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- Title
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at Trade Shows: A Review and Recommendations.
- Authors
TRIMBLE, MARKETA
- Abstract
Trade shows (also referred to as trade fairs or exhibitions) are venues for the exchange of information about the newest intellectual property ("IP ") and can also be venues where disputes over IP rights arise or escalate. When trade shows become arenas for such disputes, IP right owners seek means to stop infringements of their IP rights on site--at the trade show and with immediate effect. This article reviews from a comparative perspective the options that IP right owners have for immediate relief at trade shows. After considering the limitations that current law imposes on temporary restraining orders in the United States, the article explores alternative dispute resolution ("ADR ") mechanisms that some trade show organizers around the world have created to deal with IP rights disputes. The article assesses ADR mechanisms not as alternatives to, but as complements to, court proceedings and points out the positive and negative aspects of ADR mechanisms when the mechanisms are used to address IP rights disputes at trade shows. Drawing on the experiences from other countries, the article recommends that courts support IP rights enforcement at trade shows through the adoption of certain accommodation practices, which can complement ADR mechanisms.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INTELLECTUAL property infringement; TRADE shows; INTELLECTUAL property lawsuits; RESTRAINING orders; DISPUTE resolution; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 2, p277
- ISSN
1046-4344
- Publication type
Article