Dear Rich IP Blog

APRIL 5, 2020

Dear Rich: I am in the final stages of publishing an academic monograph. I am seeking to cite a few lines of text from an unpublished manuscript that is held by the Beinecke Library. Is depositing the book at the library a form of "publishing?" I asked the estate for permission to publish small citations but they claimed I would give away the plot and thus their ability to make money on it if they were to publish.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 5, 2020

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2020-03-28 [link] 2020-03-29 The Week in Tweets: The End of the Techlash Edition? [link] 2020-03-29 US court rules that unlicensed reproduction of NBA players' tattoos in their videogame avatars is not copyright inf… [link] 2020-03-29 Interlocutory injunction not granted in trademark infringement case VisionWerx Investment Properties Inc. v.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 5, 2020

Chris Reed. At what point does a creative work become protectable? Find out so you can ensure that your work is copyright protected.

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GDB Firm Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

With so many of us unemployed or with significantly reduced income, New Yorkers shuttered in their homes must make difficult choices - do they pay rent or pay for other necessities such as food and medicine. While reports show that most tenants paid April's rent, potential defaults in payment of May rent loom large. Typically, landlords are free to send notices, start collection proceedings, and ultimately evict non-paying tenants.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Bio Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for almost every industry. Most acute is the clinical challenge facing overwhelmed and underequipped hospitals and health care workers. But in the medium to long term, combating the pandemic will require solutions to scientific challenges. The development and deployment of diagnostic and pharmaceutical products on a short-enough timeline and wide-enough scale will require the marshaling of scientific resources to a degree perhaps unprece

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Benjamin Franklin famously said that “nothing in this world can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans to turn a crisis into a business opportunity.” That quote may not be entirely accurate, but the U.S. federal trademark register serves as a historical record of this entrepreneurial spirit, from the various applications related to 9/11 in the wake of that tragedy, to the dozen BOSTON STRONG trademark applications filed soon after the Boston Mara

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GDB Firm Blog

APRIL 6, 2020

When purchasing a cooperative or condominium unit, it is common for the purchaser's attorney to perform some due diligence on either the cooperative corporation or the condominium association. The financials, and most of the governing documents, are usually e-mailed to the purchaser's attorney for review. However, when it comes to reviewing board minutes, this task is more commonly performed in person at the managing agent's office.

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Bio Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been called an “invisible enemy.” It has spread through communities and across the globe, thanks in part to its ability to shed off of infected individuals for days before and after they experience symptoms, and even off of people who do not experience symptoms at all. While we cannot see the virus, molecular biology can make this invisible threat visible through diagnostic testing.

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