BLW 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Exhaustion Doctrine Under U.S. Law, File System
6 Feb 2017
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Intellectual property law governs the rules for the nation"s cultural, educational and economic achievements. The exclusive right to make, use of sell an invention or process during the patent period. Patent exhaustion: patent rights end when sold to a lawful purchaser. America invents act switched to a first to file system. Things you can patent in the u. s. Distinctive word, name, symbol, or device that a business uses to distinguish its goods from competitors. Legal protection assist purchases in making buying choices. Arbitrary: bear no relation to the characteristic of the goods. Suggestive: suggest, not describe, the character of the article. Descriptive: describe a characteristic of the article. Generic: function as the common descriptive of a product class. Trademarks are registered for 10 years, but can be renewed. The earliest user of the trademark in commerce has the right to trademark it. Territoriality principle: trademark rights in the u. s. depend on the first use of the mark in the u. s.
