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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

That question is whether the descriptions were “published” or “unpublished” according to the law when they were put on FDN’s website. Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement. According to the U.S. Bottom Line.

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Québec’s Language Legislation: Release of Draft Regulations Impacting Commercial Contracts and Trademarks

JD Supra Law

This post summarizes a newly published draft regulation (“Draft Regulation”) that, if passed, will amend the Québec Charter of the French Language (“Charter”) and the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business in certain key areas, such as commercial contract drafting and the use of English-language trademarks.

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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

The IPKat

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law. All this would serve to ‘foster the availability of reliable information’.

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Drafting Contracts – Key Lessons From 2022

Herbert Smith Freehills

In our annual contract law update we consider a number of interesting contract law cases from 2022 which highlighted key points for those involved in drafting or managing contracts. The cases we have chosen deal with formation, exclusion and limitation clauses, good faith, unexpected events and termination.

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Sci-Hub Founder’s High Court Creativity Fails to Dismiss Publishers’ Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

From a cold, legal perspective, a 2020 blocking application filed by publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society should’ve been straightforward. Supported by millions of students, academics and scientists, when Elbakyan takes on the ‘greedy’ publishers, a win for her is seen as a win for all.

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Influence At Your Own Risk: Navigating Influencer Contracts

JD Supra Law

In response to the rapidly growing ubiquity of influencer-driven marketing, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published numerous guidelines for influencers and advertisers alike. Influencing has grown to a $21 billion industry.

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Sci-Hub Only Option For Academics In Russia After Major Publishers Pull Out

TorrentFreak

Major Academic Publishers End Sales in Russia. In line with other Western entities choosing to boycott Russia, 15 major companies with a virtual monopoly on scientific publishing decided that enough is enough. The publishers put their ban in place before it could renew its licenses. Even that is sugar-coating the reality.