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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Fifth Circuit Supports Perpetual License as Remedy for Video-Game Dispute<br>Musical Composition Doesn't Infringe Screenplay<br>Redigi Resales Case Factors Into Digital-Download Royalty Litigation

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Tax Planning for Nonresident Alien Artists

Andrew B. Blackman

The independent contractor nonresident alien (NRA) who has a high level of U.S. tax-related operating expenses may wish to consider the feasibility of obtaining a Central Withholding Agreement (CWA) or otherwise be saddled with 30% tax withholding on his or her gross fees.

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Expected Impact of Supreme Court First-Sale Ruling

Lisa Shuchman

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in <i>Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley &amp; Sons</i>, that a legally obtained copyrighted work can be imported into the United States and resold without permission from the copyright owner, even if it was manufactured and sold overseas, has broad legal ramifications going forward, intellectual property attorneys say.

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Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, Ksenia Takhistova & Joseph Mercadante

Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

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Supreme Court's <i>Kirtsaeng</i> Decision Fuels 'First Sale' Debate

Andrew Pequignot

Publishers frequently charge different prices in foreign markets, and they have argued that allowing unrestricted importation threatens that practice. In March, the Supreme Court squarely addressed this issue for the first time in <i>John Wiley &amp; Sons Inc. v. Kirtsaeng</i> and held that the first-sale doctrine does in fact apply to copies made overseas and, as a result, these copies could be purchased in foreign markets and legally resold in the United States.

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Chris Bussert

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

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Analysis and discussion of several major rulings.

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Two recent rulings and what they mean.

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In-depth analysis of a key ruling.

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