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Announcing the 2023 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I’m pleased to announce the 2023 edition (14th edition) of my Internet Law casebook, Internet Law: Cases & Materials. Meanwhile, product design is the real Section 230 battlefront today, and the Lemmon case is the flagship case for that line of litigation. Contracts Meyer v. I posted the 2022 version. Uber (2d Cir.)

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How the New 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract Affects Performers and Advertisers

LexBlog IP

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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A $500,000 Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

According to The Mercury News , In 2009, she was awarded a no-bid contract to be the sole grant writer for the county. However, it was in 2018 that she was offered an additional contract. This has led to Supervisor Otto Lee calling for an inquiry into the book and the various contracts that were awarded McCorquodale.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). The first edition was published in 1990 and it is now in its 6th edition, updated from its previous version which was published in 2015.

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EU copyright law round up – first trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law. The copyright aspects of their position statement focus on the culumative protection of design and copyright. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Copyright and Designs Chijioke Okorie outlined the developments in copyright law across the African continent throughout the year as part of the “Africa IP Highlights” series for 2023. Hayleigh Bosher reviewed the book Reforming Intellectual Property , edited by Gustavo Ghidini and Valeria Falce.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. In another decision , from 2016, the BGH found that remuneration claims under Section 32 UrhG arise when the agreed remuneration at the time of the respective contract being concluded is not appropriate when viewed from the perspective of the time of conclusion of the contract (ex-ante view).