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The federal Copyright Act protects authors’ creative works. “Copyright protection subsists… in original works of authorship… fixed in a tangible medium of expression….” Copyright automatically arises upon creation and fixation of an original work. In the high technology electronics industry, fixation of an original work may include advertising and marketing materials or packaging, schematic circuit diagrams, blueprints and software.
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17 U.S.C. § 102(a).
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17 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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17 U.S.C. § 901, et seq.
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See, e.g., Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Mido Trading, Inc., CV 08-04405 DDP (C.D. Cal. April 22, 2010); Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc., 2009 WL 1636914 (N.D. Cal. 2009).
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S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Turtle Wax, Inc., 1989 WL 134802 (N.D. Ill. 1989); see also Drop Dead Co. v. S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 326 F.2d 87 (9th Cir. 1963).
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U.S. Patent No. 7,878,326.
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U.S. Registration No. 2,359,351. Owner: Tiffany & Co.
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Situation Management Systems v. ASP Consulting LLC, 90 USPQ 2d 1095 (1st Cir. 2009).
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17 U.S.C. § 201(a).
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17 U.S.C. § 201(a).
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17 U.S.C. § 203.
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Halt, G.B., Fesnak, R., Donch, J.C., Stiles, A.R. (2014). Copyrights. In: Intellectual Property in Consumer Electronics, Software and Technology Startups. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7912-3_4
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