Archive for June 2012
COURT: THE PITCH IS THE THING
In a ruling that may make it even harder to get face time with TV and movie studio executives to pitch an idea (“it’s like Sunrise at Campobello meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer“), the Second Circuit has ruled that claims for theft of idea arising out of such encounters are not pre-empted by the Copyright…
Read MoreCOURT: ICE GUM NOT REALLY THAT COOL
After chewing on a dispute between Wrigley and Cadbury over patents covering their competing “ice” gum products for more than eight years, the courts have declared a draw.
Read MoreGOOGLE LIBRARY PROJECT CASE NOW A REAL LAWSUIT
It has been seven years since The Authors Guild and some of its individual members first filed suit against Google, charging that its Library Project—to the extent it posted “snippets” of works still in copyright—constituted a massive copyright infringement. Initially, Google welcomed the class action as a vehicle for negotiating a global settlement of such claims that would have,…
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