Intellectual Property
Overview
Intellectual property (IP) law developed over time to protect different forms of intangible subject matter. The concept is not new: Jewish law early on prohibited plagiarism, calling it "g'neivat da'at," or stealing the mind. The earliest use of the term "intellectual property" was in an 1845 Massachusetts Circuit Court ruling in a patent case.
The term intellectual property did not come into common usage in the United States until December 1980, when Congress enacted the Bayh-Dole Act or Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act, 35 U.S.C. § 200-212. The Act gave U.S. universities, non-profits and small businesses control over their inventions resulting from federal government-funded research. Since then, the protections afforded intellectual property have expanded exponentially.
Featured Cases
PA Advisors, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff PA Advisors, LLC allege that Defendants infringed no U.S. Patent No. 6,199,067 entitled "System and Method for Generating Personalized User Profiles and for Utilizing the Generated User Profiles to Perform Adaptive Internet Searches."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 2, 2007
Plaintiff: PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC, PA Advisors, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and others...
Last Docket Filed: February 9, 2010Aloft Media, LLC v. Oracle Corporation et al
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: July 14, 2009
Plaintiff: Aloft Media, LLC Defendant: Oracle Corporation, Oracle USA, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google, Inc., Fair Isaac Corp. and others...
Last Docket Filed: February 5, 2010The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 20, 2005
Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.
Last Docket Filed: February 5, 2010Marvel Worldwide, Inc. et al v. Kirby et al
New York Southern District Court
None
Filed: January 8, 2010
Plaintiff: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., Marvel Worldwide, Inc., Marvel Worldwide, Inc., Marvel Worldwide, Inc., Marvel Worldwide, Inc. and others... Defendant: Lisa R. Kirby, Barbara J. Kirby, Neal L. Kirby, Susan N. Kirby
Last Docket Filed: February 5, 2010Perfect 10 Inc v. Google Inc et al
Plaintiff Perfect 10 sued defendant Google Inc. for displaying thumbnails of photographs copyrighted by the plaintiff. Consolidated with Perfect 10 Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al. Additional Resources Ninth Circuit Opinion in Perfect 10 v. Google and Amazon.
California Central District Court
Copyright
Filed: November 19, 2004
Plaintiff: Perfect 10 Inc; Defendant: Google Inc, DoesCounter Claimant: Google Inc, Counter Defendant: Perfect 10 Inc
Last Docket Filed: February 4, 2010
Dockets
Pfizer Inc. et al v. Sandoz Inc.
Delaware District Court
Patent
Filed: February 9, 2010
Plaintiff: Pfizer Inc., Pfizer pharmaceuticals, llc, Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Limited, C.p. pharmaceuticals international c.v. Defendant: Sandoz Inc. Counter Defendant: Warner-Lambert Company, Warner-Lambert Company LLC, Pfizer Inc., Pfizer pharmaceuticals, llc, Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Limited, C.p. pharmaceuticals international c.v. and others...Boston Restaurant Associates v. Gambino's Restaurant, Inc.
Massachusetts District Court
Trademark
Filed: February 9, 2010
Plaintiff: Boston Restaurant Associates Defendant: Gambino's Restaurant, Inc.Sandoz Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al
Delaware District Court
Patent
Filed: February 9, 2010
Plaintiff: Sandoz Inc. Defendant: Pfizer, Inc., Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, C.p. pharmaceuticals international c.v., Warner-Lambert Company, Warner-Lambert Company LLCFlambeau, Inc. v. Wildgame Innovations, LLC et al
Wisconsin Western District Court
Patent
Filed: February 9, 2010
Plaintiff: Flambeau, Inc., Flambeau, Inc. Defendant: Wildgame Innovations, LLC, Wiley Outdoor Products, LLCWOLFF et al v. KAHN et al
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
Copyrights
Filed: February 9, 2010
Plaintiff: BRIAN R. WOLFF, INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. Defendant: ALFRED KAHN, BRAINWORKS DESIGN GROUP, INC.
