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ARTICLE ABOUT THE MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO COPYRIGHT HOLDERS IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE EDUCATION CENTER
The Music Modernization Act (MMA) became law on October 11, 2018, which brought powerful changes to U.S. Copyright laws. An article by Jose Landivar entitled, “The Music Modernization Act: A Primer for Copyright Holders” explains the impact this...
Read ArticleTHE MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT: A PRIMER FOR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
On October 11, 2018, the Music Modernization Act (MMA) was signed into law resulting in one of the most significant legislative changes to the copyright law in the United States in the last 50 years. The bipartisan legislation, which was written by...
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ON JUNE 14, 2019 THE US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT HELD THAT SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY DOES NOT APPLY TO STATE AGENCIES NOR INDIAN TRIBES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR PATENTS FROM CHALLENGE
On June 14th, in Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corporation, the Federal Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals reached the same conclusion as was given in a similar case back in 2018 that Native American tribes do not get Sovereign...
Read ArticleU.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT HAS HELD THAT NEITHER STATE AGENCIES NOR INDIAN TRIBES ENJOY SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD PROTECT THEIR PATENTS FROM CHALLENGE IN THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Introduction On July 20, 2018 in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Allergan, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Dyk, Moore and Reyna JJ) held that Native American (“Indian”) Tribes...
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LADAS ATTORNEY DISCUSSED CHANGES IN INTERNATIONAL IP AT THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION
Ladas attorney Kevin Thompson recently gave a talk entitled, “Pitfalls in International IP and March 2019 Law Update,” in which he gave an overview of upcoming changes to intellectual property law and practice in the UK and EU as a result of...
Read Article SCOTUS HOLDS LARGE COPYRIGHT COSTS AWARD IN RIMINI STREET V. ORACLE IS NOT PERMISSIBLE
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court in Rimini Street, Inc. et al v. Oracle USA, Inc. et al to award damages for costs in the amount of $12.8 million in a copyright infringement law suit....
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