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News Alert: Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Extension Act

"The paper explains that the impact of the Extension Law is to maintain protection for a relatively few but lucrative works for an additional 20 years, and to necessitate often substantial efforts in clearing rights to utilize many mid-20th Century and older works. In the same context the paper...

Tags: Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Web Site Development, Internet, Document Management, U.S. Supreme Court

White papers 2003-01-01

Changing Course - US Supreme Court Rules in Takings Case

In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a number of important decisions favoring property owners in zoning and other land use battles with local governments. The Court's ruling would seem to allow government to do by regulation what it cannot do through eminent domain i.e., freeze the use...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Vertical Industries, Government, Court, U.S. Supreme Court

White papers 2002-05-22

Zoning and Land Use Planning Law - Permit Denials and Substantive Due Process

Article deduces that the Supreme Court can disentangle the complexities that the circuits have woven in the area of substantive due process. The "property" issue is resolved in favor of a plaintiff, the second prong should be easier to satisfy than the Natale-type test. In other words, the violation should...

Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Article

White papers 2000-06-20

Additional Resources

SAF Files Lawsuit Challenging Chicago's Handgun Ban

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Following Thursday's 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual civil right to keep and bear arms, and that a municipal gun ban violates that right, the Second Amendment...

Articles 2008-06-27

Wirefly Launches Unlocked Cell Phone Category to Consumer Praise and Industry Appeal

RESTON, Va. -- Wirefly, the online leader in one-stop comparison shopping for cell phones and wireless phone plans, today announced the launch of its much-anticipated unlocked phone category. Wirefly's new unlocked cell phone category includes some of the most desirable phone models worldwide. By adding...

Articles 2008-06-25

Supreme Court Rules in Quanta Patent Case; IP Expert From Wolf Greenfield Can Comment

The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a key patentlaw ruling in Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics, overturning the Court ofAppeals for the Federal Circuit. The decision, a victory for Quanta, limits the ability of patent owners tocontrol how customers or licensees use the patented technology. "The Supreme Court...

Articles 2008-06-09

Why Patent Applications Increase in a Down Economy

Even in a down economy, New Jersey companies continue to generate new patent applications, keeping attorneys specializing in intellectual property rights busy. Ranked fifth in the nation in patent infringement litigation, the New Jersey docket reflects the state's history of innovation. Even as the telecom companies shrank and...

Articles 2008-06-01

Free compliance tool online: ShipCompliant software provides real-time updates of changing laws

Boulder, Colo. -- A new direct shipping portal on California's Wine Institute WI website enables wineries anywhere to track the shifting rules regulating direct-to-consumer wine shipments. A collaboration with ShipCompliant, produced by Six88 Solutions, Boulder, Colo., the link provides information and maps the current direct-shipping geography. ...

Articles 2008-05-01

Free the Grapes! and Coalition for Free Trade Toast ShipCompliant Promotion

"Help Shackles" Campaign Supports Winery Free Trade, Consumer Choice in Wine NAPA, Calif. -- ShipCompliant, the wine shipping compliance company, has created a novel promotion designed to help wineries and raise money for Coalition for Free Trade and Free the Grapes!, two organizations at the forefront of industry...

Articles 2008-04-29

The access to knowledge mobilization and the new politics of intellectual property.

Intellectual property law was once an arcane subject. Today it is at the center of some of the most highly charged political contests of our time. In recent years, college students, subsistence farmers, AIDS activists, genomic scientists, and free-software programmers have mobilized to challenge the contours of...

Articles 2008-03-01

End Software Patents Report: State of Software and Business Method Patents

U.S. Courts Question Patentability of Software BOSTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- End Software Patents, a project working toward the elimination of software patents, released its first yearly report on the state of software and business method patents today. The full report can be found at http://endsoftpatents.org/2008-state-of-softpatents....

Articles 2008-02-28

Tax Season Toolkit: everything you need to navigate through the busy season

As the holiday season turns into tax season, bringing the promise of constant, adrenaline-fueled deadlines, CPAs can be excused for turning a sentimental eye to winter. But never fear! CalCPA's annual Tax Season Toolkit is here to help. As you meet with clients, research what's...

Articles 2007-12-01

Periscope: Rule of Law

No Longer Quite So Supreme The legal empire of the United States is in retreat, too. Last month’s EU court ruling against Microsoft is just the latest exhibit. Antitrust law is an American invention, but the EU ruling will restrain the American software trusts worldwide. The...

Articles 2007-10-08

Sarah Chapin Columbia to Co-Head McDermott's Boston Intellectual Property Practice Group

BOSTON -- McDermott Will & Emery is very pleased to announce that senior intellectual property litigator Sarah Chapin Columbia has joined the Firm's Intellectual Property, Media & Technology practice based in the Boston office. Ms. Columbia will further enhance the Firm's litigation and dispute resolution capabilities, and...

Articles 2007-10-05

FONAR Wins The Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award For 2007 For the FONAR UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™ MRI

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ:FONR), The Inventor of MR Scanning[TM], reported today that The Wall Street Journal announced in Monday's edition (9/24/2007) that out of over 800 contenders FONAR has been named one of two runners-up for The Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for 2007....

Articles 2007-09-26

Clearing Up Creditors' Rights

Three recent decisions help equipment financiers understand their rights in bankruptcy cases. Sometimes court decisions are of more interest to attorneys and really have no application to the day-to-day operations of the typical equipment leasing and finance company. The three decisions discussed below are different. These recent...

Articles 2007-09-01

What are the courts' responsibilities under the ADA?

As reflected in recent Bar News articles, there is presently a heightened awareness among the legal community of the obstacles that individuals with disabilities face when accessing the justice system. The Florida State Courts System is pleased to take this opportunity to provide...

Articles 2007-09-01

Student's IM threat is not protected speech, Second Circuit says.(instant messaging)

An eighth-grade student who joked--through a drawing posted online--about killing a teacher could be suspended for his behavior, the Second Circuit held recently, affirming a lower court's decision. (Wisniewski v. Bd. of Educ. of Weedsport C. Sch. Dist., 2007 WL 1932264 (2d Cir....

Articles 2007-09-01

News in brief.(Briefs)

House passes Fair Pay Act WASHINGTON-The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to eliminate workplace pay discrimination that is based on a U.S. Supreme Court case involving a former Goodyear employee. Lilly Ledbetter, a...

Articles 2007-08-27

The secrets behind their success: attracting and graduating minorities in large numbers, for-profit universities offer access, convenience and some risk

In June, Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, gave the commencement address for one of the largest predominantly Black colleges in the greater Washington, D.C., area. Johnson told his overwhelmingly minority audience that they had accomplished more than the average graduate. ...

Articles 2007-08-23