Intellectual property has helped define our culture, our economy, and our lifestyle. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the entire field of intellectual property, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, and the right of publicity. It is designed to be reader-friendly and is up-to-date through October 2016, including many new important Supreme Court decisions in copyright, patent, and trademark law. It can be a study guide for an intellectual property survey course or used as a useful introduction or refresher for anyone interested in the field. The book focuses primarily on three main federal intellectual property rights – copyrights, patents, and trademarks – along with the new federal trade secret law and important areas of state law protection (such as the right of publicity).


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Concise Hornbook Series
Publication Date: 01/27/2017

Gary Myers, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law

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New federal trade secret statute -- The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Dozens of new decisions, along with updates on legislation and treaties

Recent Supreme Court decisions --

Copyright
American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo (2014)
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2013)

Trademark
Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank (2015)
B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries (2015)
Pom Wonderful, LLC v. Coca-Cola Co. (2014)
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. (2014)

Patents
Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. (2012)
Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International (2014)
Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. (2014)
Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC (2015)
Teva Phamaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. (2015)
Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (2015)
Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (2014)
Bowman v. Monsanto (2013)
Gunn v. Minton (2013)
Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC (2014)
Octane Fitness, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. (2014)
Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc. (2016)

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