Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property, (American Casebook Series

The Third Edition thoroughly updates the case book, reproducing or discussing all the Supreme Court decisions and numerous key Circuit level decisions on intellectual property issues that have arisen since publication of the previous edition. The new edition also provides a thorough legislative update (including the newly enacted Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006) and a range of intriguing new problems for class discussion. Other new features include: new section on trademarks in the Internet setting; reorganized and enhance discussion of 1st Amendement issues; new discussion of the well known marks doctrine; reworked materials on the scope of Lanham Act 43(a); enlarged and updated discussion of the Patent Act s non obviousness requirement; reorganized and enlarged section on patent claim interpretation; expanded discussion of the DMCA anticircumvention provisions; enhanced discussion of the varying standards that courts apply to evaluate copyright infringement; expanded and reworked section on indirect copyright infringement.