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Copyright as an Access Right: Concretizing Positive Obligations for Rightholders to Ensure the Exercise of User Rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of creators (see Geiger, 2017 ). From this constitutional dimension of copyright emerged the notion of ‘user rights’ ( Geiger, 2020 ).

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“Inducing” Copyright Infringement in Canada: Is it a Thing?

IPilogue

A version of this paper is scheduled to be published in the Intellectual Property Journal. Is there such a thing as “inducing” copyright infringement? Indeed, the court thought that inducing infringement, which to date had been considered wrong only in respect of patents, applied to all forms of intellectual property (“IP”).

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Fish & Richardson Principal William Hunter Named a 2020 Leader in Law Honoree by the San Diego Business Journal

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Southern California Principal William Hunter was recognized as a 2020 Leader in Law by the San Diego Business Journal. He has garnered expertise in patent prosecution, freedom to operate studies, and the intersection of patent law with other areas of intellectual property.

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Q&A with Betty Chen for Corporate Counsel Business Journal

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Trial attorney Betty Chen was recently interviewed by Corporate Counsel Business Journal for the article, “Keeping Pace with Ever-Evolving Intellectual Property Disputes.” This goes for patent litigation in many technology areas, but it is acutely true for litigation based on SEP portfolios.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 15 Attorneys to Principal in Class Distinguished by Diversity of Background and Experience

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

From 2019 to 2020, Ashley served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kimberly A. with honors from Emory University, where she was the articles editor of the Emory Law Journal. Chet Campbell focuses his practice on patent litigation at the U.S. from The George Washington University Law School in 2015.

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Secrets in the Pitlanes : Navigating IPR In Formula 1

IIPRD

Hence, the traveling chaos of F1 is a world filled with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Trade Secrets. Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks can be registered to ensure that no individual would be eligible for economic gains apart from the author or the buyer of the rights. 18, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology.

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Announcing the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law

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This year, we will be accepting entries from not only current law students but also those who completed their first law degree in 2019 or later. Two values that guided Shamnad through the course of his academic writing, were the need for transparency and democratic participation, during the process of making the law and implementation.