Character Trademarks

Download Character Trademarks full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Character Trademarks ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Character Trademarks

Author : John Mendenhall
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780877017523
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (175 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Character Trademarks by : John Mendenhall

Download or read book Character Trademarks written by John Mendenhall and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1990-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the growing awareness of the value of character trademark symbols in product design, marketing, and promotion has come a resurgence of interest in these extraordinary icons. The popularity of the California Raisins and other recent examples attest to the appeal of character trademarks in popular culture. From Reddy Kilowatt to Colonel Sanders, there is humor and nostalgia in the humble, often "kitschy" images which have become classics of commercial folk art that every consumer can relate to. This engaging volume contains approximately one thousand trademarks from the past ninety years, as well as a "Hall of Fame" section profiling some of the classic characters with the history of their development. Chronicle Books is pleased to include this remarkable volume in its series of design books, including Trademarks of the 20's and 30's and Trademarks of the 40's and 50's.

Patents as an Incentive for Innovation

Author : Rafal Sikorski
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403524146
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Patents as an Incentive for Innovation by : Rafal Sikorski

Download or read book Patents as an Incentive for Innovation written by Rafal Sikorski and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patents as an Incentive for Innovation Edited by Rafal Sikorski & Zaneta Zemla-Pacud Patents are a reward for human inventiveness. A well-functioning patent system must provide incentives for innovation, safeguard dynamic competition and protect the public interest – a balancing act fraught with difficulty in the ‘connected’ global world. This ground-breaking book is the first to deeply analyse how patent law today performs its function of stimulating innovation in the crucial sectors of healthcare, agriculture, artificial intelligence and communications technology. Patent specialists, practitioners and scholars from various jurisdictions thoroughly describe how patent rights can be deployed to incentivize investments in researching and developing socially critical innovations without sacrificing the public’s interest in sharing the benefits that are produced. Among the emerging issues of patent rights investigated are the following: protectability and morality of according private rights over material derived from the human body; licensing on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms; the supplementary protection certificate (SPC) manufacturing waiver; patent eligibility of artificial intelligence-related inventions; excessive enforcement of patents by patent assertion entities; enforcement of second medical use innovations; the so-called farmer’s privilege, the farm-save seed exemption, and breeders’ rights; international trade regulations and their influence on patent systems; human enhancement technologies and the consequences of patenting them; specifics of patent protection for biologic medicines; challenges posed by artificial intelligence for the disclosure requirement in patent law; and standard essential patent licensing, particularly in the context of the 5G standard. Perspectives taken into consideration by the authors include protectability criteria, length and scope of the granted protection, mechanisms for dealing with the friction between generalized application and specialized concerns, and rights enforcement. These aspects are analysed on the domestic, international and global levels. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to strike the right balance between innovation and access in healthcare and other technologies, a need rooted in patent law. Because the problems discussed – and solutions offered – in this collection of expert essays are of tremendous practical and cultural significance, the book will be of immeasurable value to practitioners, policymakers and researchers in patent law and other fields of intellectual property law.

New Developments in EU and International Copyright Law

Author : Irini A. Stamatoudi
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041159991
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis New Developments in EU and International Copyright Law by : Irini A. Stamatoudi

Download or read book New Developments in EU and International Copyright Law written by Irini A. Stamatoudi and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a source of income and a means of protection for creators, rightholders, and the creative and entertainment industries, copyright is also a vehicle for technological advances and economic development. In the European Union, industries with intensive emphasis on intellectual property rights (mainly copyright) generate more than a quarter of employment and more than a third of economic activity. Yet copyright continues to be plagued by problematic attempts to balance the interests of rightholders, the public, consumers, intermediaries, collecting societies, different national legal traditions, and other forces, European and global. This book draws a comprehensive picture of current, pending, and proposed copyright developments – legislation, ‘communications,’ white papers, and court decisions – at the levels of the European Union and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Twenty-two well-known and prestigious experts on intellectual property law from seventeen jurisdictions worldwide contribute essays on particular trends in copyright, including discussions of the following and more: - making content available in an EU digital single market; - collective management and multi-territorial licensing; - exceptions for libraries and archives, education and research; - traditional knowledge and cultural expressions; - unjustified geoblocking; - illegal content on the Internet; - text and data mining; - copyright enforcement online; and - role of the European Court of Justice. Policy recommendations are also set forth, as well as a detailed conceptual framework for a potential EU Copyright Code. As a detailed and thoughtful overview of current trends in copyright internationally, this book has no peers. It is sure to be welcomed by practitioners, policymakers, academics, researchers, and business leaders for whom intellectual property rights, and especially copyright, are of the first importance.

