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I. INTRODUCTION II. THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS A. Economic Espionage Act of 1996 1. Definition of Trade Secret 2. Elements of the Criminal Offenses a. Eco...
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Because of the escalating value of intangible assets to industrial organizations, active management of a company's intellectual property has become an increasingly important responsibility of R&D and business managers. But the avalanche of published patent documents and their linguistic complexity makes it impractical to maintain an understanding of the patent landscape around an industry segment or technology by manual review of individual documents. Visualization of groups of documents within an IP landscape through appropriate charts and graphs, and a comprehensive interpretation of their significance, enables R&D and business managers to communicate appropriate alternatives to other decision-makers in their organizations, enabling fast "sticky" decisions that maximizes the i...
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Introduction - II. Intellectual property systems - A. Copyright - B. Trademark - C. Trade Secrets - D. Patents - 1. Early Patent Law - 2. Current Patent System - 3. Plant Protection Act and Plant Variety Protection Act - III. International patent-related treaties, conventions, and documents - A. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works - B. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Properties - C. GATT and the WTO - D. TRIPS - E. Shortcomings in the Current International IP Regime for Dissemination of Innovation to Developing Nations - F. Conclusion - IV. University participation in patent systems - A. Overview of Higher Education Systems in the United States - B. Commercialization and Universities - C. Models of University IP Systems - 1. Ivory Towe...
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Now that supply chain management has a two-decade research history, it is possible to examine the literature to identify whether there is any latent intellectual structure using bibliometric tools. The study applies a citation and co-citation approach to reveal four clusters of research that have emerged. One cluster has strong ties to the logistics field, with primarily conceptual articles. A second cluster finds its roots in operations research, and consists mainly of modeling articles. The application of multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, and factor analysis on co-citations demonstrated a clearly identifiable structure. The structure is examined and implications for the future development of supply chain research are discussed.
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Many theorists identify intellectual capital as an organization's intangible asset that ensures organizational survival in the 21st century. This study establishes an enquiry for intellectual capital's role in the 21st century by reviewing the evolution of organizational and human resources' theory that establishes a framework for organizational intellectual capital valuation in today's business environment. The two questions addressed with this study are whether organizational executives define their intellectual capital and whether these executives value their intellectual capital as demonstrated in their actual practice. This study provides empirical data from fifteen organizations through a methodology utilizing an interview process. The interviewer utilizes a questionnaire tool tha...
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This document amends, on an interim basis, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations pertaining to importations of merchandise bearing recorded trademarks or recorded trade names. The interim amendments, effective upon publication in the Federal Register, allow CBP, subject to limitations, to disclose to an intellectual property right holder information appearing on merchandise or its retail packaging that may comprise information otherwise protected by the Trade Secrets Act, for the purpose of assisting CBP in determining whether the merchandise bears a counterfeit mark. Such information will be provided to the right holder in the form of photographs or a sample of the goods and/or their retail packaging in their condition as presented to CBP for examination and alphanum...
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INTRODUCTION I. THE CURRENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT ON GLOBAL WARMING A. Rationales for Intellectual Property Protection B. Genera...
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For the rest, talking to one's fellow man in a language that he cannot understand may be the bad habit of some revolutionaries, but it is not at all a...
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Originally published in The Computer & Internet Lawyer
It is traditional in beginning an article on antitrust law and intellectual property to note...
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