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3 Count: Nonexclusive License

Plagiarism Today

The post 3 Count: Nonexclusive License appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Copyright News Content-Theft Copyright copyright infringement Copyright-Infringement Copyright-Law criminal License nickelback Photograph Photography Plagiarism vpn

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NFT License Breakdown: Exploring Different Marketplaces and Associated License Issues

Intellectual Property Law Blog

As content creators get more creative, as business models change, and as NFTs represent more than static digital art, the licenses will evolve. The attached article explores just a snapshot of some of the licenses and license terms that are currently used.

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Terms of Obligation in IP Licenses: Respecting Tradition While Enhancing Clarity

IP Watchdog

In teaching Intellectual Property (IP) licensing for the Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc., In IP licensing, it is the difficult task of reducing to writing an idea from two or more minds such that it conveys to both what each conceived of as the agreement.

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Licensing and AI: Understanding the Challenges of Licensing AI Models

JD Supra Law

While few companies will create AI models from scratch, most will find themselves licensing AI models from others. Negotiating those licenses requires a keen understanding of the risks and rewards of AI licensing.

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YouTube Aims to Simplify Music Licensing

Plagiarism Today

Specifically, YouTube is taking steps to make it easier for YouTubers to license popular music for their videos. Entitled Creator Music, the system makes it easy to for YouTubers to license available songs and maintain monetization of their videos.

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Licensing of Trademarks

Kashishipr

Businesses own valuable trademarks, which, once registered, can be licensed out. The rights that flow from a trademark can be licensed to others to receive royalties for commercialization. What is Trademark Licensing? Advantages of Trademark Licensing. Exclusive License.

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Three Letters Summarize the March-In/ Compulsory Licensing Debate

IP Watchdog

That triggered an immediate rebuttal from six associations representing research universities and hospitals (including the Bayh-Dole Coalition, which I lead) and another from the Licensing Executives Society, USA & Canada, Inc. LES), representing the licensing profession.

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Compulsory licensing for expensive medicines: KCE report

SpicyIP

The Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) recently released an interesting report titled ‘Compulsory licensing for expensive medicines’. Ordinarily, patentees voluntarily decide whether or not and on what conditions to grant licenses to third parties.

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Library Associations Pursue Misguided eBook Licensing Laws

The Illusion of More

Recently, the New York and Maryland state legislatures passed nearly identical eBook licensing bills (and Rhode Island had a sister bill in the works) responding to complaints of inequity by various library associations.

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Compulsory licensing in Copyright

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

What is a Compulsory License? Compulsory licenses are permissions from the government that allows someone else to use the copyright of the owner without his consent. Under the Act, compulsory licenses are granted under limited circumstances: Works withheld from the public.

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Copyright and Licensing Around the World

Velocity of Content

A lot has been happening in the world of copyright and collective licensing since my last update. At Copyright Clearance Center, we continue to monitor the copyright landscape as part of our mission to support copyright and licensing around the world. Collective Licensing

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Can I Make Money Through Copyright Licensing?

CopyrightsWorld

Firstly, let’s define what “licensed revenue” is: money earned through the licensed use of intellectual property that has a copyright attached to it. This amount of money is called a “licensing fee.” Consequently, money collected from this is called “licensing revenue.”.

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Bombay High Court Grants (the First?) Section 32 License to Translate a Literary Work in Marathi

SpicyIP

But IP nerds will specifically remember that eleven years ago, in March 2012, India’s first compulsory license was granted by the Indian Patent Office against Bayer’s Nexavar. Background The license was granted to one Mr. Anil G. Copyright Compulsory Licensing Copyright Act Translatio

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How Do I License My Creative Design?

Art Law Journal

Licensing a creative design can provide you with additional income, branding and partnership opportunities. Here we review what licensing is and how to do it. The post How Do I License My Creative Design? Finances licensing freelance

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Dungeons & Dragons: The Campaign for the Open Gaming License

JD Supra Law

Until early 2023, a public disagreement regarding open intellectual property licenses was ongoing between the owner of a significant piece of popular content—the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D)—and the individuals and corporates that engage with it for free.

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Russia’s Forced Licensing Plan For ‘Enemy’ Content “Legalizes Piracy”

TorrentFreak

Sony, Universal, and Warner, for example, aren’t releasing new movies or music but existing contracts are being honored, meaning that older content is still licensed and legally available. Law and Politics licensing piracy russia Ukraine

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3 Count: Music Licensing is Strange…

Plagiarism Today

The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Music Licensing is Strange… appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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NPE Showcase – Sockeye Licensing

JD Supra Law

This installment will focus on a company named Sockeye Licensing TX, LLC. This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”).

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Publishers Win Preliminary Injunction Against Maryland Law that Requires Licensing Digital Works to Libraries

IP Watchdog

District Court for the District of Maryland when the court granted their request for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Maryland Act, which essentially calls for compulsory licensing of electronic literary works to libraries on “reasonable terms”.

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Early patent licensing strategy, investment helped GE Licensing revolutionise LED displays

IAM Magazine

As its PFS licensing programme turns 10, GE’s IP executives reflect on lessons learned in cracking a brand new market

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Compulsory Licensing vs. Exclusive Licensing

Dear Rich IP Blog

Dear Rich: I was wondering how compulsory licensing fits with exclusive licensing. In other words, if a song is exclusively licensed for a movie, for example, can someone still license it to record another version? It would not qualify for the compulsory license.

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Are your website photos all licensed?

JD Supra Law

Attorney Steve® Photo Infringement News for Real Estate Professionals - My law firm is a boutique intellectual property law firm with a strong focus on copyright issues, including photographs and drone videos. We are seeing more and more disputes involving the use of unlicensed photographs.

