copyright infringement

• Copyright infringement

• Claims for Patent and Copyright Infringement

The following are National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regulations relating to requirements for the filing of claims against NASA where a potential claimant believes NASA is infringing privately owned rights in patented inventions or copyrighted works. The requirements for filing an administrative claim are important since the filing of a claim carries with it certain rights relating to the applicable statute of limitations for filing suit against the Government. The regulations set forth guidelines as to what NASA considers necessary to file a claim for patent or copyright infringement, and they also provide for written notification to the claimant upon completion of an investigation by NASA.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 14686, March 13, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• 'Does That Sound Familiar?': Creators' Liability for Unconscious Copyright Infringement

Implicit memories are memories that influence an individual's behavior even though the individual is not aware of their influence. Implicit memory is relevant to copyright law because implicit memories of songs, pictures, and phrases might influence a creator as she produces her own music, painting, or story. Implicit memory is likely involved in instances of unintentional plagiarism, or unconscious copying. Unconscious copying occurs when a creator is familiar with an original, copyrighted work, and this familiarity leads the creator to produce a work similar to the original without ever recognizing the influence or its source. Presently, copyright law treats unconscious copying no differently than conscious copying -- both deliberate and inadvertent copiers are liable for copyright in...

• Vanderbilt Law Review
• Vol. 61 Nbr. 6, November 2008

• Censure the Tree for Its Rotten Apple: Attributing Liability to Parents for the Copyright Infringement of Their Minor Children

Introduction. I. Copyright Infringement on the Internet. A. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. B. Internet Backbone Providers. C. Web Sites and Peer-to-Peer Services. D. Individual Civil Liability. E. Individual Criminal Liability. II. The Liability of Parents for Tortious Acts of Their Minor Children. A. Existence of Liability. 1. Full Immunity. 2. Negligent Supervision. 3. Family Purpose Doctrine. B. Deterrence in Juvenile Law. C. Remedy for Copyright Infringement by Minors. III. The Family Purpose Doctrine Should be Extended to Illegal File Swapping by Minors. A. Theories of Third-Party Parental Liability. 1. Applicable Doctrine. 2. Contributory Liability. a. Background. b. Knowledge. c. Material Contribution. 3. Vicario...

• Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal
• Nbr. III-3, January 2006

• Certification Granted In Lawyers' Copyright Infringement Class Action.

An Ontario lawyer successfully moved for certification of a class action alleging that the Carswell database search and retrieval service known as "Li...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2012, January 2012

• The Relevance Of 'Reasonable Royalties' To Copyright Infringement

Previously published in Bloomberg BNA. 1. Introduction Recent cases reveal that seeking a reasonable royalty as a copyright remedy can be an unc...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• D.C.-Based Costar Wins Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

A federal judge has awarded more than $1.1 million to a major Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate information company as compensation for unauthorized use of its online property database. After holding a two-day bench trial in Greenbelt in late October, U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. decided this month that a Texas broker and appraiser and a Southern California mortgage company owe CoStar Realty Information Inc. damages for breach of contract and copyright infringement.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• January 05, 2011

• Government Seizes Websites On Suspicion Of Copyright Infringement

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a unit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), recently seized several websites on suspicion of ...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• The Transfer of Media to Digital Form: Redefining the Copyright Infringement test to Include Commercial use as a Solution to Digital Copyright Infringement

Introduction. II. Background of Copyright Law and the Fair use Defense. III. The Problems Caused by Digitization and the Proposed Solutions. IV. The Application of the Commercial Use Test to Recent Cases Involving the Digitization of Media. A. Photos. B. Publications. C. Books. D. Music. V. Conclusion.

• Capital University Law Review
• Nbr. 31-1, January 2003

• Copyright-the de Minimis Defense in Copyright Infringement Actions Involving Music Sampling

Sykes addresses the relevance of the de minimis defense to music sampling copyright infringement cases and offers an alternative hypothetical standard to the tests currently used by the circuit courts. He also demonstrates that the currently employed formulations of the de minimis defense do not adhere to the policy behind copyright law. Further, he examines the de minimis defense and its use in two recent circuit cases dealing with sampling in copyright infringement actions.

• University of Memphis Law Review, The
• Vol. 36 Nbr. 3, April 2006

• Is this headline protected by copyright? Federal Court says no as Fairfax loses copyright infringement case.

In Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited [2010] FCA 984, the Federal Court held that newspaper headlines...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010