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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Sharing the Stage: How Tempo Music Investments LLC v. Miley Cyrus et al Reinforces Copyright Co-owner Rights

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A recent ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Central California in the lawsuit against Miley Cyrus and others for the song “Flowers” highlighted the power that a single copyright co-owner holds in...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Sellers of a Business: Know Thyself.

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So, you have decided to sell your business. Often this process starts with an inward reflection. You may have identified a good reason to sell, but many questions remain. Sellers at this early point often look to hire a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Dangers of Playing Nice: The IP Pitfalls Associated with Collaborative Branding

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Collaborative branding is a marketing strategy where two businesses collaborate to increase the value of their brands. This co-branding allows the partner companies to share the costs of the collaboration while also expanding...more

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Last Week In The Federal Circuit (March 14-18): Federal Circuit Says No Catch For Claims of Co-Ownership

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Last week’s big news was of course the official swearing in of Judge Stark. But there were plenty of other things happening at the Court. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and a detailed discussion of our case of...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

A Fine Line Between Co-Owner and Infringer

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Can an employee’s unpatentable “idea”, conceived under a duty to assign intellectual property, give rise to co-ownership in an invention conceived after employment terminates? That was the question on appeal in Bio-Rad...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Five Key Questions for Academic Medical Centers About Patent Ownership and Enforcement

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On this week’s episode, George Summerfield and Kelly Plummer explore five key questions academic medical centers often face with respect to patent ownership and enforcement. Their discussion covers a number of issues,...more

Kilpatrick

10 Key Takeaways - Identifying IP Issues and Mitigating Risks in Joint Development Agreements

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In today’s technology driven world, collaboration between companies is commonplace and virtually inevitable. Joint development projects, however, present unique risks with respect to the ownership and exploitation of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

A Joint Author Does Not Own Derived Material - Greene, et al. v. Ablon, et al.

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Addressing joint and derivative works under the Copyright Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found the district court erred in ruling that a single work cannot be both joint and derivative. Greene, et al. v....more

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European M+A News, Summer 2015

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IP Pitfalls in Tech M&A Transactions - Technology and IP-driven deals accounted for over 30 percent of M&A deal volume in Europe in 2014. This trend is bound to continue, with many deals involving strategic or financial...more

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