Amended Google Settlement Agreement Rejected by Court
Practice Area(s): Copyright Authors(s): Roberta S. BrenSuggesting an 'opt-in' settlement instead of an 'opt-out' settlement approach, Judge Chin of the Southern District of New York, rejected the...
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Practice Area(s): Copyright Practice Area(s): Pharmaceutical/Medical DevicesThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit recently ruled that Congress does not have the authority to subject states to...
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Two Strikes and You're Out: Copyright Protection Denied to Aqua Creations for...
Practice Area(s): Copyright Authors(s): Roberta S. Bren PDF: Aqua Creations USA Inc v Hilton Hotels Corp Memorandum and Opinion.pdfPDF Name: Aqua Creations USA Inc. v. Hilton Hotels Corp. Memorandum...
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Winning The Battle and the War Against the Postal Service . . . with Little...
Practice Area(s): Copyright Authors(s): Roberta S. Bren PDF: Frank Gaylord v. United States.pdfPDF Name: Frank Gaylord v. United States Forget about collecting statutory damages from the U.S. Postal...
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Copyright Office Issues Priorities for Coming Two Years
Practice Area(s): Copyright Authors(s): Jeffrey H. Kaufman PDF: Copyright Office Priorities 2011-13The Register of Copyrights of the U.S. Copyright Office has issued a list of priorities for the next...
View ArticleThe Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc.
Practice Area(s): Copyright Authors(s): Marybeth PetersBackground In 2005, The Authors Guild brought a class action law suit and five large publishers sued Google for its systematic...
View ArticleCopyright Office Will Raise Many Fees on Thursday, May 1, 2014
Practice Area(s): Copyright Authors(s): Marybeth PetersOn March 24, 2014 the Copyright Office published a final regulation on fees for its various services. See 79 FR 15910-15920. Some services are...
View ArticleThe U.S. Copyright Office Discourages Monkey Business
Practice Area(s): Copyright Authors(s): Roberta S. BrenOn August 19, 2014, the Register of Copyrights, Maria A. Pallante, released a public draft of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices,...
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