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.

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