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<b><i>Practice Tip</b></i>Smart Tags Elevate Word Docs IQ and Integration
One of Microsoft's key design goals when developing Office XP was to give users more control over their day-to-day work flow and to make the ever expanding feature sets of the Office applications more readily accessible to the average user. The impetus behind technologies such as Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and the more recent COM and ActiveX technologies were to allow for individual Office applications such as Word and Excel to share data and to work together more seamlessly.
Smart Tags, a new feature introduced with Office XP, takes this technology to the next level. With Smart Tags, the focus is on the data itself – the text you are inserting into a document – rather than on the mechanics of how you insert that data into the document.
Smart Tags give you one-click access to a variety of Office features as you type. Much like the Office spelling & grammar checker utilities or AutoCorrect feature, a Smart Tag is automatically evoked when a text string you type is recognized by the Office application. Word, for example, automatically recognizes dates, times, addresses, names, telephone numbers and even stock symbols as you type, and then presents you with a menu of options as to what to do with that text.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?
"Holy Fair Use, Batman": Copyright, Fair Use and the Dark Knight
The copyright for the original versions of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have expired. Now, members of the public can create — and are busy creating — their own works based on these beloved characters. Suppose, though, we want to tell stories using Batman for which the copyright does not expire until 2035. We'll review five hypothetical works inspired by the original Batman comic and analyze them under fair use.