Legislation
Bill Introduced: S.Res.379 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the ...
A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the protection of intellectual property rights for clean energy and environmental technology.Bill Enacted: H.R.3288 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2010
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
December 16, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-117.Bill Introduced: S.2764 Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2009
A bill to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reuathorization Act of 2004, and for other purposes.Bill Introduced: H.R.3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act
To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.Bill Introduced: H.R.3777 Drug Price Competition Act of 2009
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define the term "first applicant" for purposes of filing an abbreviated application for a new drug.
Regulations
Rule - Mandatory Deposit of Published Electronic Works Available Only Online
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Rule
Mandatory Deposit of Published Electronic Works Available Only Online
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3863-3870 [2010-1202]
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office 37 CFR Part 202 [Docket No. RM 2009-3] Mandatory Deposit of Published Electronic Works Available Only Online AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress. ACTION: Interim Rule. SUMMARY: The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is adopting an interim regulation governing mandatory deposit of electronic works published in the United States and available only online. The regulation establishes that online-only works are exempt from mandatory deposit... [read document]
View Document | Download PDFProposed Rule - Rules of Practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex ...
Patent and Trademark Office
Proposed Rule
Rules of Practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals
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67987-68004 [E9-30402]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office 37 CFR Part 41 [Docket No.: PTO-P-2009-0021] RIN 0651-AC37 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals; Request for Comments on Potential Modifications to Final Rule and Notice of Roundtable During Comment Period AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rule making; request for comments. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and... [read document]
View Document | Download PDFRule - Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access ...
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Rule
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
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55138-55139 [E9-25850]
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office 37 CFR Part 201 [Docket No. RM 2008-08] Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress. ACTION: Interim rule. SUMMARY: The Librarian of Congress is extending, on an interim basis, the existing classes of works with respect to which the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that effectively control access to copyrighted works shall... [read document]
View Document | Download PDFRule - Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, etc.
Patent and Trademark Office
Rule
Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, etc.
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54898-54912 [E9-25460]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office 37 CFR Parts 2 and 11 [Docket No. PTO-T-2008-0021] RIN 0651-AC26 Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Final rule . SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (``Office'') is revising the Trademark Rules of Practice to set forth... [read document]
View Document | Download PDFRule - Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing ...
Patent and Trademark Office
Rule
Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, etc.
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52686-52691 [E9-24667]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 37 CFR Part 1 [Docket No.: PTO-P-2009-0049] RIN 0651-AC36 Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register in August of 2007 to revise the... [read document]
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Articles
The Appellations of Origin and the Reach of its Protection (La Denominación De Origen Y El ...
Revista La Propiedad Inmaterial, No. 13, 2009 Jose Luis Londono Fernandez affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 9, 2010 Last Revised: February 9, 2010The Concept of the State Counsel About the Future Work and the Work Made for Hire Created Under ...
Revista La Propiedad Inmaterial, No. 13, pp. 105-118, 2009 Wilson Rafael RÃos affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 9, 2010 Last Revised: February 9, 2010Consumer Investment in Trademarks
North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 3, 2010, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1550271 Deborah R. Gerhardt University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School of Law Date Posted: February 9, 2010 Last Revised: February 9, 2010Approximation to the Copyright History: Normative Antecedents (Aproximación a La Historia Del ...
Revista La Propiedad Inmaterial, No. 13, pp. 59-104, 2009 Jhonny Antonio Pabon Cadavid affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 9, 2010 Last Revised: February 9, 2010Impact of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement on the Australian Medicines Regulation and Prices
Journal of Generic Medicines, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 18-29, 2010 Thomas Alured Faunce , Jimmy Bai and Duy Nguyen Australian National University , Australian National University - ANU College of Law and Australian National University - College of Medidine, Biology and the Environment Date Posted: February 9, 2010 Last Revised: February 9, 2010
