Mary LaFrance

Publications

Books

Mary LaFrance, Understanding International Intellectual Property Law (forthcoming).

Mary LaFrance, Lon Sobel & Geoffrey Scott, Entertainment Law on a Global Stage (forthcoming). 

Mary LaFrance, Donald Chisum, Tyler Ochoa & Shubha Ghosh, Understanding Intellectual Property Law (Matthew Bender/LexisNexis, forthcoming).

Mary LaFrance, Copyright Law in a Nutshell (2d ed., West 2011).

Mary LaFrance, Understanding Trademark Law (2d. ed., LexisNexis 2009).

David Lange, Mary LaFrance & Gary Myers, Intellectual Property Cases and Materials (3d ed., Thomson West 2007).

David Lange, Mary LaFrance & Gary Myers, Teacher’s Manual to accompany David Lange, Mary LaFrance & Gary Myers, Intellectual Property Cases and Materials (3d ed., Thomson West 2007).

Mary LaFrance, Global Issues in Copyright Law (West 2009).

Book Contributions

Mary LaFrance, Passing Off, in Common Law and Civil Law Systems in Intellectual Property (Toshiko Takenaka ed., Edward Elgar Publ’g, forthcoming).

Mary LaFrance, Who Is an Author?, in Intellectual Property and Information Wealth (Peter Yu ed., Praeger 2007).

Articles

Mary LaFrance, The Disappearing Fourth Wall: Ethics, Law and Experiential Theatre (forthcoming).

Mary LaFrance, Initial Impressions: Trademark Protection for Abbreviations of Generic or Descriptive Terms, 45 Akron L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2012).

Mary LaFrance, From Whether to How: The Challenge of Implementing a Full Public Performance Right in Sound Recordings, 2 Harv. J. Sports & Ent. L. 221 (2011).

Mary LaFrance & Gail H. Cline, Identical Cousins? On the Road with Dilution and the Right of Publicity, 24 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 641 (2008).

Mary LaFrance, No Reason to Live: Dilution Laws as Unconstitutional Restrictions on Commercial Speech, 58 S.C. L. Rev. 709 (2007).

Mary LaFrance, Steam Shovels and Lipstick: Trademarks, Greed, and the Public Domain, 6 Nev. L.J. 447 (2006).

Mary LaFrance, When You Wish Upon Dastar: Creative Provenance and the Lanham Act, 23 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 197 (2005), reprinted in 38 Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 371 (2006).

Mary LaFrance, A Comparative Study of United States and Japanese Laws on Collaborative Inventions, and the Impact of Those Laws on Technology Transfers, 2005 IIP Bull. 86.

Mary LaFrance, Innovations Palpitations: The Confusing Status of Geographically Misdescriptive Trademarks, 12 J. Intell. Prop. L. 125 (2004).

Mary LaFrance, Something Borrowed, Something New: The Changing Role of Novelty in Idea Protection Law, 34 Seton Hall L. Rev. 485 (2004), reprinted in 37 Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 679 (2005).

Mary LaFrance, Nevada’s Employee Inventions Statute: Novel, Nonobvious, and Patently Wrong, 3 Nev. L.J. 88 (2002).

Mary LaFrance, Authorship and Termination Rights in Sound Recordings, 75 S. Cal. L. Rev. 375 (2002).

Mary LaFrance, Congress TRIPs Over International Law: WTO Finds Unfairness in Music Licensing Act, 11 Depaul-LCA J. Art & Ent. L. & Pol’y 397 (2002).

Mary LaFrance, Authorship, Dominance, and the Captive Collaborator: Preserving the Rights of Joint Authors, 50 Emory L.J. 193 (2001).

Mary LaFrance, Trouble in Transamerica: Deferred Compensation, Contingent Debt, and Overstated Basis, 15 Va. Tax Rev. 685 (1996), digested in 47 Monthly Dig. Tax Articles, Aug. 1997, at 37.

Mary LaFrance, Days of Our Lives: The Impact of Section 197 on the Depreciation of Copyrights, Patents and Related Property, 24 Hofstra L. Rev. 317 (1995).

Mary LaFrance, The Separate Tax Status of Loan-Out Corporations, 48 Vand. L. Rev. 879 (1995), digested in 46 Monthly Dig. Tax Articles, Mar. 1996, at 1.

