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Revised PhRMA Code Provides a New Roadmap
August 27, 2008
Providing physicians with up-to-date, accurate information about the medicines they prescribe clearly improves patient care and advances health care in general. Nonetheless, the public health need for informed and educated HCPs may, at times, create tension with the pharmaceutical industry's perceived drive for profits.
Drug & Device News
July 31, 2008
The latest information you need to know.
Protecting Intellectual Property in a 'Flat' World
July 30, 2008
Just as airplanes made the world feel smaller geographically, globalization and the Internet have made it feel smaller economically. The Internet has so fundamentally changed the way people do business that it is difficult to remember the days, not too long ago, when similar trademarks could co-exist on similar products and services (if not always happily) in different regions of the country.
Bit Parts
July 30, 2008
Copyright Renewal Rights/Unpublished Treatment<br>Right-of-Publicity/Newsworthiness and Incidental-Use Exceptions<br>Right-of-Publicity/Press Releases
Cameo Clips
July 30, 2008
COPYRIGHT PREEMPTION/MISAPPROPRIATION CLAIM<br>COPYRIGHT TERMINATION/SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENT
Virtual Worlds Attract Lawyers
July 30, 2008
'Virtual Law,' as specialists call it, is not your father's law. And according to some aspiring lawyers, it is the next big thing. Of the 50 or so tech-savvy lawyers around the country conversant in the language of orcs, avatars and toons.
Production Lawyer's Guide to Obtaining E&O Insurance, Preventing Litigation
July 30, 2008
Part One discussed what is and isn't covered by errors and omissions (E&amp;O) insurance and examined general clearance guidelines for film and TV. Part Two continues the discussion with specific clearance procedures for production counsel to consider.
<b><i>Decision of Note:</b></i> Artists Bid for Half Of Digital Income Is Dismissed
July 30, 2008
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a breach-of-contract, class-action suit by recording artists seeking 50% of net income from the licensing of their recordings for digital uses like downloads and ringtones.
Legislation to Fight Global IP Piracy
July 30, 2008
To paraphrase a line from a favorite song, you don't always get what you want, but sometimes, you get what you need. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) almost certainly did not get all that it wanted when the House of Representatives passed the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (Pro IP Act), H.R. 4279, in May. What remains to be seen is whether the RIAA and other proponents of the legislation will get what they claim to need ' or anything at all.
e-Commerce Docket Sheet
July 30, 2008
Unauthorized Source Code Copying Conversion Claim Not Cognizable in PA<br>Satellite Radio Service Is Non-essential Luxury In Unconscionability Test<br>Software License Arbitration Provision Survives Contract With No Other Evidence<br>Parties Settle Charges Over Data Security

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