Copyrightability & Originality Idea–Expression & Merger Authorship & Ownership The Exclusive Rights Fair Use Licensing & Royalties Music & Sound Recordings Software & Code Visual Art, Photography & Design Film, TV & Streaming DMCA Safe Harbors Anti-Circumvention & CMI Registration & Formalities Termination & Reversion Infringement & Remedies AI & Copyright International Copyright

Distinctiveness & the Spectrum Clearance & Searches Registration & Prosecution The TTAB Use in Commerce & Specimens Likelihood of Confusion Dilution Trade Dress Trademarks & the First Amendment Domain Names & Cybersquatting Counterfeiting & Gray Market Remedies Licensing & Franchising Extraterritorial Reach International (Madrid)Unfair Competition & False Advertising

Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Novelty & Prior Art Non-Obviousness Enablement & Written Description Definiteness & Claim Drafting Utility Patents Design Patents Plant Patents Prosecution & the USPTO PTAB (IPR / PGR)Claim Construction Infringement Damages Injunctions Standard-Essential Patents & FRAND ITC §337 / Import Bans Inventorship & Ownership Life Sciences & Biotech International (PCT)

What Qualifies as a Trade Secret Reasonable Secrecy Measures Misappropriation The DTSA State Law / UTSA NDAs & Confidentiality Employee Mobility Non-Competes Inevitable Disclosure Damages & Injunctive Relief Ex Parte Seizure Criminal Theft (EEA)Trade Secret vs. Patent Strategy International / Cross-Border

Name, Image & Likeness Voice & Sound-Alikes AI, Deepfakes & Digital Replicas Post-Mortem Rights First Amendment & Expressive Use Commercial Misappropriation Athletes & College NIL Influencers & Social Media State-by-State Variation Licensing & Estates

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Copyright

Copyrightability & Originality
Idea–Expression & Merger
Authorship & Ownership
The Exclusive Rights
Fair Use
Licensing & Royalties
Music & Sound Recordings
Software & Code
Visual Art, Photography & Design
Film, TV & Streaming
DMCA Safe Harbors
Anti-Circumvention & CMI
Registration & Formalities
Termination & Reversion
Infringement & Remedies
AI & Copyright
International Copyright

Trademarks

Distinctiveness & the Spectrum
Clearance & Searches
Registration & Prosecution
The TTAB
Use in Commerce & Specimens
Likelihood of Confusion
Dilution
Trade Dress
Trademarks & the First Amendment
Domain Names & Cybersquatting
Counterfeiting & Gray Market
Remedies
Licensing & Franchising
Extraterritorial Reach
International (Madrid)
Unfair Competition & False Advertising

Patents

Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
Novelty & Prior Art
Non-Obviousness
Enablement & Written Description
Definiteness & Claim Drafting
Utility Patents
Design Patents
Plant Patents
Prosecution & the USPTO
PTAB (IPR / PGR)
Claim Construction
Infringement
Damages
Injunctions
Standard-Essential Patents & FRAND
ITC §337 / Import Bans
Inventorship & Ownership
Life Sciences & Biotech
International (PCT)

Trade Secrets

What Qualifies as a Trade Secret
Reasonable Secrecy Measures
Misappropriation
The DTSA
State Law / UTSA
NDAs & Confidentiality
Employee Mobility
Non-Competes
Inevitable Disclosure
Damages & Injunctive Relief
Ex Parte Seizure
Criminal Theft (EEA)
Trade Secret vs. Patent Strategy
International / Cross-Border

Right of Publicity

Name, Image & Likeness
Voice & Sound-Alikes
AI, Deepfakes & Digital Replicas
Post-Mortem Rights
First Amendment & Expressive Use
Commercial Misappropriation
Athletes & College NIL
Influencers & Social Media
State-by-State Variation
Licensing & Estates

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