Protectability in UK Law
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Books & Journal Articles
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Organizational conflicts affecting technology commercialization
from nonprofit laboratories
Organizational conflict mediates management and innovator interest in commercializing technology. Issues (or circumstances) resulting from conflicting goals should be considered by companies in dev...... ... was developed;●relationship of the technology with the organization’s major activity;●“deliberateness” of the discovery;●protectability of the technology;●provisions for exclusive rights;●nature of the technology as process versus product; ●level of development needed before ... ...
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An Intentional View of the Copyright Work
The questions at the heart of copyright – what is a work, and the extent of copyright protection – are considered. Arguments are presented firstly for an understanding of works oriented around expr...... ... Sim ilarly wit h respect to po licy: gi ven that e very ¢nding of infringement implies a ¢nding of protectability ^ that the part of the work w hich the infringing act invol ves is an app ropria te object o f exclusiona ry 120 In some cases it has gone ... ...
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Consumer Value as the Key to Trade Mark Functionality
This article identifies the central role of consumer perceptions of value in design and marketing literature. Relying on this literature, it proposes changes to our legal understanding of functiona...... ... This case con-cerned the protectability of a green-gold colour for dry cleaning pads. WhileDinwoodie observed that the Supreme Court discussed aesthetic functionalityseparately from ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Patents In An Academic Environment
... ... praised academically - than plough money and effort into an ... invention that may be of tenuous protectability or commercial ... value. But increased awareness of intellectual property (IP) ... combined with a generational and attitudinal shift means it is now ... ...
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Patents In An Academic Environment
... ... praised academically - than plough money and effort into an ... invention that may be of tenuous protectability or commercial ... value. But increased awareness of intellectual property (IP) ... combined with a generational and attitudinal shift means it is now ... ...
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Nothing beats a good TM LWYR – Nike’s questionable LDNR campaign
A July 2018 decision of the UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) appears to have put paid to Nike’s recent “Nothing beats a Londoner” ad campaign. The case highlights, with hindsight, a...... ... Before launching any new brand, a well-advised business will consider the availability and protectability of its proposed brand. An availability or clearance check can be either a quick and dirty desktop search (namely, a review of the relevant trade mark ... ...
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AI As An Inventor? . . . Not So Fast
... ... legal impact of frontier technologies such as AI and to generate ... stakeholder guidance on the protectability of AI-generated ... Of the eighteen jurisdictions in which Dr. Thaler has filed ... patent applications, four have been rejected (U.S., U.K., ... ...
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