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Dutch Legislators Propose Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Law

Herbert Smith Freehills

If enacted, the Bill will make it mandatory for large Dutch enterprises and foreign enterprises doing business in the Netherlands to act with due diligence to avoid adverse impacts on human rights and the environment. Due diligence requirements. Part two , sets out the requirements to prepare due diligence policies.

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Role And Significance Of IP Due-Diligence In M&A Transactions In India

IIPRD

Hence, more and more mergers and acquisitions involve intellectual property which gives rise to the demand for Intellectual Property (IP) Due-Diligence at the time of Mergers, Acquisitions, etc. Evolving Significance of IP Due-Diligence for an M&A Transaction. of such businesses.

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Section 60 of the Copyright Act: Finally, Some Answers(?)

SpicyIP

The safeguard against groundless threats alleging copyright infringement in Section 60 suffers from a lack of clarity around some of its key terms like “due diligence”, “groundless” and “prosecution” One decision that attempts to address this lacuna is the Bombay High Court’s decision in Manya Vejju v.

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The Challenges of Searching the US Patent & Trademark Office Website

Cogency Global

What this is: Due to the increasing value and importance of trademarks and patents in secured transactions, searching the public records of the US Patent and Trademark Office is becoming a standard part of UCC due diligence.

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Can I Use Publicly Available Data for Research or Projects Without the Risk of Copyright Infringement?

Velocity of Content

There are several factors that should be taken into consideration even when using public data: Nature of the Data Publicly available data can include a wide range of information, such as government datasets, publicly shared research data, research published under open access (OA) licenses, and datasets that fall within the public domain.

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The Nightmare Plagiarism Scenario Comes True

Plagiarism Today

For over a year, the pair have been trying to publish a paper about green entrepreneurship, focusing on “small-scale Norwegian manufacturing companies.” Why was a third SAGE journal willing to publish it after two others rejected it? A recent article on Retraction Watch tells the story of Svein Åge K.

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Optimizing Research to Drive Food Innovation and Organizational Success

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What articles from scientific journals that have been peer reviewed and published are available to support your current hypothesis? That depends on how researchers plan on using published information. Are they planning to reuse published articles when collaborating with other researchers? Good, but is that simple vetting enough?