OBE 118-Legal Environment of Business
OBE 118-Legal Environment of Business
OBE 118-Legal Environment of Business
Business
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
Patent
Copyright
Trademarks
Trade Names
Trade Dress
Intellectual Property
Federal rights
International protections
Common law rights
Patent
Patent
Utility
Utilityor
orfunction
functionpatent
patentprotects
protects
the
theway
wayan
anarticle
articleis
isused
usedor
or
works.
works.Must
Mustbe
bereduced
reducedto
totangible
tangible
form.
form.
Plant
Plantpatent
patentprotects
protectsnew
newasexually
asexually
reproduced
reproduced distinct
distinctvariety
varietyof
ofplant,
plant,
other
otherthan
thanaatuber
tuberpropagated
propagatedplant
plant
or
oraaplant
plantfound
foundin
inan
anuncultivated
uncultivated
state.
state.
Patent
Patent
Patent
Patent office grant of the patent is
subject to judicial review in a patent
infringement case.
Amazon.com v Barnes & Noble
http://www.techlawjournal.com/courts1
999/amazon_bn/20010214op.asp
Patent
Major Patent issues
Human Genome and gene patents
Pharmaceutical
Agro-chemical products
Copyright
Copyright
Copyright
Infringement
Infringement
A court may:
Prohibit further use of the material
Order destruction of infringing material
Require infringer to pay damages
Copyright
Fair use determination
1.
2.
3.
4.
Computers
Internet
Copyright
Remedies
Copyright Examples
Trade Names
Trade Name
Trademark
Trademark
Trademarks
Types of Marks
Trademarksaffixed to goods
Service marksidentify services, not goods
Certification marksmarks used by an organization to
attest that products meet certain standards
Collective marksmarks that identify members of an
organization
Trademark
Books
Pencils
Carper
Hawaii
Trademark
An alleged infringer
Requirement
of Enforcement
may claim that the Plaintiff's
Requirement of Enforcement
Trademark
Federal registration
State registration
Service Mark
Domain Names
Additional Concepts
International Protections
Gray Goods: "A gray-market good is a foreignmanufactured good, bearing a valid United States
trademark, that is imported without the consent of
the United States trademark holder."
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property made simple by Nolo Press
Sources
http://www.benedict.com/
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/
U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/