midterm review Flashcards
IRAC:
Issue, rule of law, analyze, conclusions
I/P
product of the mind. rights of individuals
Berne convention-
1st global treaty born
apple v samsung
- claim by apple re Samsung infringement of a design patents and copyright. based only on part of device infringed not on entire product
Time line:
1710- statue of Anne
1790- 1st us cr act (14+14)
1909- 2nd us cr act (28+28)
1976- 3rd us cr act (LOA+50)
1988- us joins Berne
1998- us bono cr extension act (LOA+90)
Donaldson v Becket
term is finite +
once exhausted= public domain
two types of law
common law v civil law
Patent Law
USPTO
3 types of patents
utility, plant, design
applications
provisional and non provisional
American Invents Act
9/9/11. Europe and Japan first to file
Trademark
both STATE and COMMON LAW
copyright and patent
FEDERAL STATUTES
can you copyright a title?
NO
can you trademark a title
NO
application process:
tess + prof search comp
international classifications
trademark examiners
officials gazette
prove trademark (4 steps)
- intent to use
- actual use
- statement of cont use (6th yr)
- renewal (10th yr)
State IP laws
- common law trademark and state statutes
common law cr pre 1976 works - trade secrets
- unfair competition
- misappropriation
- right of publicity
US CR act 1909
state laws only
US CR act 1976
upon creation
right of publicty
no federal legislation. ONE IS NEEDED
2008 steinback case
film version of books by steinboks daughter
trade mark intended as protection for consumer of goods/ services?? T or F
True
what is copyrightable?
original work of authorship, fixed in a tangible medium
Stern v Kaufman
ROM memory devise is tangible component even tho you cannot see information inside of it
FIxation
any physical rendering of fruits of authors creativity