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09/16/10 Autodesk Decision Gives Software Companies Tool to Prevent Resale of Licensed Software by Unauthorized Third Parties

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Intellectual Property Practice

On September 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in Vernor v. Autodesk [1] that the first sale and the essential step doctrines do not apply to purchasers of a copy of... more

03/03/10 Supreme Court Rules That Copyright Registration Requirement Is Not Jurisdictional

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Intellectual Property Practice

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday reversed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and held in Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick that the copyright registration requirements for certain works under Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act of 19... more

10/09/09 Sixth Circuit Holds Internal Corporate Reorganization Can Lead to Copyright Infringement

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Michael Clayton, James Sims III, Rochelle Alpert, Karen Butcher, Ron Dreben, Louis Beardell, Jr.

On September 25, the Sixth Circuit in Cincom Systems, Inc. v. Novelis Corp. concluded that the merger of a software licensee as part of an internal corporate restructuring violated restrictions on transfer of a copyright licen... more

01/06/04 Strategic Use Of Remedies In Trademark and Copyright Litigation

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Michael Clayton