Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age

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Aspen Publishers, 2003 - Law - 1112 pages
For a broad and accessible coverage of both traditional and cutting-edge issues, you can depend on the new edition of Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age . Expertly crafted by three of the top authors in the field, this eminently teachable casebook offers both the scope and depth you need Regular users will recognize these distinctive characteristics: discussion of the full range of legal protections for intellectual property: trade secret, patent law, copyright law, trademarks/trade dress, state and federal intellectual property protections, protections for computer software, and a general overview of antitrust law effective integration of cases and materials with challenging proactive problems that help students think like practitioners skillful use of a law and economics perspective to enrich the book and supply an analytical tool for students particularly strong treatment of new media issues, such as computer software accompanying annual case and statutory supplement, with an introduction to biotechnology as well as the latest legal developments in intellectual property What's new in the Third Edition? a new section on digital copyright law, presenting the DMCA and other complex new provisions in an accessible and policy-oriented form several significant case including Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyu Kabushiki Co., Ltd., Johnson & Johnson Associates, Inc. v. R.E. Service Co., Inc. A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., Traffix Devices v. Marketing Displays, Inc., and Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. Gary Saderup, Inc. incorporation of important legislation, including the Anticypersquatting Consumer Protection Act, The Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy, And The American Inventors Protection Act updated problems

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Contents

Introduction
1
The UtilitarianEconomic Incentive Perspective
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Overview of Intellectual Property
19
Copyright

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