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A brief intro to copyright - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: Brad Templeton - Copyright law secures for the creator of a creative effort the exclusive right to control who can make copies, or make works derived from the original work. There are a lot of subtleties and international variations but that's the gist of it. If you create something, and it fits the definition of a creative work, you get to control who can make copies of it and how they make copies, with some important exceptions. click here for full text.

Interplay Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property Laws - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. - The interchange between antitrust and intellectual property laws has always presented formidable problems. Antitrust laws prohibit monopolies while intellectual property laws grant legal monopolies. Intellectual property rights confer on owners the right to exclude others from using the owner's intellectual property (subject to limitations that vary among the statutes). Often steps taken in pursuit of this end, however, appear anti-competitive and thus at odds with the principals of antitrust law. click here for full text.

Covenants Not to Compete in Intellectual Property Transactions - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Lott & Friedland, P.A. - Covenants not to compete are particularly critical in intellectual property transactions - partly because intellectual property is generally intangible. It is a creation of the mind. If intellectual property rights are evidenced by by a government certification of some sort, such as letters patent or a trademark or copyright registration certificate, you have made out a prima facie case for ownership - but otherwise it can be very difficult to establish ownership of intellectual property rights and difficult to protect those intellectual property rights against infringement or misappropriation by others. click here for full text.

Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law: Avoiding Traps in the Pursuit of University Research - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: Todd E. Garabedian - U.S. patent laws have undergone many changes in recent years, both through Congress and the courts. This article summarizes recent developments relating to judicial decisions, legislative initiatives, and patent office policy, and provides some practical advice relating to administration of intellectual property. As illustrated by the latest judicial decisions, the law makes no distinctions between academic research and research done for commercialization and profit click here for full text.

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