LEGL 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cracker Barrel, Patent Infringement, Trademark Dilution
8 May 2017
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Tenant has a leasehold estate, the right to occupy it. If one dies, their share automatically goes to other share holders equally: tenancy in common, a=50% b=25% c=12. 5% d=12. 5, do not have to have equal shares, each tenant owns specific percentage, may be different, no right of survivorship. Has to be the only one there: continuous, must be continuous period of time, wrongful, has to be there without owner"s permission, for a prescribed period of time, we have this law so that property doesn"t become vacant. It would lose its value if it became public: example: formulas, plans, reports, manuals, research, knowledge of customers and suppliers, two elements of a trade secret claim, 1) establish that a trade secret exists. If you"re an employee of a company where you create things, owner of copyright is the owner of the company.
