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Google This: Google and YouTube Win Summary Judgment in Copyright Infringement War with Viacom
Publication Date: 2010-06-23
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It's not over, but the first round goes to the tech guys.

October 15, 2009 |

Copyright Fair Use: A Comment On the Parody Defense

Alan R. Friedman, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, writes that the recent ruling in Salinger v. Colting provides some reassurance to copyright owners that more than an after-the-fact rationale as to how the putative parody transforms and comments on the original is required and that the proffered parody will be subject to scrutiny. However, just as the criteria for determining when a parody qualifies as fair use are imprecise, the rigor with which the proffered parody is to be scrutinized is not subject to an established standard. As a result, the outcome in these cases appears to depend heavily on how great the deference (or strict the scrutiny) the judge hearing the case applies when evaluating whether the proffered parody qualifies as a "fair use" under Campbell.
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August 10, 2005 |

Addressing Novel Legal Issues in Virtual Property

There is a growing debate over the "virtual property" that gamers can accumulate in online video games, and how legal systems should deal with this new form of property. Attorneys Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss some of the novel legal issues raised by this unique species of property, and how major gaming companies are starting to deal with those issues.
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February 01, 2000 |

In-House IP Lawyers May Lose Key Job

Are intellectual property lawyers missing out on the new "new thing"? Patent guru Kevin Rivette says they are. Rivette says many members of the intellectual property bar often are overlooked when companies seek candidates for positions that are new in the corporate world: managers of intellectual property assets.
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September 27, 2013 |

Defections, Key Client Loss Take Toll at Dow Lohnes

A former Am Law 200 firm with offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., Dow Lohnes has seen its attorney ranks cut nearly in half over the past three years amid a spate of lateral defections. Now—down to fewer than 100 lawyers and hurt by the loss of key client Cox Enterprises—the firm is engaged in merger talks with possible suitors, according to a half-dozen sources interviewed by The Am Law Daily.
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Madoff Roundup: Trustee Picard Looks for Offshore Counsel, Files Suits at Home, and Sells Opening Day Tickets
Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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Last week was a busy one for Irving Picard, the Baker & Hostetler partner and Madoff bankruptcy trustee. With Madoff assets here, there, and everywhere, he's working to secure them.

December 27, 2011 |

Stolen credit cards go for $3.50 online

In mid-September, a European hacker nicknamed Poxxie broke into the computer network of a U.S. company and, he said, grabbed 1,400 credit card numbers, the account holders' names and addresses, and the security code that comes with each card.With little trouble, he sold the numbers for $3.50 each on his own site, called CVV2s.
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October 06, 2005 |

One Lawyer's Amazonian Adventure

Patent attorneys are used to going up against big companies for infringement, but for Pillsbury partner James Gatto, the battle is getting personal. That's because the attorney is fighting Amazon.com for infringement on his personal patent, an almost unheard of situation in the IP legal community. The case has already caused a bit of havoc for Gatto's old firms, including Baker Botts, Hunton & Williams and Mintz Levin, which have all been subpoenaed by Amazon's Kirkland & Ellis lawyers.
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February 01, 2007 |

IP's Brave New World

Over 2.5 million people have visited the online virtual world, Second Life. Instead of showy graphics and rapid-fire gameplay, Second Life offers its players something unique: intellectual property rights over their own creations within the world. But how are IP rights enforced in a virtual world? Real-life (and virtual) attorney Philip Cooper and others are now working to formalize online arbitration as a required first step in Second Life disputes, without resorting to real courts and their costs.
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