In this day and age, so much of our professional and personal life exists on the internet. This has become especially true over the last half-dozen years — and with much of the world at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet was the conduit through which we stayed connected to family, friends and colleagues.
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The Newest Edition of The State of Scholarly Metadata Report Will Provide an Updated Snapshot of the Current Metadata Supply Chain and Highlight Industry Initiatives to Improve Metadata Management Across the Research Lifecycle May 23, 2024 – Danvers, Mass. – CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces that the newest
Chief Judges Leonard P. Stark and Christopher S. Sontchi have announced procedures for protecting the public and court employees from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Chief Judges stated that the District Court and Bankruptcy Court will, if practicable and efficient, conduct conferences and hearings telephonically. Additionally, if practitioners believe they have come into
Patent Litigation Triggers There are a few different reasons as to why a dispute may arise regarding a patent. The following are all possible causes to the initiation of patent litigation that are commonly seen. Allegations of Patent Infringement Patent infringement occurs when a party utilizes, makes, sells, or imports a patented invention without the
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Dear Rich: I want to use a small portion of lyrics from a copyrighted song (We’re Off To See The Wizard,” by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen) in a first novel currently being written. Songview, the search service made available at the BMI website says the song is 50% controlled by the writer and 50%
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In 2022, the U.S. Copyright Office welcomed Dr. Brent Lutes to serve as the Office’s first chief economist. Office staff recently sat down with Dr. Lutes and discussed the intersection of economics and copyright as well as some forthcoming economic research the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) is producing. What is the mission of
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The internet has completely changed how we consume entertainment in today’s digital age. Digital piracy, albeit convenient, has a negative side. The entertainment sector, copyright holders, and even customers are now quite concerned about movie sites that provide stolen content. This article seeks to list some of the movie websites that are known to host
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Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the post on the writs against the recent Patent Examiner recruitments, Delhi High Court decisions in the Under Armour case, the InterDigital-Xiaomi SEP litigation, and the Court’s ex-parte interim injunctions in the “Aap ki Adalat” case. Anything we are missing out on, feel
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After years of thrashing out the text of the proposed update to the EU Copyright Directive, we have come to what is almost certainly the final vote, in the European Parliament plenary early next week. You might think at this stage that it would be all over, with nothing new emerging, and most people simply
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LIFES Aims to Address the Challenges of Global Data Reuse by Facilitating an Ecosystem That Enables FAIR Principles June 5, 2024 – Danvers, Mass. – CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announced its collaboration with key industry stakeholders to launch the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES). In