intellectual property

Descriptive marks consist of words that are indicative of the characteristics or qualities related to the goods or services associated with the mark.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a federal statute addressing copyright issues arising from digital technology and the internet.

In trademark law, dilution is the unauthorized commercial use of a mark or commercial trade name that is similar enough to a famous mark to diminish its distinctiveness or damage its reputation, even without causing consumer confusion. U.S. law recognizes two forms of dilution, blurring and tarnishment.

In trademark law, dilution is the unauthorized commercial use of a mark or commercial trade name that is similar enough to a famous mark to diminish its distinctiveness or damage its reputation, even without causing consumer confusion. U.S. law recognizes two forms of dilution, blurring and tarnishment.

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Direct infringement is the unauthorized exercise of one of the exclusive rights granted to the owner of a patent, copyright or trademark. 

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A distinctive trademark is a trademark that “identifies and distinguishes” the relevant goods or services.

The doctrine of equivalents is a means by which a holder of a patent may raise a claim of infringement even though each and every element of the patented invention is not identically present in the allegedly infringing product.  The purpose of the doctrine is to prevent an infringer from stealing the benefit of a patented invention by changing only minor or insubstantial details of the claime

Economic espionage is the illegal or covert acquisition of sensitive financial, trade, economic policy, proprietary, or technological information. The main law addressing this is the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1831-1839.

Escrow is an arrangement in which money, property, documents, or other assets are deposited with a neutral third party, known as the escrow agent, who holds them until specified