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Tensions Between Authors' Contracts for Book Publishing and Film Production Rights
The agreements authors make with companies that publish their books ' and with the production companies that make films based on those books ' have changed significantly over the past several years. Due in part to the kind of films currently being produced and to available new technologies (particularly for books), these changes have introduced conflicting overlaps between the two types of contracts.
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Global Corruption Enforcement
For multinational corporations, reducing the risks and concomitant expenses associated with corrupt employee behavior must be a priority. This article discusses the benefits of embedding compliance doctrine within operations, and how businesses could market integrity and compliance to gain a competitive advantage.
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Federal Circuit Limits ITC's Indirect Patent Infringement Authority
On Dec. 13, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a landmark decision limiting the statutory authority of the International Trade Commission (ITC) to remedy indirect infringement, holding "that an exclusion order based on a violation of 19 U.S.C. '1337(a)(1)(B)(i) may not be predicated on a theory of induced infringement under 35 U.S.C. '271(b) where direct infringement does not occur until after importation of the articles the exclusion order would bar."
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Supreme Court Rejects Review of 'Shopping Cart' Patents
Soverain Software, the e-commerce company whose $2.5 million jury win for infringement of its "shopping cart" patents was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, failed to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to take its appeal.
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Decoding Encrypted Documents in Cross-Border e-Discovery
Organizations should develop a strategy to determine whether encryption will be an issue as early as possible in a case. It is also important at the outset to develop a process for handling these very complicated document sets when time is of the essence and when local privacy laws must be considered.
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Amend Your Arbitration Clause to Comply with New Rules
Franchising companies often select arbitration to resolve issues with their franchisees and critical vendors. An arbitral forum allows the parties to discuss and resolve marketing initiatives outside of the prying eyes of the media and competitors. Although some companies welcome the limitations on appeals of arbitration awards as an advantage in reaching finality of business disputes, others find it a reason to avoid arbitration, because the costs of a bad outcome can be high.
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Net News
Ninth Circuit Cool to Privacy Claims against Facebook, Zynga <br>Cooley Advises LegalZoom in Private Equity Infusion
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Bit Parts
Hulk Hogan Denied Temporary Injunction Against Publication of Sex Tape<br>Publisher's Copyright Registration Permits Songwriter's Estate to Pursue Infringement Claim<br>'Vampyres' Book Didn't Defame Plaintiff with Same Name as Fictional Character
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IP News
Federal Circuit Takes Hard Look at a More Permissive Standard for Fee-shifting <br>Federal Circuit Confirms that Prosecution History Estoppel Applies to Design Patents<br>FDCA Does Not Preempt State Unfair Competition Claims
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BRIC by BRIC
When the United States passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in 1977, it made a long-term investment, arguably at the cost of near-term competitiveness, in the ability of the U.S. economy to raise corporate and ethical best practices globally. With a number of reforms now underway in Brazil, Russia, India and China (the high-growth, high-risk BRIC countries), it appears the investment is paying dividends.
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