant and enforcement of patents. This challenges a perspective that sees …


A Critical Look At The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, David M. Quinn Apr 2011

A Critical Look At The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, David M. Quinn

Law Student Publications

This Article examines two of the more credible criticisms leveled against the ACTA and evaluates the credibility of each. First, some allege that the agreement is a treaty masquerading as an executive agreement. The distinction is significant because treaties may modify U.S. law and require congressional approval, while executive agreements must accord with existing law and require only presidential approval. The second criticism is the systemic lack of transparency throughout the negotiation process. Though these are not the only criticisms – far from it – they are the two most significant and stand on the most solid ground.


Naming, Identity, And Trademark Law, Laura A. Heymann Apr 2011

Naming, Identity, And Trademark Law, Laura A. Heymann

Indiana Law Journal

As the process of creation in the age of digital media becomes more fluid, one pervasive theme has been the desire for attribution: from the creator’s perspective, to receive credit for what one does (and to have credit not falsely attributed) and from the audience’s perspective, to understand the source of material with which one engages. But our norms of attribution reflect some inconsistencies in defining the relationship among name, identity, and authenticity. A blog post by a writer identified only by a pseudonym may prove to be very influential in the court of public opinion, while the use of …


A Survey Of The Dmca's Copyright Management Information Protections: The Dmca's Cmi Landscape After All Headline News And Mcclatchey, Susuk Lim Apr 2011

A Survey Of The Dmca's Copyright Management Information Protections: The Dmca's Cmi Landscape After All Headline News And Mcclatchey, Susuk Lim

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

Copyright management information (CMI), defined by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), is information conveyed with a copyrighted work that identifies the owner and nature of that copyright. Although the DMCA prohibits the knowing removal of CMI under 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b), district court decisions relating to CMI are split on whether its provisions apply only to digital forms or also extend to non-digital CMI conveyance. This Article describes the current state of CMI jurisprudence and the expected effects of possible interpretive outcomes.


The Case For A Limited Protection Of Trademark Merchandising, Irene Calboli Apr 2011

The Case For A Limited Protection Of Trademark Merchandising, Irene Calboli

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Since its judicial creation in the 1970s, strong controversy has surrounded the practice of trademark merchandising. Trademark scholars have generally opposed merchandising rights because of the departure from the traditional interpretation of trademark law—protecting consumers and market competition—in favor of a direct protection of trademark value. Despite this opposition, courts and Congress have favored the acceptance of this practice by broadening the scope of trademark protection and by introducing the concept of confusion as to the products’ “sponsorship” or “affiliation” as part of the standard for trademark infringement. Not surprisingly, trademark scholars have criticized these developments but have not offered, …


Naming, Identity, And Trademark Law, Laura A. Heymann Apr 2011

Naming, Identity, And Trademark Law, Laura A. Heymann

Faculty Publications

As the process of creation in the age of digital media becomes more fluid, one pervasive theme has been the desire for attribution: from the creator’s perspective, to receive credit for what one does (and to have credit not falsely attributed) and from the audience’s perspective, to understand the source of material with which one engages. But our norms of attribution reflect some inconsistencies in defining the relationship among name, identity, and authenticity. A blog post by a writer identified only by a pseudonym may prove to be very influential in the court of public opinion, while the use of …


Innovative Copyright, Greg Lastowka Apr 2011

Innovative Copyright, Greg Lastowka

Michigan Law Review

For over a decade, Michael Carrier has been exploring the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property ("IP") law, contributing many articles that offer new solutions and approaches to the vexing problems confronting the law of innovation. Carrier's academic writing is situated in a voluminous scholarly discourse about the appropriate rules and goals of the laws of copyright, patent, and antitrust. While Carrier easily could have written an "insider" tome for specialists in this area, his new book, Innovation for the 21st Century, is targeted at a broader audience. Carrier's book is directed at legislators, jurists, and opinion makers-as well as …


Bilski V. Kappos: Everything Old Is New Again, Joe Miller Apr 2011

Bilski V. Kappos: Everything Old Is New Again, Joe Miller

Scholarly Works

My goal in this brief Essay is to introduce the symposium papers by describing the basics of the Bilski case. I also offer a brief thought about where interested observers might turn next in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's § 101 jurisprudence for insights about how that court may implement Bilski's unmistakable revival of Benson and Fook. Specifically, now that the 15-year Alappat/State Street misadventure, with its patent-maximizing "useful, concrete, and tangible result" standard, has come to an end, it is time to revisit the reasoning and results in a rich trove of cases from the …


Mobilizing User-Generated Content For Canada’S Digital Content Advantage, Samuel E. Trosow, Jacquelyn Burkell, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Michael B. Mcnally, Caroline Whippey, Lola Wong Mar 2011

Mobilizing User-Generated Content For Canada’S Digital Content Advantage, Samuel E. Trosow, Jacquelyn Burkell, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Pamela J. Mckenzie, Michael B. Mcnally, Caroline Whippey, Lola Wong

Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education)

The goal of the Mobilizing User-Generated Content for Canada’s Digital Content Advantage project is to define User-Generated Content (UGC) in its current state, identify successful models built for UGC, and anticipate barriers and policy infrastructure needed to sustain a model to leverage the further development of UGC to Canada's advantage.

This poster session is based on the report, Mobilizing User-Generated Content For Canada’s Digital Advantage (http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fimspub/21/) and is related to the Brown Bag presentation also presented on March 23, 2011 (http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fimspres/11/).


Introduction: Cities And Sustainability Mar 2011

Introduction: Cities And Sustainability

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.