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... free speech and encourages public debate on issues of the day. However, the law is clear that you can't misappropriate others' intellectual property for personal financial gain". Obama Nominates Espinel as Intellectual Property ... Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) At the end of September, the Obama administration nominated Victoria Espinel to the position of the US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. The position was created under the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual ...

... Web site, of course." That's not exactly correct, however. One must differentiate among the various forms of intellectual property (IP) law potentially applicable here. Copyright, a matter exclusively of federal law, is available for original ... of copyright. Compare, for instance, Pat Riley's famous trademark in the early 1990s on "three-peat" while with the L.A. Lakers. Whether the same phrase could be copyrighted is doubtful. The point here is that social media sites cannot create rights that ...

... is susceptible of reliably consistent application to any given set of facts? Does it need (i) to be left completely alone, (ii) to be gently fine-tuned or (iii) to be supplemented with further clarificatory guidance?] According to CIPA, the situation at the EPO ... -- though some US patent experts disagree -- but it doesn't really address the problems in Europe]. There have also been problems in the UK, where the Intellectual Property Office has issued four different Practice Notices relating to ...

... policies are St. Paul and Federal Ins. Co. variants of a 2001 ISO with express intellectual property exclusions. Pertinent coverage in the St. Paul policy was for advertising injury, the advertising ... and chair that KI displayed at the showroom in 1995 were created by S & P for the purpose of advertising. The court, thus, looks to the understanding that the claimant had in using materials ... & Anderson, Inc. v. ZV II, Inc., 2001 WL 392229, *2 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) ("[t]he product itself is not ...

... ), Red Hat founder speaks out against copyright reform: (Michael Geist), P S Taylor's National Post op-ed on copyright: (Michael Geist) ... eBay liable for IP infringement for allowing counterfeit goods to be sold via its service: (Managing Intellectual Property), (Catch Us If You Can!!!), (Techdirt) Germany Koninklijke Philips files ... metatags and keyword-triggered advertisements doesn't create likelihood of initial interest confusion: Designer Skin v S&L Vitamins: (The Trademark Blog), eBay - ...

... -Mobile loses magenta suit against Telia: (Techdirt), Europe Operation scuttle, Part II - proposed 'tidying up' of CTM Regulation: (IPKat), Single European patent system 10 ... (Stafida Zakynthou) (PDO), Miód wrzosowy z Borów Dolnośląskich (PGI), Chodské pivo (PGI): (Class 46) France French court rules ... make sense in communications: (Techdirt) US Trademarks Don't go broke: considering bankruptcy in license agreements: (Managing Intellectual Property), Counterfeit handbags, mediation and the rule of ...

... Ars Technica), (Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property) eBay fined €38.6M over counterfeit sales on their site: Vuitton Moët Hennessy v eBay: ... s settlement of Lipitor patent litigation: what lies beneath?: (Part I - Patent Circle), (Part II - Patent Circle), Mirapex (Pramipexole) - US: Delaware District Court invalidates Mirapex patent ... Blog), Goss International - Magistrate claim construction reviewed de novo: Goss Int'l Ams, Inc v Graphic Mgmt. Associate, Inc: (Chicago IP Litigation ...

... Are patent exceptions necessary for climate change technology? Defining WIPO's role (Intellectual Property Watch) Introduction to patent monetisation resources for corporations and entrepreneurs (IP Asset ... la Innovación de la Artesanía (FEIA) v Cul de Sac Espacio Creativo, S.L. and Acierta Product & Position, S.A. (IPKat) CFI: CTM grant not ... against Volvo Cars as well as numerous cell phone companies including AT&T Mobility, RIM, and Sony Ericsson over patent covering traffic information ...

... K & L Gates webinar on 'Strategies for dealing with obviousness rejections by the PTO in the aftermath of KSR': (Patent Prospector), 21-23 September: Intellectual Property Owners Association ... Creative Commons), Belgium eBay wins Belgian victory over counterfeit sales: L'Oreal v eBay: (Out-Law) Canada Battle over GREEN SHIFT ... requirements for patents: (PLI), USPTO to inflate patent fees 5% on 2 October: (I/P Updates), Patent Buddy - new service providing information on registered patent attorneys ...

... WTO dispute - criminal thresholds; final thoughts (China Hearsay) (China Hearsay) (Intellectual Property Watch) Feedback from INTA traditional knowledge roundtable (Afro-IP) IP ... Law Blog) Extending patent terms (Patently-O) Patent defendants aren't copycats. So who's the real inventor here? (The Prior Art) Wikipedia references ... (Patently-O) Percent of patents discussing 'Microsoft' (Part I -Patently-O) (Part II - Patently-O) Rumours of request for continued examination (RCE) filing fee increase ...