Discuss the various means of IP protection available, the benefits and weaknesses of each form of protection, whether IP owner can recover damages for asserting multiple forms of IP protection and some emerging areas for the application of these alternative means of IP protection.
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The Role of Design Patents, Copyright and Trade Dress in Protecting the Next Generation of Inventions
Discuss the various means of IP protection available, the benefits and weaknesses of each form of protection, whether IP owner can recover damages for asserting multiple forms of IP protection and some emerging areas for the application of these alternative means of IP protection.
Discuss the various means of IP protection available, the benefits and weaknesses of each form of protection, whether IP owner can recover damages for asserting multiple forms of IP protection and some emerging areas for the application of these alternative means of IP protection.
FALL2015,
New Matter
ation of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California
‘Volume 40, Number 3
Official Pub
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