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Intellectual Property For Breakfast: Market Power And Informative Symbols In The Marketplace, P. Sean Morris
Intellectual Property For Breakfast: Market Power And Informative Symbols In The Marketplace, P. Sean Morris
Cleveland State Law Review
This Article continues to examine an important question: are trademarks a source of market power, or, put differently, when are trademarks an antitrust problem? This fundamental question is a cause of division among antitrust and intellectual property law scholars. However, by raising the question and presenting some scenarios that can provide answers, my hope is that contemporary antitrust and intellectual property scholars can explore some of its implications. As part of my own quest to address this question, I explore the proposition that creative deception and the wealth-generating capacity of trademarks are unorthodox elements that actually contribute to allegations of …
Billboard Regulations, And Aesthetics, Richard Sutton
Billboard Regulations, And Aesthetics, Richard Sutton
Cleveland State Law Review
The regulation of outdoor advertising has prompted a surprisingly prodigious amount of controversy and litigation. It has been challenged as a denial of free speech, due process, and equal protection; it has been upheld on nuisance4 and real property grounds, and sustained on the basis of public health, safety, morality, comfort and convenience, aesthetics, and the right to be let alone."
Group Fraud: Fault Or Duty, William J. Moore
Group Fraud: Fault Or Duty, William J. Moore
Cleveland State Law Review
Recently, the legal bastion of "fairness" and "fault" in fraud and decit cases has been assaulted by courts, administrative agencies, and legal scholars. The walls are still standing, but here and there cracks have begun to appear and the words status and duty are no longer obscene in the field of seller's liability for false and misleading representations. A thorough study would require an analysis of all the environmental factors in a group-institutionalized society and also the interests the courts are protecting. Thispaper will touch on judicial protection of the consumer's interest in physical integrity, and the protection of consumer …
Registered Trademark Marking Requirements, Cameron K. Wehringer
Registered Trademark Marking Requirements, Cameron K. Wehringer
Cleveland State Law Review
The ® symbol is at times rarely used,sometimes moderately used, and sometimes perhaps over-used.Two major questions then. What is the necessary use, and what is the situation as to prevailing use?