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Why Are Canadian Universities Vehemently Campaigning Against Any Clarification of Fair Dealing if They Are Already Licensing All the Content They Need for Teaching Students?

Hugh Stephens Blog

That is the fundamental question that authors and publishers in Canada have been asking themselves as the government begins preparing to consider some long-overdue revisions to the Copyright Act.

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Global patent licensing agreement

Olartemoure Blog

Ericsson and Apple sign new Global Patent Licensing Agreement, concluding a worldwide litigation campaign, including Colombia. La entrada Global patent licensing agreement se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Patent Licensing is a Risky Business: Let the Market Strike the Balance

IP Watchdog

Patent licensing and technology transfer is a cornerstone of modern economies, where the efficiencies of collaboration and division of labor do not require firms to be vertically integrated.

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AAP Sues Maryland over eBook Licensing Law

The Illusion of More

The post AAP Sues Maryland over eBook Licensing Law appeared first on The Illusion of More. Copyright eBook licensing Featured libraries Maryland Publisher

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Russia Considers Introducing Compulsory Licensing for Copyrights

JD Supra Law

On August 19, Russian State Duma member Andrey Kuznetsov introduced a bill on compulsory licensing of copyrights that allows the courts to approve compulsory licenses for content and other copyrightable objects not available in Russia.

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Open Data Licenses – Managing Risks to Maximize the Opportunities

JD Supra Law

Despite the perceived flexibility that the name “open data” suggests, the multitude of license types and novel use cases for such open datasets magnify the impact that a license term could have in the commercialization of.

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It’s time for a new approach to codec licensing

IAM Magazine

Saturday Opinion: IP and licensing failures are holding back adoption of superior technologies, argues Marconi’s Micky Minhas. Blog News Patent Pools Patents Technology Licensing

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Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way?

SpicyIP

Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way? As pointed out above, the petitioner in the case suggested that compulsory license is the “only way” to ensure accessibility to the drugs in contention. This Post has been co-authored by Rahul Bajaj and Praharsh Gour.

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How to Ensure Your Retroactive Foreign Filing License Petition Isn’t Dismissed

IP Watchdog

As outlined in our article, The Good, the Bad and the Missing: Findings from a Review of the Data on Granted Retroactive Foreign Filing Licenses, Petition.ai’s s subscribers’ most searched patent petition type is for retroactive foreign filing licenses (RFFLs).

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Two: The Massive Shift to Electronic Licensing

Michael Geist

The truth is that Canadian universities spend millions of dollars on licensing copyright materials. The data on Canadian university spending on licensing is unequivocal. The University of Guelph library licensed content increased by about 21.3%

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Open Licenses: An Overview of Open Licenses for Images, Photos, Videos, and Software

JD Supra Law

This article aims to shed some light on various open licenses and how to. Non-profit organizations often use third-party images, photos, videos, or software in their everyday operations.

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Supreme Court of Canada Decision Undermines Canada’s Collective Licensing System: A Parliamentary Fix is Needed

Hugh Stephens Blog

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[Guest post] 'Can't Be Evil' NFT license - A tentative NFT worldwide license standard

The IPKat

Here's what Paolo writes: 'Can't Be Evil' NFT license – A tentative NFT worldwide license standard by Paolo Maria Gangi Can't Be Evil. Universal license - a set of NFT CC licenses under the name 'Can’t Be Evil'. Why a CC license?

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Qualcomm ends participation in HEVC licensing platform Velos Media

IAM Magazine

Analysis Analysis: Market Frand/SEPS Patent Pools Patents Technology LicensingMarconi, which operates Velos, confirms Qualcomm patents will not be a part of future deals and says it is “exploring options for the future" of the programme.

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Why Songwriters Should Care About Inflation Protection for Mechanical Licenses

The Trichordist

In more words, classic stagflation occurs when supply side shocks lead to the… Read more "Why Songwriters Should Care About Inflation Protection for Mechanical Licenses". [This post first appeared on MusicTech.Solutions] By Chris Castle In a word: Stagflation. Maybe.

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Understanding Compulsory Licensing and Access to Essentials

Kashishipr

This is where the concept of compulsory licensing gains popular attention. What is Compulsory Licensing? Where it is known as compulsory licensing in reference to patents, it is known as statutory licenses in reference to copyright and related rights.

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Licensing considerations for global companies in China

IAM Magazine

Parties intending to sign licensing agreements in China should be aware of issues that can create obstacles during this process. While licensing can successfully prevent patent infringement claims, both licensor and licensee should be confident about the terms of the agreement.

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The Top U.S. FRAND / RAND Licensing Developments of 2022: Policy Statements, Patent Pools and IEEE Changes

IP Watchdog

While 2022 was somewhat less eventful than 2021 in terms of significant developments in fair/reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND/RAND) licensing occurring in the United States, the past year still did not disappoint and underscores the continued and growing interest from government in the standards related patents space.

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Roblox is Latest Online Platform to Settle NMPA Copyright Claims with Collaborative Music Licensing Agreement

IP Watchdog

The settlement also creates an opt-in mechanism for eligible NMPA publishers and opens a negotiation period for individual publishers to engage Roblox in go-forward licensing deals.

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Adapting Opera in the Age of COVID: From “Grand Rights” to “Synchronization Licenses”

Hugh Stephens Blog

The operas have been selected— Die Walküre, Death in Venice and Don Giovanni–costumes and properties designed, lead … Continue reading "Adapting Opera in the Age of COVID: From “Grand Rights” to “Synchronization Licenses

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Copyright Office Issues NPRM to Correct MLC’s ‘Erroneous’ Dispute Policy on Post-Termination Blanket License Royalties

IP Watchdog

Copyright Office issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to clarify the application of the derivative works exception to copyright termination rights within the context of blanket licenses administered under the Music Modernization Act (MMA).