Rally Round the Trade Name Professor Michael S. Green Law, Ethics and Corporate Governance 14 December 2011 1. Explain whether or not the fact that Gabby's surname is Rally gives her the right to use it any way she wishes. Since Gabby's surname is Rally it does not give her the right to use the name Rally as the lead name of her business. The Lanham Trademark Act which has a subsidiary division called the Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995, which protects company’s ownership rights to
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with “Quilted Diamond Design” since the early 1990s and has several trademarks, copyrights, and utility and design patents for the Quilted Diamond Design.In 2008, Kimberly-Clark redesigned two of its brands, Cottonelle Ultra and Scott Kimberly-Clark Professional, using a quilted pattern that Georgia-Pacific believes to be very similar to its Quilted Diamond Design. Georgia-Pacific claimed unfair competition and trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq. and filed
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world, the laws of our society acknowledges and provides for the protection of trademark rights as an intellectual property right in the internet world. LEGAL ISSUE In 1 to 3 sentences, identify the legal business issues raised in the article. This is evident from the previous successful court challenges filed by Apple, the Beatles' record company against Apple, the computer company over the use of the Apple domain. Indeed, previous court challenges on trademark rights witnessed
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Rally Round the Trade Name Patricia Hammonds Professor Bryan Smith Law, Ethics and Corp Governance – Leg 500 March 7, 2012 Explain whether or not the fact that Gabby’s surname is Rally gives her the right to use it any way she wishes. In the above question I will explain whether or not Gabby can use her surname as a business name. In the case of Rally round the trade name, the fact that Gabby’s surname is Rally does not give her the right to use her name for
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Corporate Compliance Plan Law/531 July 23, 2012 Company Overview Riordan Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Riordan Industries, is an international corporation with hundreds of employees worldwide with $1billion in annual revenues, making it a Fortune 1000 business. Riordan Manufacturing is a leader in international business for its production and manufacturing of plastic and polymer injection molds. Some of their current customers and clients include the department of defense, the aircraft
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own the patient on the drive system (Slind-Flor, 2010). Relevant intellectual property issues in the automotive industry are trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patents, concept drawings and trade secrets. For example, the name and logo Ford uses is intellectual property of Ford Motor Company. Trademarks can be registered in 10-year terms. The trademark can be renewed unlimited times in 10 year intervals (Cheeseman, 2010, p. 120). II. Legal Issues Facing the Company From Tangible
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Abstract This paper will identify the various degrees of legal protection BUG must acquire for its intellectual property. Explanation of intentional conflict of law that may affect potential civil liability of Steve and WIRETAP will be discussed along with additional legal issues that may also affect BUG. The six different issues will reveal several torts violated and damages that may be awarded from BUG. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to explain specific, hypothetical scenarios
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Article Review: Intellectual Property Oscar Thompson LAW/421 December 12, 2015 Barry Preston Article Review: Intellectual Property In this article it clearly speaks about infringement on the part of Google, Inc. Google being a fortune 500 company and having their hand in all different aspects the company tends to get sued quite a bit. The article speaks on how there has been multiple counts of trademark violations in keywords, created ideals, and sponsor links. The article
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Intellectual property law Name: Instructor: Task: Date: INTRODUCTION The foremost objective of this law is to protect the rights of people who come up with original works. These original works run across a very broad spectrum and range from; books like novels, innovative ideas and company logos among others. This law is one of the single most important laws that regulate business environment. This is because it encourages individuals to come up with new technologies and innovations that promote
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agreements that protect IPR’s. Besides working with the WTO and WIPO companies should proactively work toward countering violations of their intellectual property. If it is cost effective, acquiring legal counsel that specializes in Intellectual Property Law should be considered. With or without legal counsel, the following are some of the courses of action that businesses and managers can take to help protect their intellectual property. Register - Companies and individuals should register their Intellectual
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