Intellectual Properties and the Protection of Fictional Characters

Author : Dorothy J. Howell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313388873
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Intellectual Properties and the Protection of Fictional Characters by : Dorothy J. Howell

Download or read book Intellectual Properties and the Protection of Fictional Characters written by Dorothy J. Howell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1990-07-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pioneering volume, Howell addresses the extent to which fictional characters are legally recognized and protected as intellectual property. Through a judicious selection of cases chosen for their bearing on the popular arts, the author reviews the basic legal principles involved--copyright, trademark, unfair competition, and contract law--and analyzes their applications to fictional characters. In addition to tracing the evolution of the law relating to the protection of fictional characters, Howell explores the feasibility of isolating characters and protecting them via stringent copyright and/or trademark laws, addresses character merchandising and the associated legal issues, and suggests legal reforms aimed at protecting the creator. Detailed case information serves both to illustrate the legal principles and actions discussed and to stand as a model for the proprietors of future characters. Divided into two major sections, the volume begins by offering a comprehensive introduction to intellectual property law. Specific topics addressed include basic concepts of property, statutory protection of intellectual property, elements of an infringement action, defenses to copyright infringement, unfair competition, and the application of trademark principles to literary properties. In the second section, Howell analyzes the extent to which the fictional character is legally regarded as intellectual property. She reviews situations in which copyright and trademark law have been invoked to protect the creator of a fictional character, examines cases involving such well-known characters as the Lone Ranger, Superman, and the crew of the Starship Enterprise, and presents an extended analysis of the case of Tarzan. Finally, Howell considers whether right of publicity and merchandising offer additional protection for fictional characters. In the concluding chapter, she offers an analysis of copyright decisions and a proposal for their reconciliation. Both practicing attorneys and students of entertainment law will find Howell's work an important contribution to the professional literature.

Character Creation and the Law

Author : Frank Kermit
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 132966339X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (296 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Character Creation and the Law by : Frank Kermit

Download or read book Character Creation and the Law written by Frank Kermit and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a key element when Frank Kermit works as a Creative Consultant for Media, TV, Film and Theatre to help with the development of characters in relationship-related storylines. Characters are a gray area of law. Original Characters that are visual like cartoons have different legal considerations than those that are based on real people. This is an analysis on mass media culture, audiences and the legal status of characters from both a historical perspective, to present day legal considerations. The characters that inhabit our stories, movies, TV shows fall into the gray areas of law. This book is a "everything you wanted to know about copyright as they relate to characters". It is perfect for writers, producers, creative people, in Canada and the United States. To learn more, visit http: //www.franktalks.com

Trademarks, the Fingerprints of Commerce

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Trademarks, the Fingerprints of Commerce by :

Download or read book Trademarks, the Fingerprints of Commerce written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Basic Facts about Trademarks

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Basic Facts about Trademarks by :

Download or read book Basic Facts about Trademarks written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Infected

Author : Scott Sigler
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307409171
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Infected by : Scott Sigler

Download or read book Infected written by Scott Sigler and published by Crown. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A terrifying thriller that will crawl beneath your skin . . . and leave fresh blood on every page. “Fraught with tension . . . Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Hot Zone.”—Rocky Mountain News Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families. Working under the government’s shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly contagion. She discovers that these killers all have one thing in common—they’ve been contaminated by a bioengineered parasite, shaped by a complexity far beyond the limits of known science. Meanwhile Perry Dawsey—a hulking former football star now resigned to life as a cubicle-bound desk jockey—awakens one morning to find several mysterious welts growing on his body. Soon Perry finds himself acting and thinking strangely, hearing voices . . . he is infected. The fate of the human race may well depend on the bloody war Perry must wage with his own body, because the parasites want something from him, something that goes beyond mere murder.

Lo's Diary

Author : Pia Pera
Publisher : Foxrock Books
ISBN 13 : 9780964374027
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Lo's Diary by : Pia Pera

Download or read book Lo's Diary written by Pia Pera and published by Foxrock Books. This book was released on 2000-12-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback comes Pia Pera's bestselling answer to "Lolita", where the novel is told not from the point of view of the seducer, Humbert Humbert, but of the young girl herself.

