LAW 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Electric Light, Cincinnati Bell, Trade Dress
25 Aug 2018
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Property that results from the intellectual and creative process. Types of intellectual property: trademarks, ca(cid:374) (cid:271)e u(cid:374)registered. If it"s so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g you use you (cid:272)a(cid:374) say it"s trade(cid:373)arked . This is usually a distinctive word, symbol, sound, or design that separates products from another. The first to use it gets it: standard is likelihood of confusion- several factors. Licensing is an agreement between the owner of the mark and a manufacturer that allows them to create products with the mark. For either 20 or 14 years the inventor gets exclusive rights to make, use, and sell the product. This helps entrepreneurs take off: an invention must be novel, useful, and not obvious in light of current technology to be patentable, utility patents are functional. An invention: design patents are more ornamental. (the similarities in appearance between samsung and apple smartphones, plant patents are for new varieties of plants. Infringement is making, using, or selling a patented object.
