The year 2013 may be a watershed in the music industry. It is the year that opens a new window in the Copyright Act through which many post-1977 grants of rights under copyright potentially could be terminated.
More than seven years after the <i>Omega S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corp.</i> case began, there has been no trial and the case is now back at the Ninth Circuit for a second time.
At least one United States District Court has approved of specific procedures to adequately assure utility providers of payment following a bankruptcy filing.
If sued as a contributory infringer under 35 U.S.C. § 271(c), a software company can prevail if it establishes that the accused software has a substantial non-infringing use. In many cases addressing this issue, however, software companies have usually failed to establish this defense. This article summarizes the particular circumstances that gave rise to these failures, and proposes a particular scenario under which a defendant may succeed in showing that its software is suitable for substantial non-infringing use.
Capmark's sale of its remaining Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Business is a recent example of the approval of a sale of assets under ' 363 of the Bankruptcy Code following the confirmation of a debtor's plan.
Sometimes a lethal combination of a proceeding's cost and deleterious operational effect will result in forced liquidation rather than restructure. Such was the dilemma faced by economically troubled GGI in June 2010.
To help ensure client retention, firms need to put in place a long-term, multipronged client transition plan at least two years before a partner's retirement. With the eldest of the baby boomers turning 65 in 2011 that means such planning must begin now.
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Cloud computing may be here to stay, but is it truly safer than the solutions that it's outmoding? The Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA) thinks there's a path to greater security, publishing for law firms its first "Cloud Security Doctrine."
As brands mature over time, their owners often seek to update marks that are subject to a federal registration or registration application. In some cases, the impetus for the amendment may be deliberately to freshen, tweak, or otherwise modernize the subject mark. In other cases, brand owners may recognize after the fact that their current usage of a mark does not match the mark as originally registered or applied for.
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