The Copyright / Trademark Interface

Author : Martin Senftleben
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403523719
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Copyright / Trademark Interface by : Martin Senftleben

Download or read book The Copyright / Trademark Interface written by Martin Senftleben and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Copyright/Trademark Interface How the Expansion of Trademark Protection Is Stifling Cultural Creativity Martin Senftleben The registration of cultural icons as trademarks has become a standard protection strategy in the field of contemporary cultural productions and plays an ever-increasing role in the area of cultural heritage. Attempts to register and ‘evergreen’ the protection of cultural signs, ranging from ‘Mickey Mouse’ to the ‘Mona Lisa’, are no longer unusual. This phenomenon – characterized by the EFTA Court as trademark registrations motivated by ‘commercial greed’ – has become typical of an era where trademark law is employed strategically to withhold or remove cultural symbols from the public domain. In an extraordinary analysis of the clash between culture and commerce, and imbalances caused by protection overlaps arising from cumulative copyright and trademark protection, this book draws attention to the corrosive effect of indefinitely renewable trademark rights and underscores the necessity to safeguard central preconditions for the proper functioning of the copyright system in society at large: the freedom to use pre-existing works as reference points for the artistic discourse and building blocks for new creations, and the need to ensure the constant enrichment of the public domain. Emphasizing how overlapping copyright and trademark protection endangers the proper functioning of intellectual property rights in the literary and artistic domain, the author examines whether the intellectual property system is capable of mitigating the risks arising from cumulative protection. Such issues and topics as the following are treated in depth: the different configuration of intellectual property rights in accordance with different policy objectives and societal functions, in particular the cultural imperative in copyright law and the market transparency imperative in trademark law; problems arising from the registration of cultural icons for use on souvenir and merchandising articles; lack of sufficient safeguards in trademark law against cultural heritage branding; current scope of trademark rights, including the protection of brand value and communication functions, and the deterrent effect of trademark protection on cultural creativity; possibility of a categorical exclusion of contemporary cultural icons and cultural heritage material from trademark protection; development of a strict gatekeeper requirement of ‘use as a mark’ to prevent unjustified trademark infringement claims; development of robust, culturally based defences against trademark infringement claims; and general guidelines for the regulation of protection overlaps in intellectual property law, based on insights derived from the analysis of copyright/trademark overlaps. Drawing on aesthetic, sociological and economic theories that support initiatives to safeguard the autonomy of the literary and artistic domain and support remix activities of artists, the author suggests sound criteria for identifying signs with cultural significance that should be excluded from trademark registration. The book shows how intellectual property law can make rights cumulation strategies less attractive and avoid the loss of inner consistency and social legitimacy, easing the tension between indefinitely renewable trademark rights and the need to preserve and cultivate the public domain of cultural expressions and other intellectual creations that enjoy protection for a limited period of time, such as industrial designs and technical know-how. Its assessment criteria will assist and enable trademark examiners and judges to identify relevant cultural signs, and its proposals for regulatory responses to protection overlaps in intellectual property law will prove of great and lasting value to lawyers, policymakers, and scholars dealing with intellectual property law.

Law Relating to Intellectual Property

Author : Sreenivasulu N.S
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1482813939
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (828 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Law Relating to Intellectual Property by : Sreenivasulu N.S

Download or read book Law Relating to Intellectual Property written by Sreenivasulu N.S and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a comprehensive work on the law relating to intellectual property. It brings out point of views on point of law and as well point of facts and circumstances. It highlights judiciously the judicial, political, legal, economical and philosophical point of views on the various issues pertinent to the varied fields of intellectual property law. Besides, the book carries analysis and presentation from the comparative perspective in particular from the perspectives of USA, Europe, UK and India. The book is a good addition to the literature on Law especially on Intellectual Property Rights. The book is useful for students, academicians, and scholars from different disciplines including Law, Science, and Engineering, Humanities, Arts, Literature, Drama, Music and many other fields. The book is also useful for people working in the corporate world. Besides the book is very informative and knowledge generator to the readers.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1418 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by :

Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transition and Coherence in Intellectual Property Law

Author : Niklas Bruun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108484603
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Transition and Coherence in Intellectual Property Law by : Niklas Bruun

Download or read book Transition and Coherence in Intellectual Property Law written by Niklas Bruun and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is for students and scholars of intellectual property law, practitioners seeking creative arguments from across the field, and policymakers searching for solutions to changing social and technological issues. The book explores the tensions between two fundamentally competing demands made of IP law.