Mary LaFrance, Constitutional Implications of Acquisition-Value Real Property Taxation: The Elusive Rational Basis, 1994 Utah L. Rev. 817 (1994).

Mary LaFrance, Constitutional Implications of Acquisition-Value Real Property Taxation: Assessing the Burdens on Travel and Commerce, 1994 Utah L. Rev. 1027 (1994).

Alan S. Kaden & Mary LaFrance, Installment Method Asset Sales by S Corporations, 39 Am. U. L. Rev. 915 (1990), digested in 42 Monthly Dig. Tax Articles, Feb. 1992, at 15, and Tax Notes, May 13, 1991.

Lisa A. Krupicka & Mary LaFrance, Note, Developments Under the Freedom of Information Act—1984, 1985 Duke L.J. 742.

Commentaries, Essays, and Reveiws

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Music Downloads as Reproductions Rather than Public Performances, 2010 Emerging Issues 5365 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on the Application of the Ordinary Observer Test in Richardson, 2010 Emerging Issues 5293 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on the Demise of the Point-of-Novelty Test, 2010 Emerging Issues 5287 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Distinguishing between Sales and Licenses of Software, 2010 Emerging Issues 5350 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, Is Federal Government an Owner or an Infringer of Copyright in War Memorial?, 2010 Emerging Issues 5337 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on the Registration of Sound Marks on the Principal Register, 2010 Emerging Issues 4818 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Employee Ownership of Federally-Funded Inventions, 2010 Emerging Issues 4809 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Right of Publicity and False Endorsement: Armstrong v. Eagle Rock, 2009 Emerging Issues 4771 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on the Seventh Circuit's Approach to Joint Authorship in Copyright Law, 2009 Emerging Issues 4520 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Trademark Infringement for Removal of Product Codes from Packaging, 2009 Emerging Issues 4502 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on the Unlicensed Merchandising of University Trademarks, 2009 Emerging Issues 3609 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on the Abandonment of the Point-of-Novelty Test for Design Patent, 2009 Emerging Issues 3516 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Zila v. Tinnell, 502 F.3d 1014 (9th Cir. 2007), 2008 Emerging Issues 1758 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Quanta Computer, Inc., v. LG Electronics, Inc., 2008 Emerging Issues 2401 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Copyright Owners Right to Reproduce Collective Works, 2008 Emerging Issues 2838 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Trademark Protection for Abbreviations of Generic Terms in Welding Services, 2008 Emerging Issues 2826 (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Injunctive Relief for IP Infringement Post eBay v. MercExchange, 2008 Emerging Issues 1596 (2007) (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Software as a “Component” of a Patented Invention under Section 271(f), 2008 Emerging Issues 1299 (2007) (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on Arminak & Assocs., Inc. v. Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc., 2008 Emerging Issues 1616 (2007) (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, LaFrance on In re Beaverton Foods Inc., 2008 Emerging Issues 1298 (2007) (LexisNexis).

Mary LaFrance, Book Review, Patent Medicine: “Innovation & Its Discontents” Diagnoses a Broken System, Mobile Press-Register (January 7, 2007) (reviewing Jaffe & Lerner, Innovation and Its Discontents)

Mary LaFrance, The Study of Intellectual Property at the William S. Boyd School of Law, 65 Chizaiken Forum 71 (2006).

Mary LaFrance, Politics, Gay Rights, and the Light at the End of the Rainbow, 1 Nev. L.J. 441 (2001) (reviewing The Politics of Gay Rights (Craig A. Rimmerman, Kenneth D. Wald & Clyde Wilcox eds., Univ. Chi. Press 2000)).

Mary LaFrance, Book Review, 15 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 199 (1992) (reviewing Paul A. Baumgarten, Donald C. Farber & Mark Fleischer, Producing, Financing and Distributing Film: A Comprehensive Legal and Business Guide (Limelight Editions 1992)).

Practice Oriented Publications

Mary LaFrance, Recent Developments in Copyright Law: Technology and International Trade Play Starring Roles, Fed. Law., May 2002, at 42.

Mary LaFrance, Defining Marriage: What Ballot Question 2 Doesn’t Do, Nev. Law., Oct. 2002, at 15.

Mary LaFrance, New Laws, New Technology: Copyright Law Struggles with Change, Nev. Law., Jan. 2002, at 15.

Mary LaFrance on the Scholarly Commons