Equalizing the Playing Field: The Time has Come for Secondary Meaning in the Making in Small Restaurant Trade Dress Infringement Cases

Imagine it is opening day for your first restaurant. It has taken months, if not years, to get to this point and you have spent a lot of money in developing the menu, artist style, and feel for the restaurant. A few months after the opening of your restaurant, a competing restaurant, right down the block from your restaurant, opens its doors; its menu and overall look are virtually indistinguishable from your restaurant. You are left wondering what remedies, if any, you have as a small restaurant owner. This was the case for Chef Rebecca Charles and her Pearl Oyster Bar in New York City

Performance Results and Characteristics of Adopters of Genetically Engineered Soybeans in Delaware

Genetically engineered (GE) soybeans first became available to farmers in 1996. Despite the common questions regarding any new crop technology, the new seeds were rapidly adopted. This study examines the characteristics of adopters, as well as yield and weed control cost changes, using survey results from Delaware farmers at the start of the 2000 season. Duration analysis reveals that earlier-adopting farmers had larger farms and tended to use computers for financial management, while regression analysis shows significantly lower weed control costs and, to a lesser extent, higher yields for GE soybeans.Crop Production/Industries,

Consumer Interest in Environmentally Beneficial Chicken Feeds: Comparing High Available Phosphorus Corn and Other Varieties

One source of phosphorous pollution in areas of high chicken production is runoff from fields using fertilizer from these operations. A potential solution is to feed chicken high available phosphorus (HAP) corn, reducing phosphorus in manure. This study examined consumer purchase likelihood of chickens fed HAP, created traditionally or through genetic modification, and other genetically modified (GM) corn including Bt and Roundup-ready. Survey results from the Delmarva Peninsula found considerable interest in non-GM HAP corn, although GM HAP corn was not typically viewed as more acceptable than other GM varieties. Overall, the marketplace appears open to products geared toward environmental benefits.chicken, conjoint analysis, corn, genetically modified, heteroscedastic, phosphorus pollution, Tobit, Environmental Economics and Policy, Q13, D12, C24,

Comparing Willingness to Pay for Organic, Natural, Locally Grown, and State Marketing Program Promoted Foods in the Mid-Atlantic Region

A choice experiment of Mid-Atlantic consumers was conducted to determine marginal willingness to pay for the attributes organic, natural, locally grown, and state marketing program promoted for strawberry preserves. The influence of purchasing venue on willingness to pay was also examined. Results indicated a price premium when purchased at a farmers market across all five states and versions. Organic was preferred to natural in only one state. Preference ordering between local and state program promoted varied. Consumers in Maryland and Pennsylvania clearly preferred local, while those in New Jersey seemed most likely to prefer the state program version.organic, natural, locally grown, state marketing program, choice experiment, Consumer/Household Economics, Demand and Price Analysis, Marketing,

Water-Soluble Phosphates

You\u27ve been hearing more and more about water solubility in phosphorus fertilizers within the past few years. Some folks may have wondered whether water solubility- the actual ability to dissolve in water- is actually important or of value. And if water solubility is good in phosphorus fertilizers, when is this factor important

Response in yield and leaf composition of soybean varieties to phosphorus, potassium, and calcium carbonate materials

Yield responses of soybeans [Glycine Max (L.) Merrill] to phosphorus and potassium fertilizers have the reputation of being small and inconsistent unless the soil tests low to very low with respect to these elements. Consequently, soybean fertilization is commonly left to the residual effect of fertilization of other crops in the rotation such as corn. Field experiments were conducted with the general objective to investigate means whereby the magnitude and consistency of soybean responses to fertilization may be improved. Differential responses exist in corn. Jones (18) concluded that some inbred lines have a lower K requirement than others and also are more sensitive to high K levels. Differential responses among soybean varieties may be studied in a side-by-side comparison in fertilizer trials, and measurement of differential responses among four varieties was the primary objective of this work

What About Fertilizers in Dry Years

Depsite some of the highest yields in history, there were some expressions of disappointment with fertilizers last year. Just what actually happened in 1954? Why not in 1953? This analysis by Iowa State College soils experts indicates not only what happened, but also what to expect in the future

Fertilizer production functions for corn and oats; Including an analysis of irrigated and residual response

This study includes predictions of fertilizer production functions for four experiments. The experiments on Clarion and McPaul soils contain predictions of total and marginal yields, isoquants and marginal rates of substitution, isoclines and economic optima. Similar analyses for the other two experiments, conducted on Carrington soil during successive growing seasons, were not warranted because insufficient rainfall limited yield responses. The experiments included in this study were based on partially replicated factorial designs. The experiment with corn on Clarion silt loam in 1954 included nitrogen, phosphorus and potash as variable nutrients. The production function, isoquants and isoclines are represented by equations a, b, c, d, e, f and g. In these equations (and equations listed below), N, P and K denote the pounds per acre of nitrogen, P2O5 and K20, respectively. Isoquant and isocline equations were derived for each pair of nutrients. Hence, there are three of each of these equations. The α in the isocline equations represents a constant price or substitution ratio

Your Corn May Need Potassium

Shortages od potassium in Iowa soils aren\u27t as widespread as those for nitrogen and phosphorus. But deficiences are common, and severe in certain areas, Here\u27s the Iowa situation and some help in finding out the needs of your corn

A CONJOINT ANALYSIS OF PAPER DEMAND BY COMMERCIAL GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

Conjoint analysis was used to evaluate the preferences of graphic designers toward kenaf paper. Results indicate that price is of overwhelming importance to designers in their purchasing decisions regarding paper stock. If priced competitively with existing wood and recycled papers, kenaf products should gain market share among designers.Demand and Price Analysis,