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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
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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
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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
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Michael Clayton