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U.S. Supreme Court allows application of first-sale doctrine to books published abroad
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 21 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that a Thai student who came to the United States to study mathematics at Cornell University and earned money
Science publishers voluntarily dismiss part of copyright infringement case against law firm
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- September 20 2012
The companies that claim law firms violate their copyrights in scientific articles when the firms submit copies of the articles with patent applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have sought leave to amend their complaint by withdrawing these claims but will move forward with claims that additional copies the firms make infringe the companies’ copyrights
USPTO seeks to intervene in publisher’s copyright infringement suit against law firm
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 21 2012
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has filed a motion to intervene, and an answer and counterclaim, in litigation brought by scientific-journal publishers against a law firm for alleged copyright infringement involving articles on prior art copied and submitted with its clients’ patent applications
Fourth Circuit joins others to adopt predicate-act doctrine for foreign copyright infringement
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- June 21 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has adopted the predicate-act doctrine “which posits that a plaintiff may collect damages from foreign violations of the Copyright Act so long as the foreign conduct stems from a domestic infringement.”
NIH to fund research on shelved pharma compounds, private sector to retain IP rights
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 17 2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has entered a memorandum of understanding (MOA) with several large pharmaceutical companies under which the companies will provide government-funded researchers with selected material and information relating to compounds no longer under active development
Science publisher claims submission of prior art to USPTO involves copyright infringement
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 15 2012
A New Jersey-based publishing company has filed copyright infringement lawsuits in federal courts in two states against law firms that submitted citations to or copies of copyrighted articles from scientific journals to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with their clients’ patent applications
USPTO General Counsel issues paper on fair use of non-patent literature in examination process
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- February 2 2012
The Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released a position paper after receiving a number of inquiries about copyright infringement and the use of non-patent literature (NPL) in the patent examination process
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- Author - Madeleine McDonough
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- Workarea - Copyrights