Intellectual Property

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ISBN: 9780314757388 | 0314757384
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Copyright: 10/1/1990

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Patents; The Foundations of Patent Protection; The Subject Matter of Patents; Patentability -- Novelty and Statutory Bar; Patentability -- Utility; Patentability -- Non-Obviousness; Double-Parenting; Parenting Process; Infringement; Remedies; Patent Law and the Intersection of State and Federal Regulation; Trademarks; Foundations of Trademark Protection; Distinctiveness; Dilution and the Expansion of Trademark Doctrine; Loss of Trademark Protection and Partial Protection; Trademark Practice; Subject Matter; Infringement; Remedies; Copyright; Foundations of Copyright Protection; Subject Matter of Copyright; Exclusive Rights; Infringement; Fair Use; Ownership; Formal Requirements; Remedies; Copyright Laws and the Intersection of State and Federal Regulation.

Acknowledgments

iii

Table of Cases

xvii

Introduction

(3)

PART I. PATENTS

The Foundations of Patent Protection

(15)

Origins and Development of United States Patent Law

(5)

Patent Basics

(6)

The Two Theories of Patent Protection

(4)

The Subject Matter of Patents

(20)

Ideas v. Applications

(1)

The Statutory Scheme

(4)

Processes as Subject Matter Apart From Products

(3)

The Boundaries of the Three Product Categories

(1)

Compositions of Matter

(1)

Manufacture

(1)

Machines

(1)

Computer-Related Patents

(4)

Orphan Drug Act

(1)

Plant and Design Patents

(3)

Patentability---Novelty and Statutory Bar

(27)

Overview

(4)

Foreign Anticipation

(1)

Domestic Anticipation

(2)

References to Prior Publications

(3)

Substantial and Realized Anticipation

(2)

Statutory Bar

(3)

The Policies of Statutory Bar

(1)

Publicity and Limited Disclosures

(4)

Competing Claims to Novelty by Two or More Inventors---Priority

(7)

Patentability-Utility

(4)

Qualitative Utility

(1)

Presumed Utility

(3)

Patentability--Non-Obviousness

(25)

Overview

(4)

Invention and Nonobviousness

(3)

Negative Rules of Invention

(4)

The Statutory Test

(4)

Nonobviousness and Novelty

(2)

The Secondary Considerations...

(4)

The Importation of Section 102 Prior Art into Section 103

(4)

Double--Patenting

(4)

Attempts to Extend the Patent Monopoly

(2)

Terminal Disclaimer

(2)

The Patenting Process

(25)

Overview

(1)

The Patentee

100

(1)

Joint Invention

101

(2)

Prosecuting a Patent Application

103

(3)

The Specifications and Claims

106

(4)

The Limits of Agency Discretion

110

(2)

Claims Drafting

112

(2)

The Duty of Candor

114

(5)

Reissue and Re-examination

119

(2)

Judicial Review

121

(3)

Infringement

124

(17)

Overview

124

(1)

File Wrapper Estoppel

124

(2)

Claim Interpretation---Differentiation, Literality, and Equivalence

126

(2)

The Patent Rights

128

(1)

Direct, Indirect, and Contributory Infringement

129

(6)

Repair and Reconstruction

135

(2)

Infringement Defenses---Misuse

137

(4)

Remedies

141

(3)

Overview

141

(1)

Injunctive Relief

141

(1)

Damages

142

(1)

Attorneys' Fees

143

(1)

Patent Law and the Intersection of State and Federal Regulation

144

(2)

Overview

144

(2)

PART II. TRADEMARKS

The Foundations of Trademark Protection

146

(10)

Origins and Development of Trademark Law

146

(3)

Common Law Trademark

149

(3)

Federal Registration

152

(4)

Distinctiveness

156

(24)

Overview

156

(1)

Different Markets

157

(2)

Prior Use

159

(4)

Secondary Meaning and Descriptiveness

163

(8)

