A trademark or trade mark is a distinctive sign or indicator of some kind which is used by an individual,business organization or other legal entity to uniquelyidentify the source of its products and/or services toconsumers, and to distinguish its products or servicesfrom those of other entitiesA trademark is a device which can take almost any form,as long as it is capable of identifying and distinguishingspecific goods or services. A trademark is typically a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design
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as on the U.S national level to deter it. Works Cited: • Andrés, A. R., & Asongu, S. A. (2013). Fighting Software Piracy: Which GovernanceTools Matter in Africa?. Discusses how the role of government in reinforcing laws protecting intellectual property right and how a key factor such as corruption can affect the government attempts at controlling piracy especially in developing countries. • McManis, C. R. & Pelletier, J. S. (2012). Two Tales of a Treaty Revisited:
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their development in all aspects must protect the rights over intellectual property by granting legal veil through exclusive enactments. Realizing this fact, all industrialized nations and by now most developing countries of the world have enacted laws for the protection of ‘works of mind’. To comply with the international obligations Bangladesh also has introduced intellectual property rights protection system. This research paper explores to seek how enforcement mechanisms in Bangladesh are intrinsically
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Intellectual Property Rights | date: | September 6, 2015 | cc: | tatiana dunklin | | | SHORT ANSWER During my research I quickly noticed that although SGP owned Safepac.com, the name SafePac, itself had never been registered with the Trademark and Patent Office. Accordingly, one of the first things Ms. Fuller did was start the registration process. When searching the USPTO office database to see if a mark has already been filed she found the several things that did not look so good as
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that Wal-Mart and other retailers were selling the so-called knockoffs, Samara brought an action for infringement of unregistered trade dress under section 43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946. The jury found for Samara and awarded the company more than $1 million in damages. Wal-Mart then renewed a motion for judgment as a matter of law, claiming that there was insufficient evidence to support a conclusion that Samara's clothing designs could be legally protected as distinctive trade dress for purposes
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are marketed under the name “SafePack,” which is heavily advertised in trade journals. Simply Green Products have had the name “SafePack” imprinted on all of their packing material since 2008; however, they never filed for either state or federal trademark protection. With the movement toward more eco-friendly agricultural production, the fact that such packing materials are biodegradable provides a primary marketing advantage over non-biodegradable competitors. The company president, Shep Howard
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decision outlined below. IP Right at Issue Right of Publicity. Eastwood claimed that the National Enquirer created a false article and used his image and name without his consent for the purpose of increasing sales of their magazine. Rule of Law The Court of Appeal ruled against the Enquirer, stating that the false article “constitutes commercial exploitation,” therefore disqualifying it as a news account, and that it was not protected under neither the First Amendment nor Civil Code section
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TRADEMARK LAW AND CYBERSPACE Paras Nath Singh M.Tech. Cyber Security Centre for Computer Science & Technology Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (Punjab). Abstract—Trademark law aids consumers who use trademarks in the marketplace to identify swiftly and without problems a product they liked or disliked in the past, distinguishing among the different competing manufacturers of a product. No one is entitled to sell or deliver commodities under the appearance that the commodities derive
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reputation and goodwill of the proprietors of certain works used on goods, the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 was enacted. It was a comprehensive piece of legislation dealing with registration and protection of Trade marks. It was a central unitary law applicable to the whole of the country. With the development in trade and commerce, globalization of trade and industry and need to encourage investment and transfer of technology and for simplification and harmonization of trade marks management systems
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e-book Chapter 2, problem 11 (found on e-book, p. 73), discuss the questions presented in Cases and Problems 2-11. Are there situations in which a company, for the common good, must give up the economic advantage accorded by intellectual property laws? How should the Bayer credo – Bayer: Success Through Expertise with Responsibility – impact its corporate responsibility in the anthrax situation? In your discussion, make reference to the Social Responsibility of Corporations Matrix, Exhibit 2.2 (p
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