Copyright, Patent, Trademark, and Related State Doctrines Cases and Materials on the Law of Intellectual Property

This edition comprehensively updates the previous edition to take account of recent legislative, judicial, and scholarly developments in all areas of intellectual property law. It addresses idea protection, trade secrets, right of publicity, designs, and computer software ; with attention to the patent law changes wrought by the America Invents Act. The casebook provides materials covering First Amendment limitations on I.P. rights, and addresses emerging trends in Lanham Act section 43(a) and newly revised provisions of federal antidilution law. It also includes discussion of other topics, such as Internet and domain names, secondary liability, safe harbors, and anticircumvention provisions; expanded coverage of software protection and business method patents; and notes on comparative I.P doctrines.