GD212 Copyright Issues
Week 7
Presentation Preparation
1. Turn in Revised Outline of Copyright Presentations
2. Present an excerpt from your presentation:
Team:
Your excerpt will be:
Trademark Reports
You'll be called on to summarize the
important information in one of the following trademark websites.
(It will also help each of you answer simple
Trademark questions in your presentation to AILA classes.)
If your last name begins with A-G, summarize
the material in
Trademarks & Business Goodwill. Then answer some
questions.
If your last name begins with H-P, summarize
the material in
Basic Facts about Registering A Trademark. Then answer some
questions.
If your last name begins with Q-Z, summarize
the material in
Trademark Qs and As and in
Your Trademark: Do's and Don'ts.
Be especially ready to summarize the Do's and Don'ts.
If you've been asked to be on a fourth team, study
Types of Trademarks
on the Nolo Press site. Be ready to summarize answers to the article's question headings.
Trademarks and Service Marks
Read
What Website Builders Need to Know about Trademark Law
What do Trademarks have to do with Internet domain names?
Should you request the domain name "CO-COLA.COM" for your Nostalgic South site?
Explain:
How about "KLEENX.ORG" for your campaign to rid the Web of porn?
Explain:
Legal Eagle Assignment
Read
Tires Galore Moot Case for these issues: Geographic Area,
Effect on Consumer, and Business Goodwill.
What does each mean in terms of trademark disputes?
Geographic Area =
Effect on Consumer =
Business Goodwill =
Business Start-up Assignment
Think of a name you'd like for your graphic arts business.
Go to the US Patent & Trademark website's
US Trademark Database to see if it (or your own last name)
is already listed.
If the name appears in a results summary, click on the results to see
if any are likely to confuse their customers or your potential customers.
Were there any designers or artists with your company name?