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Summary Judgment Denied Defendant in Declaratory Action by Producer of To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway Play Seeking Amateur Theatrical Rights
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<i>Online Extra</i>11th Circuit Ruling over Composer's Rights to 'Spank' Sets Precedent on Copyright Infringement
Alyson M. Palmer
Litigation over a 1970s disco song has set new copyright precedent at the Atlanta-based federal appeals court.
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Analysis of a recent key ruling.
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Prior Agreement Bars Termination of Song Rights
Brendan Pierson
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that music publisher EMI can keep the rights to the 1934 hit song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" for another 25 years.
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NEW JERSEY: Pre-Nup Says Payments Are Not Alimony: Bankruptcy Court Disagrees<br>CONNECTICUT: Suit Challenges State's Alimony Law on Constitutional Grounds
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David R. Geiger
MA Federal Court Holds 'Economic Loss Doctrine' Does Not Bar Claim for Breach of Implied Warranty
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'Reprehensible' Move to New York Was Nothing of The Kind
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Relearning the Learned Intermediary Doctrine
Brian Raphel
In typical product liability cases, the manufacturer owes a duty to the eventual consumer to warn of any risks associated with the product. However, in the context of prescription drug cases, courts have recognized that the prescribing doctors, and not their patients, are in the best position to weigh the risks and benefits of a given drug for a particular patient.
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<i>LifeScan v. Shasta Tech </i>
J. Gregory Chrisman
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Christopher Meta
The Federal Circuit panel discussed patent exhaustion in light of product claims, citing precedent where "the Supreme Court [has] repeatedly held, in addressing device patents, that the sale of a patented device exhausted the patent-holder's right to exclude, and that an infringement suit would not lie with respect to the subsequent sale or use of the device."
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