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Notice and Notice Failure at BU, panel 3

Posted on September 25, 2015 by rtushnet

Pamela Samuelson – Notice Failures Arising from Copyright Duration Rules   Agrees w/ other expressions of concern about notice failures in copyright—here she focuses on notice failures related to the long duration of copyrights.  More information about work’s © status … Continue reading →

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Notice and Notice Failure in Intellectual Property Law at BU, keynote

Posted on September 25, 2015 by rtushnet

Boston University School of Law   Welcome and introduction: Dean Maureen O’Roarke New clinic w/MIT—representing MIT students who need legal/IP help.  Searching for an exec. director now—encourages applications.   Stacey Dogan: Meurer & James Besson’s book on patents: pointed out … Continue reading →

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Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society’s Mid-Atlantic student writing competition

Posted on September 16, 2015 by rtushnet

As the oldest publishing intellectual property law journal in America, the Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) provides a forum dedicated to the discussion of legal and technical subjects related to patent, trademark, and copyright laws.  JPTOS boasts … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, part 4

Posted on July 23, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 2 | Dina Leytes (Griesing Law, LLC), Moderator   Lord Eldon, Lord Byron, and the Public Domain Gary Dyer (Cleveland State University) Commentator | Simon Stern (University of Toronto)   Byron’s strategies to deal with Eldon’s doctrine that created … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, part 3

Posted on July 22, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 1 | Ellen Goodman (Rutgers), Moderator   Access and Development: The History of ‘Development’ and WIPO Sara Bannerman (McMaster University) Commentator | Christopher S. Yoo (University of Pennsylvania) (Yoo presenting Bannerman’s paper, followed by responses from Bannerman)   First, … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, part 1

Posted on July 22, 2015 by rtushnet

International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) Program 2015   Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition (Penn Law) and the Cinema Studies Program (Penn Arts and Sciences)   Early Career, Panel 1 | Peter Jaszi (American … Continue reading →

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False patent marking isn’t material to business customers

Posted on June 29, 2015 by rtushnet

Pactiv, LLC v. Multisorb Technologies, Inc., 63 F.Supp.3d 832 (N.D. Ill. 2014)   Pactiv and Multisorb compete to sell oxygen absorbers—“packets of chemicals that react with moisture to absorb oxygen when placed inside food containers,” keeping food fresher longer. The … Continue reading →

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False patent marking not actionable under Lanham Act

Posted on June 17, 2015 by rtushnet

Leisure Concepts, Inc. v. California Home Spas, Inc., 2015 WL 3658190, No. 14–CV–388 (E.D. Wash. June 12, 2015)   Leisure and CHS compete in spa products, including spa cover lifters.  Leisure’s CoverMate I is protected by a patent, which it … Continue reading →

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Apples-to-oranges comparison is literally false, justifies finding of irreparable harm

Posted on June 16, 2015 by rtushnet

Market Track, LLC v. Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing, LLC, 2015 WL 3637740, No. 14 C 4957 (N.D. Ill. June 11, 2015)   Market Track provides business intelligence services, principally tracking and analyzing information relating to consumer advertising. ECRM is Market … Continue reading →

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