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Issue 8, July, 2003 |
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Is your organization using illegal software? The Business Software Alliance wants to know! What is the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and why is it calling? Periodically, the BSA conducts city-by-city anti-piracy campaigns. Its February 2003 campaign targeted software end users in seven cities including Chicago. BSA’s last campaign in Indianapolis occurred in January 2002. During a campaign, organizations in the targeted cities are typically given a one-month grace period to come into compliance with their software licenses and/or purchase additional licenses. LEARN MORE Don’t Let Your Brand Become Part of a Scam If you own a registered trademark, do you know which of the following statements are true? (1) When the U.S. implements the Madrid Protocol on November 2, 2003, by filing a single trademark application in English with the United States Trademark Office (who will work with the World International Property Organization), a U.S. company also can have the application filed in over 50 foreign countries. (2) In March 2003, the Company for Publications and Information Anstalt, working with the Registration to the Publication of Brand Names of the International Economy, began offering a one-step procedure for registering and renewing trademark registrations in 23 countries, including the U.S. (3) In May 2004, when the European Union expands to add ten new countries, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market automatically will extend the protection of existing European Community trademark registrations to the new member countries. LEARN MORE Diligence in "Reduction to Practice" Protects Investments Companies commit large amounts of capital to the development of inventions, such as new products or processes. To protect their investments in these inventions, companies often file one or more patent applications disclosing and claiming these inventions. The resulting patents are used to prevent competitors from copying the claimed inventions, to collect damages from those who do, or to generate revenue through licensing arrangements. The U.S. Patent Office presumes that the filing date of a patent application is the date of invention. However, instances can arise wherein a company needs to establish an earlier date of invention. LEARN MORE | |
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