Chapter 28 resources for the Cyberlaw book
By John Bandler
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Chapter 28 Intellectual property law
Chapter references, resources, and additional reading
- Chapter 28 resources, https://johnbandler.com/cyberlawbook-resources-ch28/ (this page)
- Intellectual property law overview, https://johnbandler.com/intellectual-property-law/
- Copyright law, https://johnbandler.com/intellectual-property-law/copyright/
- Trademark law, https://johnbandler.com/intellectual-property-law/trademark/
- Patent law, https://johnbandler.com/intellectual-property-law/patent/
- Trade secrets law, https://johnbandler.com/intellectual-property-law/trade-secrets/
- Copyright
- US Copyright Office, https://www.copyright.gov/
- Title 17 of the USC, Copyrights, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17
- 17 USC § 102, Subject matter of copyright: In general, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102
- 17 USC § 106, Exclusive rights in copyrighted works, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106,
- 17 USC § 107, Fair use https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107
- 17 USC § 506, Criminal offenses, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/506
- 18 USC § 2319, Criminal infringement of a copyright, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2319
- Trademark
- US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), https://www.uspto.gov/
- USPTO Trademarks, https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks
- Trademark Act (Lanham Act of 1946), as amended and codified in Title 15, Chapter 22 of the U.S. Code, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-22
- Cornell Law LII on the Lanham Act, https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/lanham_act
- Patent
- US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), https://www.uspto.gov/
- USPTO Patents, https://www.uspto.gov/patents
- USPTO Patent search, https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search
- Google patent search, https://patents.google.com/
- Title 35 of the U.S. Code, Patents, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35
- 35 U.S. Code § 101 - Inventions patentable, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/101
- 35 U.S. Code § 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/102
- 35 U.S. Code § 103 - Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/103
- Trade secrets
- 18 USC Chapter 90, Protection of Trade Secrets, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-90
- NY Times v Microsoft and Open AI
- NY Times v. Microsoft, Open AI, https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf
- Emma Roth, The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, The Verge (December 27, 2023), https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/27/24016212/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit-copyright-infringement
- https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2024/04/nyt-v-openai-the-timess-about-face/
- https://apnews.com/article/nyt-new-york-times-openai-microsoft-6ea53a8ad3efa06ee4643b697df0ba57
Chapter questions
- List the four types of intellectual property law
- Briefly summarize each of the four types of intellectual property law
- What are different ways one can obtain various degrees of copyright protection?
- Identify some popular trademarks and summarize why they meet the requirements for a trademark
- What are the requirements to obtain a patent?
- What are the requirements to obtain protection under a trade secret statute?
- Is copyright law state or federal or both?
- Is trademark law state or federal or both?
- Is patent law state or federal or both?
- Is trade secrets law state or federal or both?
- How might organizations use multiple types of intellectual property protections to protect their IP?
- Without disclosing anything confidential:
- Are there things you have created and affixed to a medium, or want to create, and what intellectual property rights might you consider?
- Have you ever wanted to invent something and would it qualify for a patent? How would you justify it?
Links and information
- The book: Cyberlaw: Law for Digital Spaces and Information Systems, by John Bandler
- Cyberlaw Book Resources (main resources page)
- Cyberlaw book FAQ
- Cyberlaw main book page
- Amazon - John's Author page
- Udemy online course on cyberlaw
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Originally posted 11/23/2024. Updated 01/06/2025.