Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal articles from August 2006

Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal archives from August 2006

Whatever happened to New Kids on the Block? The nominative fair use defense to trademark infringement.
August 1, 2006... In 1992, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in New Kids on the Block v. News America Publishing, Inc., (1) in which it set forth a new three-part test for determining whether a party's use of another's trademark...

Mixing it up on the Web: legal issues arising from Internet "Mashups".
August 1, 2006... As society has moved into the Internet Age, we are growing accustomed to having more and more data at our finger tips in more formats about more topics. Very simply, consumers are demanding a lot of content. In order to grab traffic and...

Independent Ink: Supreme Court lowers antitrust barriers to IP tying and bundling arrangements.
August 1, 2006... In a rare foray into the complicated intersection between antitrust and intellectual property law, the Supreme Court has reconsidered its prior thinking on the competitive impact of patents. In Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Independent Ink,...

Patent protection in the biotechnology industry: a unique approach to obtaining fast patent rights.
August 1, 2006... Strong intellectual property protection is as essential in the biotechnology field as in any other cutting-edge field. Biotechnology patents can serve to promote the advancement of new medicines, diagnostic equipment, and agricultural...