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Thinking of Investing? What Are the Guidelines for Off-Plan Property Purchases in Dubai?

LexBlog IP

13/2008 on the Interim Real Estate Register. Contract Formalities: Developers and brokers are not allowed to engage in informal contracts for off-plan property sales without prior approval from competent authorities. Such contracts are considered invalid. The post Thinking of Investing?

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Infographic | Barbie movie

Olartemoure Blog

These new dolls captured about 40% of Barbie’s market share in five years, creating tension between Mattel and MGA. In 2008… A federal court ruled in favor of Mattel and ordered MGA to pay $100 million in damages, and to remove Bratz dolls from store shelves for one year.

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Legal implications of LIBOR transition in Banking Industry

IP and Legal Filings

LIBOR and its role in financial crisis of 2008. The abusive use of credit default swaps (CDS) played a major role in driving the financial crisis of 2008. Contracts based on the recent overnight reference rates will have to pay differently than contracts based on longer-term LIBOR rates. Manipulation of LIBOR rates.

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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

The IPKat

To preclude Taylor prematurely re-recording, which would devalue the copyrights assigned to the label, the contract contained a “re-recording restriction” clause, having effect for a certain period of time. After its expiration she was free to produce new recordings from her music and distribute them as she wished.

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Open Source AI – definition and selected legal challenges

Kluwer Copyright Blog

EU Digital Market Act and competition laws that force access to certain data, see below). This led for instance the FSF to sue Cisco Systems in 2008 for violating the GPL. most open source licenses provide a termination in case of breach of contract, which would impact the functioning of the AI model).

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Boat Rental Marketplace Defeats Lawsuit Over Offline Boating Accident–In re Chaves

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). Thus, the Terms of Use Agreement is a proper clickwrap contract, and the undisputed facts establish that Lindsey Partridge assented to its terms Case Citation : In re Chaves, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.

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Lights, Camera, Action: Why Non-Competes Should Be Banned in the Broadcasting Industry

JIPEL Copyright Blog

Now imagine that the reason for your silent drive to work is a few sentences in a contract that prevent these on-air personalities from returning to the airwaves for a year.”. In New York, where the Broadcast Employee’s Freedom to Work Act was passed in 2008, there was a 37% increase in film and television employees from 2008 to 2017.