The Bars Against Geographic Marks, Immoral Marks, and Surnames

171

(7)

The Supplemental Register

178

(2)

Dilution and the Expansion of Trademark Doctrine

180

(13)

Overview

180

(1)

Trademarks and Goodwill

181

(3)

Likelihood of Expansion

184

(4)

The Interests Protected

188

(3)

State Anti-dilution Statutes

191

(2)

Loss of Trademark Protection and Partial Protection

193

(23)

Partial Rights

193

(3)

The Rights of a Senior Registrant Against a Pre-registration User

196

(2)

The Rights of a Junior Registrant Against a Pre-registration User

198

(2)

Concurrent Registration

200

(4)

Abandonment

204

(5)

Incontestability

209

(7)

Trademark Practice

216

(16)

Overview

216

(4)

First Use in Commerce

220

(10)

Standing

230

(2)

Subject Matter

232

(23)

Overview

232

(1)

Certification Marks

233

(4)

Collective Marks

237

(2)

Service Marks

239

(2)

Primary Purpose

241

(3)

The Functional Bar

244

(4)

Color

248

(2)

Section 43(a)

250

(5)

Infringement

255

(20)

Overview

255

(2)

Similarity of Marks

257

(2)

Similarity of Goods or Services

259

(3)

Character and Similarity of Markets

262

(5)

Subsidiary Evidence of Likelihood of Confusion

267

(3)

Defenses---Fair and Collateral Use

270

(2)

Gray Market Goods

272

(3)

Remedies

275

(5)

Overview

275

(1)

Injunctive Relief

275

(1)

Accounting

276

(2)

Damages

278

(1)

Attorneys' Fees

278

(2)

PART III. COPYRIGHT

Foundations of Copyright Protection

280

(10)

Origins and Development of Copyright Law

280

(3)

The Copyright Acts

283

(2)

The Common Law-Statutory Copyright Distinction and the 1976 Act

285

(2)

287

(3)

The Subject Matter of Copyright

290

(30)

Originality

290

(6)

Copyrightable Works

296

(6)

Noncopyrightable Works

302

(2)

Writings and Fixation

304

(3)

Computer Programs

307

(4)

Semiconductor Chip Protection Act

311

(1)

Sound Recordings

312

(6)

318

(2)

Exclusive Rights

320

(14)

Introduction

320

(1)

Reproduction

320

(2)

Derivative Works

322

(1)

Distribution

323

(3)

Performance

326

(5)

Display

331

(3)

Infringement

334

(14)

Overview

334

(2)

Proof of Infringement

336

(4)

Infringement of Musical Works

340

(3)

Infringement of Literary Works

343

(5)

Fair Use

348

(22)

Overview

348

(1)

The Dynamics of Fair Use

349

(3)

Purpose and Character of the Use

352

(3)

Nature of the Work

355

(2)

The Proportional Amount and Substance of the Use

357

(3)

The Effect on the Original Author's Economic Market

360

(1)

Parody, Burlesque, and Satire

361

(2)

Fair Use and Free Speech

363

(3)

Photocopying

366

(1)

The Functional-Equivalents Test

367

(3)

Ownership

370

(22)

The Copyright and the Material Object

370

(1)

Multiple Claims to Authorship

371

(6)

The Rights of Co-authors

377

(1)

Duration of Ownership

378

(2)

Termination of Transfers

380

(5)

Works for Hire

385

(3)

Pre-existing Works

388

(4)

Formal Requirements

392

(10)

Registration

392

(5)

Notice

397

(5)

Remedies

402

(8)

Injunctive Relief

402

(1)

Damages and Profits

403

(4)

Impoundment

407

(1)

Criminal Penalties

408

(1)

Attorneys' Fees and Costs

409

(1)

410

(15)

Pre-emption

410

(5)

State Remedies

415

(4)

Other Federal Remedies

419

(2)

Moral Rights and the Berne Convention

421

(4)

Index

425

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Intellectual Property

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