http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000285&title=Sonny+Bono+Copyright+Term+Extension+Act+of+1998&source=feed Part of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886 provided that copyrighted works be protected for the duration of the author's life plus no less than 50 years. The European Union extended the 50-year... http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000285&title=Sonny+Bono+Copyright+Term+Extension+Act+of+1998&source=feed http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000286&title=Typeface+as+Trademark+Subject+Matter&source=feed There are three types of protection that can be afforded to typefaces and fonts in addition to basic license agreements: trademark, design patent, and copyright. These are intended to keep non-licensees from copying the fonts in some way and... http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000286&title=Typeface+as+Trademark+Subject+Matter&source=feed http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000287&title=The+Intellectual+Property+Omnibus+Reform+Act+of+1999&source=feed On November 19, 1999, Congress passed the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 as part of the consolidated appropriations bill. Chief among its provisions is the extension of the satellite carrier compulsory... http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000287&title=The+Intellectual+Property+Omnibus+Reform+Act+of+1999&source=feed http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000288&title=Fragrances+as+Trademark+Subject+Matter&source=feed Distinctive fragrances are eligible for federal trademark registration. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in a landmark decision, reversed an examining attorney and held that there was no reason why a fragrance was not capable of identifying... http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000288&title=Fragrances+as+Trademark+Subject+Matter&source=feed http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000289&title=Right+to+Perform+Copyrighted+Work&source=feed Under the Copyright Act, to perform a copyrighted work means "to recite, render, play, dance, or act it, either directly or by means of any device or process." "Performing" a motion picture or other audiovisual work means "to show its images in... http://www.pbatyler.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000289&title=Right+to+Perform+Copyrighted+Work&source=feed