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Title

  • Main Title Intellectual Property in Industrial Designs: Issues in Innovation and Competition

Creator

  • Author: Thomas, John R.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Visiting Scholar, Resources, Science and Industry Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2008-07-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report identifies several current issues relating to intellectual property in industrial designs. It begins by describing the different sorts of intellectual property protection that apply to industrial designs. The report then identifies current issues at the interface between intellectual property and industrial designs. The report closes by reviewing the impact that sui generis rights regimes may have upon innovation and competition in the United States.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Intellectual property
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Copyright
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Copyright infringement
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Industrial design

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RL34559
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL34559_2008Jul01
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc462460
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