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Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

1999 Issue Index

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1999 Issue Index

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February/March

Court Helps To Can Internet "Spam"

Technology

Be Careful With Nonfunctional Features

You May Lose Trade Dress Protection

Trademarks

Par for the Course

Are Golf Hole Designs Protectable as Trade Dress?

Trademarks

You Say "Generic," and I Say Generic

Meaning Depends on the Purpose

False Advertising

April/May

Copyright Catch 22

Copying Software for Computer Repair and Maintenance

Copyrights, Technology

Protecting Your Internet Address

Trademarks, Technology

What’s in a Name?

Beware Others’ Trademark Rights When Choosing a Corporate Name

Trademarks

Don’t Let a Seller Pull the Patent Out From Under You

Patents

 

Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

1999 Issue Index

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June/July

How Good Is Too Good?

A Product’s Excellence Can Get in Its Way

Technology, Copyrights

The Web of Deceit

Technology

Design Protection

How To Protect a New Ornamental Design for a Useful Product

Patents

Clean Hands and Dirty Minds

Copyrights

August/September

Let’s Sue for Infringement – But Whom?

Patents

Testing the Copyright Boundaries

A Recent Case Clarifies the Criteria for Infringement

Copyrights

When a Trademark Becomes Generic

What Does Your Mark Really Mean?

Trademarks

You "Kant" Infringe That Patent

Patent Infringement and Philosophical Inquiry

Patents

 

Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

1999 Issue Index

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October/November

The Tiger’s Tale

Don’t Wait To Enforce Trademark Rights

Trademarks

The "Likelihood of Confusion" Test

Trademarks

Another Step Forward for Software Patents

Patents, Technology

And the Band Played On

The Perils of Oral Licensing Agreements

Copyrights

One Plus One Can Equal One – In Patent Law

Patents

Year End

States of Immunity

Trademarks, Patents

Patent Law Does Not Confer a Right to Employment

Patents

Sticks and Stones: Trademarks That Hurt

Trademarks

Bootleggers Beware

Copyrights

 

Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

1999 Subject Index

Copyrights

Copyright Catch 22

Copying Software for Computer Repair and Maintenance

April/May

How Good Is Too Good?

A Product’s Excellence Can Get in Its Way

June/July

Clean Hands and Dirty Minds

June/July

Testing the Copyright Boundaries

A Recent Case Clarifies the Criteria for Infringement

August/September

And the Band Played On

The Perils of Oral Licensing Agreements

October/November

Bootleggers Beware

Year End

False Advertising

You Say "Generic," and I Say Generic

Meaning Depends on the Purpose

February/March

Patents

Don’t Let a Seller Pull the Patent Out From Under You

April/May

Design Protection

How To Protect a New Ornamental Design for a Useful Product

June/July

Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

1999 Subject Index

(continued)

Patents (continued)

Let’s Sue for Infringement – But Whom?

August/September

You "Kant" Infringe That Patent

Patent Infringement and Philosophical Inquiry

August/September

One Plus One Can Equal One – In Patent Law

October/November

States of Immunity

Year End

Patent Law Does Not Confer a Right to Employment

Year End

Technology

Court Helps To Can Internet "Spam"

February/March

Copyright Catch 22

Copying Software for Computer Repair and Maintenance

April/May

Protecting Your Internet Address

April/May

How Good Is Too Good?

A Product’s Excellence Can Get in Its Way

June/July

The Web of Deceit

June/July

Another Step Forward for Software Patents

October/November

 

Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

1999 Subject Index

(continued)

Trademarks

Be Careful With Nonfunctional Features

You May Lose Trade Dress Protection

February/March

Par for the Course

Are Golf Hole Designs Protectable as Trade Dress?

February/March

Protecting Your Internet Address

April/May

What’s in a Name?

Beware Others’ Trademark Rights When Choosing a Corporate Name

April/May

When a Trademark Becomes Generic

What Does Your Mark Really Mean?

August/September

The Tiger’s Tale

Don’t Wait To Enforce Trademark Rights

October/November

The "Likelihood of Confusion" Test

October/November

States of Immunity

Year End

Sticks and Stones: Trademarks That Hurt

Year End