Copyright act

American firms should form more joint ventures with Chinese business entities to address the longstanding intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement problems in China. About 86-90% of all IP protected goods sold in China have been illegally copied. As a result, U.S. industries lose billions of dollars in revenue and, consequently, thousands of jobs per year. Local Chinese businesses currently have a vested interest in the counterfeiting industry, so China is unlikely to support IP-protection

opening or closing door for software patents to take a stand in assessing how broad or narrow the scope of patent protection should be. Some commentators argue that the optimal scope should be broad for the reasons set out below. First, given that copyright does not protect technical innovation and ideas of software, patent which protects such aspect may give satisfaction to the inventor for his hard work and intellect. Second, software patents will stimulate investment and incentives to invent because

Businesses do not operate in isolation; they operate within a regulatory framework. This is illustrated by the scenario between Acme Incorporated (“Acme”) and Beta Incorporated (“Beta”). Acme registered a patent on a cancer-curing drug, six months ago. Acme’s president publicly announced that they would not place the drug on the market. Beta copies and manufactures the drug, which it then markets. They make no profit on the sale of the drug and only charge enough to cover the manufacturing costs

How to File a Utility Patent If you want to learn how to file a utility patent, you’ll want to first consider your options. While you can certainly file a utility patent on your own, you’ll want to do your research to figure out if hiring a patent attorney can help you be successful in your utility patent application. A utility patent protects a product’s method, manufacturing, and/or system that is used in the making and use of the product. A majority of patent applications are in fact utility patent

intellectual property becoming a keystone to country, tying its survival in global markets to the protection for intellectual property afforded by it. The several forms in which intellectual property manifests itself had led to the introduction of copyrights, patents, trademarks, and various other mechanisms by which protection is ensured. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), established by the WIPO Convention of 1967, states that ‘Intellectual Property refers to creations of the mind:

Things To Look For Collecting Pokemon Plush Toys By Kenji Uehara Jun 22, 2010 Pokemon plush toys are popular with kids that are fans of the shows, movies and games and it has been around for over a decade. In 1996, Game Boy came out with two games, and today that are the second largest media franchise in the world that originated with a video game. The prices that they charge are based on rarity of the toys, and start at about $10 and go up. They base this on availability and the harder they are

In the U.S. vs Microsoft antitrust case, the Department of Justice claimed that Microsoft had used tactics to protect the monopoly it had over the software and browser industry. The case was brought against Microsoft in 1998, with Microsoft denying that they used their powers of monopoly to prevent other browser and software companies from entering the market. During the trial, the government claimed that Microsoft had in fact engaged in monopoly tactics by bundling their browser, Internet Explorer

Side The defendant, Professor Faden, has been accused of copyright infringement because of the use of clips from Disney movies in the video of his production, “A Fair(y) Use Tale”, a creative work that has nothing to do with the original work’s purpose, a collage that clearly doesn’t have any intent on commenting the Disney’s product. In this paper I will prove and explain why the work is fair use and that there isn’t any nod of copyright infringement. As I have already said the defendant’s work

The American singer-songwriter behind the 'Bad Blood' hit song - Taylor Swift, has reached an agreement about the trademark lawsuit filed against her by the leading manufacturer for custom promotional and private label apparel - Blue Sphere. The Blue Sphere, which is a California-based company, asserted that the 25-year-old Taylor Swift had actively broken the terms of its existing trademark. The clothing company Blue Sphere filed the lawsuit against the 'Shake It Off' singer Taylor Swift in May

and that it’s working. I would like to put this accusation to rest by shedding light on the facts of the situation. The fact of the matter is that this video hurts Disney in no conceivable way. The purpose of this video is to inform viewers of copyright law. The market has not been even remotely affected by this video’s production and the video is no substitute for watching the original films. This is because as the video does contain, and I will admit, is made entirely up of, Disney clips, they