Tomorrow City

Author : Nathan Russell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472849566
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Tomorrow City by : Nathan Russell

Download or read book Tomorrow City written by Nathan Russell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dieselpunk roleplaying game of action, mystery and mad science! Tomorrow City was one of the cities of the future, built to usher in a new age of prosperity, seizing upon scientific achievements at the dawn of the twentieth century. Then came the War. Radium-powered soldiers assembled, diesel-fuelled nightmares rolled off production lines, city fought city, and the world burned in atomic fire. We survived, barely. Tomorrow City still stands, an oil-stained beacon of hope, part-refuge, part-asylum. Beset by dangers from both within and without, a secret war now rages on its streets. Diesel-born monstrosities stalk the alleyways, air pirates strike from the wastelands, mad scientists continue their dark work, occultists manipulate the city's strange geometry, and secret societies plot in the shadows. Tomorrow City is a roleplaying game of dark science and dieselpunk action. Swift and simple character creation and an easy-to-learn dice pool system places the emphasis on unique personalities and the momentum of the plot. Join the Underground and fight the crime and corruption at the heart of the city. Sell your dieselpunk tech, occult knowledge, and sheer grit as troubleshooters for mysterious paymasters. Hunt down spies, saboteurs, and science-run-amok. As weary sky rangers, fringe scientists, and radium-powered veterans, you might be all that stands between a better tomorrow and no tomorrow at all.

Basic Facts about Trademarks

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Basic Facts about Trademarks by :

Download or read book Basic Facts about Trademarks written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Perfumer and Essential Oil Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The American Perfumer and Essential Oil Review by :

Download or read book The American Perfumer and Essential Oil Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trademark Protection and Freedom of Expression

Author : Wolfgang Sakulin
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041134158
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Trademark Protection and Freedom of Expression by : Wolfgang Sakulin

Download or read book Trademark Protection and Freedom of Expression written by Wolfgang Sakulin and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trademark law grants right holders an exclusive right to prevent third parties from using a sign. This can readily be seen as the antithesis of freedom of expression, which arguably includes a right of third parties to non-exclusive use of a sign for a variety of purposes, ranging from informing consumers, to voicing criticism or to artistic expression. Drawing on cultural theory and which has shown that society is involved in a constant struggle about shaping the meaning of signs (including trademarks) and this highly original and provocative book contends that trademark law fails to sufficiently differentiate between commercial purpose and the social, political, or cultural meanings carried by one and the same sign. The author shows that the andfunctional approachand to justifying trademark rights taken in current jurisprudence and doctrine is deficient, in that it does not take sufficient account of the fact that trademark rights can restrict the freedom of expression of third parties. Specifically, the exercise of rights granted under the European Trademark Regulation and the national trademark rights harmonized by the European Trademark Directive can cause a disproportionate impairment of the freedom of commercial and non-commercial expression of third parties as protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The authorands in-depth analysis explores such elements as the following: o the economic and ethical rationales of trademark rights; o whether trademark rights under European law can be justified by these rationales; o how freedom of expression can serve as a limitation to trademark rights; o what level of protection such freedom of expression grants to third parties; o the role of trademarks of social, cultural, or political importance in public discourse; o chilling effects on public discourse that can be caused by the exercise of trademark rights; o the interpretation of provisions regulating the grant and revocation of trademark rights in light of freedom of expression; and o the interpretation of the scope of protection and the limitations of trademark rights in light of freedom of expression. In effect, the analysis serves to expand the focus of legislators, courts, and trademark registering authorities from the interests of trademark right holders, who seemingly are granted ever more protection, to the justified interests of third parties. The critical analysis of existing trademark law leads the author to clearly identify the areas of trademark law in which the law needs to be reinterpreted and the areas in which legislative action should be taken, with recommendations for a number of limitations that should aid legislators in drafting concrete amendments. The new insights and imperatives provided by this book are sure to prove useful to both courts interpreting existing provisions of trademark laws and to legislators who are faced with the challenges of drafting new rules or revising existing laws.