Key Terms
Ownership over products of the human mind
What are intellectual property rights?
Terms too "this" cannot be trademarked
What is "generic"?
The two types of dilution of a patent
What are dilution by blurring and by tarnishment?
The group which filed suit on behalf of Naruto
What is PETA?
Recognizable phrase or symbol associated with a specific company's product
What is a trademark?
A patentor no longer exclusively owns their product when this happens
What is a patent expiring?
The three charges against Payless
What are infringement of a patent, dilution, and injury to business reputation?
Reconstruction of images using a condensed version of an original image instead of pixels, which allows for the efficient synthesis of high-resolution images
What is latent diffusion?
Right of the owner of IP to copy it
What is copyright?
Aspects of a product crucial to functionality can’t be trademarked
What is functionality doctrine?
When original trademark becomes less distinct from the use of a similar mark
What is dilution by blurring?
The right to stand before a court
What is statutory standing?
Doing this gives you exclusive rights over a product for a certain period of time
What is a patent?
When the original trademark’s reputation is lowered by its association with the use of a similar mark
What is dilution by tarnishment?
The three requirements for a party to have Article III standing
What is (1) to have been affected, (2) to have been affected clearly by another party, and (3) to have it be likely for the issue to be solved by a court decision?
Full disclosure of these two things are necessary for a patent
What are design and process?