Cross-Border Intellectual Property Litigation 1. What is the territoriality principle and how does it impact cross border intellectual property litigation? Throughout history‚ we have witnessed the territorial conception of national and international intellectual property law face an array of global challenges. According to the principle of territoriality‚ the possibility of protecting an IP right is limited to the territory of the country where the right is granted. In other words‚ it is fundamentally
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is a drug‚ and it’s time we stop looking at it through rose-coloured glasses and see it for the life destroying substance it is. It is a recreational drug that has a profound negative effect on the human body; specifically the nervous‚ digestive and excretory systems. Alcohol should be made illegal because people under the influence of this drug have an increased likeliness of undertaking risky behaviours‚ alcohol places a burden on the health
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Illegal Drug Use During the Vietnam War‚ American soldiers and officials used illegal drugs such as marijuana‚ heroin and opium to release stress from war and to kill the pain of an injury. The uses of narcotics were not strictly monitored and were sold at low prices increasing the amount of usage. The use of illicit drugs may have also resulted in some sexual assaults that led to children with mixed nationalities. Before the Americans came into Vietnam‚ drug laws were not well determined and people
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Legal or Illegal Drugs? Drugs are a common part of everyday life. In fact‚ it is highly likely that there are drugs of some sort in your cupboard. They are classified into two categories: legal and illegal. Legal drugs include alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and pharmaceutical drugs‚ while illegal drugs include marijuana‚ amphetamines and heroin. The media often portrays a biased‚ negative view on illegal drugs‚ however legal drugs often have the same effects as illegal drugs‚ if not worse. Illegal drugs can
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Consequently‚ marijuana has impacted the lives of us humans in a lively manner. Even though marijuana is an illegal drug‚ there is only so much the law enforcement can do with the countless amount of people that does not wish to listen so that’s when the American government takes in fighting the supposed evilness of marijuana. As a result‚ it does fry our brain functions‚ such as our memory‚ coordination‚ learning ability‚ to our problem solving. To stay illegal causes‚ us no difference in its use‚ but inflicts
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Abortion: Should it be legal or Illegal Audrianna Sanders American Government Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for a very long time. Due to the severity of the consequences of an abortion the moral and religious elements involved‚ this is an ethical controversy and has divided people for decades. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? In many eyes abortion is sought to be rather disturbing‚ unethical‚ and immoral. Only in extreme
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Doctors Without Borders: Customs-Free Physicians In times of war‚ civilians bear the greatest amount of suffering. Often during gory conflicts villages are destroyed‚ women are raped‚ children become severely malnourished‚ and access to medical care becomes extremely challenging. In other instances‚ it may be a powerful natural disaster that cripples an entire region or country. Many states are either unable or unwilling to provide necessary medical care during a crisis. Tragedies‚ such as these
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INTRODUCTION The United States-Mexico border has always been viewed as a location or space of immense chaos‚ often a place for criminal stories‚ where families are separated‚ where social imaginaries and representations can be constructed. This is the image often portrayed through social media‚ reinforcing and creating such border stereotypes (Iglesias-Prieto‚ “Border Representations” 186–87). In spaces like these‚ individuals‚ more specifically‚ children‚ create perceptions and social representations
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Making Hate Speech Illegal What would happen if we were to make hate speech illegal? Hate speech can be defined as “verbal‚ written‚ and symbolic acts that convey a grossly negative view of particular persons or groups based on their gender‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability.” ("Glossary." Glossary. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. .) Would making hate speech illegal disable it’s force or would it affirm its power? In the article‚ Performing Gender Identity Young Men’s
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gives rise to the text? The building of fences along the Mexico-Arizona border gives rise to the text. Few can see in person what the process of building the wall looks like. Illegal immigration subsists as an escalating concern at the U.S.-Mexico border and throughout the nation. The entry and the journey of illegal aliens have riveted a massive amount of Americans. The story of the migrants traversing the Mexico-Arizona border has captivated many people. Who is the author‚ and what is the author’s
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