This book will be of interest for all jurists doing research and working practically in intellectual property law and international economic law. It should be an element of the base stock for every law school library and specialized law firm. This title is available as Open Access.

This far-reaching Research Handbook is a follow-up to Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Mark D. Janis’s successful book Trademark Law and Theory. It examines reform of trademark law from a number of perspectives and across many jurisdictions, and contains insights from a stellar cast of trademark scholars.

Presenting a variety of historiographical approaches, this Research Handbook explores the historical development of trademarks and the associated commercial practices of branding. It has an international scope, covering trademark history in Australia, Israel, pre-modern Europe, Sweden, the UK, and the US.

This is the first book to present marketing strategy of high-tech products and services in a legal, economic, and global context. From software to hardware, from pharmaceuticals to digital movies and TV, the authors argue that the understanding of intellectual property rights (IPRs) is essential to devising effective marketing strategies.

This encyclopedia spans the relationships among business, ethics and society, with an emphasis on business ethics and the role of business in society.

Business Torts: A Fifty State Guide, 2022 Edition provides the most recent statutory and case law developments on business torts laws for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Practitioner-oriented, and written by leading state experts, each chapter summarizes the variants and developments particular to a specific state jurisdiction. You will find detailed coverage of each state's standards regarding: misappropriation of trade secrets; tortious interference with contracts; fraud and misrepresentation; trade libel and commercial disparagement; breach of fiduciary duty; officers and directors liability; conversion; unfair competition, fraudulent transfer; economic loss; and statutes of limitation. The 2022 Edition incorporates recent changes in the law of the various states, including: The South Carolina Supreme Court held that plaintiffs are no longer required to plead special damages for civil conspiracy claims. The Maine Legislature passed a new law restricting an Employer's use of non-compete agreements and subjecting violations of this new law to a $5,000 fine. The Iowa Supreme Court refused to recognize that a pastor owes a fiduciary duty to a plaintiff, as the Court would have to refer to church doctrines and practices in making that assessment, which the Court held was beyond their authority. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, as adopted in part by Michigan, allows a creditor to void a fraudulent disposal of property belonging to a person who is liable on a claim. State Laws Included: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Providing a comprehensive and systematic commentary on the nature of overlapping Intellectual Property rights and their place in practice, this book is a major contribution to the way that IP is understood. IP rights are mostly studied in isolation, yet in practice each of the legal categories created to protect IP rights will usually only provide partial legal coverage of the broader context in which such rights are actually created, used, and enforced. Consequently, often multiple IP rights may overlap, in whole or in part, with respect to the same underlying subject matter. Some patterns, for instance, in addition to being protected from copying under the design rights regime, may also be distinctive enough to warrant trade mark protection. Each chapter addresses a discrete pair of IP rights and is written by a specialist in that area. Facilitating an understanding of how and when those rights may be encountered in practice, each chapter is introduced by a hypothetical situation setting out the overlap discussed in the chapter. The conceptual and practical issues arising from this situation are then discussed, providing practitioners with a full understanding of the overlap. Also included is a valuable summary table setting out the legal position for each set of overlapping rights in jurisdictions across Europe, Central and South America, and Asia, and the differences between them.

This first-of-its-kind treatment of U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Proceedings (TTAB) is written by a veritable âe~Whoâe(tm)s Whoâe(tm) of trademark lawyers and specialists in the practice. It combines legal expertise with practical insights on all facets of TTAB practice and procedure, providing insightful commentary on each facet of Board practice, including inter partes proceedings; disclosures and discovery; motion practice; evidence and the use of experts; oral arguments; appeals; settlement and alternative dispute; and ethics. Each chapter includes a checklist of items that should be considered during each stage of a Board proceeding.