Equity

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EQUITABLE REMEDIES - General requirements

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i) No adequate legal remedy
ii) Some property right or protectable interest
iii) Enforcement is feasible, practicable & effective
iv) Hardships balanced in P’s favor

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WHAT ARE LEGAL REMEDIES?

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money damages, replevin, ejectment

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WHETHER AN EQUITABLE REMEDY IS FEASIBLE DEPENDS ON

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complexity, duration, location --- more likely if negative vs. mandatory injunction

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PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS - Added elements:

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i) Likelihood of success on the merits
ii) P will suffer irreparable harm in absence of injunction

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EQUITABLE REMEDIES - SPECIAL DEFENSES

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i) Unclean hands
ii) Estoppel
iii) Impossibility or hardship
iv) Laches (i.e. prejudicial delay & detrimental reliance)
v) First Amendment - see Con Law. But a court will protect IP, trade secrets