Title: Class Outline 9
Course: KVCC BUS118 > Section: Class Outlines

a.      Requirements

i.           Novel

1.      Prior Art

ii.           Useful/Utility

iii.           Not Obvious

b.      Process

i.           USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office

ii.           Patent Prosecution

iii.           Parts

1.      Specification – description and claim

2.      Drawings

3.      Oath

4.      Filing Fees

iv.           Upholding by law

1.      Strict Liability

2.      Federal Court

1.      Trade Secrets - Protect formula, Process, methods, and information that give a business a competitive edge.

a.      To be protected

i.Must have value

ii.Be unknown

iii.Be unascertainable

iv.Be protected

b.            Indefinite protection

1.      Trade Marks -– Protections of words, logos, and symbols that align with the company’s products or services.

a.               Trademarks

b.               Servicemarks

c.               Federal and State Registration

d.               Lanham Act – gives federal government powers and defines protections.

e.               Advantages to federal registration

i.              Notice of date of first use

ii.              Right to sue in Federal court

iii.              Limited in ways to challenge

iv.              Right to use federal registration symbol

f.                Requirements

i.                 Use in commerce

ii.                 Distinctive

1.                     Principle register

2.                     Supplemental Register

g.               Registration through USPTO mostly through electronic means

i.                    Required

1.                     Name and Contact info

2.                     Trademark Drawing

3.                     Listing of product or services represented

4.               Filing Fee

h.               Two types of cases

i.                 Similar trademark

ii.                 Trademark dilution

a.

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