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Intellectual Improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, June 2006 Data Gone. Jacob Citrin, accused of wiping out all the data on the computer he used at work before he announced his resignation faces a lawsuit by his former employer, a group of affiliated real estate companies, under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act., 18 USC 1030.
Charity solicitation confusion By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, December 2005 The Lanham Act may be the major statute regulating trademarks, banning unfair competition, and dealing with consumer confusion, but there are many other relevant laws.
Stoller strikes out: Attorney fees and cancellation against frequent litigant By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, October 2005 Trademark law is founded on protecting the consumer from source confusion and buying the wrong goods and services.
Political trademarks: Intellectual property in politics and government By Daniel Kegan Local Government Law, January 2005 Confusion, deception, and mistake are generally unlawful in marketing campaigns. 14 USC § 1125 (a) [Lanham Act § 43(a)].
Political trademarks: Intellectual property in politics and government By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, October 2004 Confusion, deception, and mistake are generally unlawful in marketing campaigns. 14 USC § 1125 (a) [Lanham Act § 43(a)].
Copyright birth & death announcements By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, October 2002 Copyright death approaches for older unpublished works. Pre-1978 works that did not receive copyright protection before 1978 may, unless the works are published before January 2003, become public domain.
Intellectual Improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, October 2002 The Official Gazette for Patents stopped paper publication September 25, 2002; electronic publication on CD-ROM began October 1, 2002.
Intellectual improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, June 2002 Douglas Dorhauer, a student at Louisiana State University school of law maintains the lsulaw.com Web site.
Academia at risk: antiquated IP policy By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, November 2000 Our schools and colleges face enlarging potholes on the information superhighway because of antiquated intellectual property policies in academia. Many academic institutions have no explicit intellectual property policy; others may have established policies for inventions by faculty and researchers and trademark licensing for major college football teams.
IP news By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, May 2000 Work for hire quietly altered. Patricia Felch closely read the new copyright legislation and found two important, quiet changes in Title 17
Admiralty trademarks By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, March 2000 Floating in the mid-Pacific, the record-breaking Academy Award-winning film enlightens the dark deck of the cruise ship.
Intellectual improbabilities By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, November 1999 DOJ antitrust guidelines for competitor collaboration. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission October 1, 1999 released and sought comment on proposed guidelines for lawful and illegal collaboration among competitors.
Safe IP: derivative infringement By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, November 1999 Obtaining a patent, copyright, or trademark is no guarantee that you do not infringe. Your patented invention may be an improvement on an earlier patented invention, and read on the earlier patent's claims
Safe IP: Signing applications By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, June 1999 Priority is often paramount in deciding trademark rights and disputes.
States gain IP immunity By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, June 1999 A narrow but consistent 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that state sovereignty prevents suing a state for patent infringement or for unfair competition damages.
Intellectual improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, May 1999 Popular patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a record 151,024 patents in 1998, up 33% from 113,720 in 1997. For the sixth year in a row, IBM was the leading patentee, with 2,657 issued patents, up 54% from 1997.
Safe IP: Corporate name and trademark differ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, May 1999 Don't be confused between corporate names and trademarks. Incorporation, partnership, and other business and nonprofit organization status is governed by state law.
Safe IP By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, February 1999 Filing a document. To an intellectual property attorney, "filing a document" generally means ensuring the document is accepted by the proper government office, often the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, or a foreign government office.

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