• Posts Tagged ‘exclusive license’

    It’s Hard to Be a Copyright Troll

    by  • July 29, 2013 • copyright • 0 Comments

    I previously reported on a pending case, Contra Piracy v. Does 1-2919, where the court very quickly raised the issue of standing – sua sponte, because it’s still a John Doe case. The savvy court suspected something was up and put the plaintiff to its proof. Owning the bare right to sue isn’t enough...

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    A Patent Owner Who Doesn’t Own the Patent

    by  • July 16, 2013 • patent • 1 Comment

    I’ve often written about the various categories of potential plaintiffs in patent infringement suits. Depending on what rights a licensee acquired, it may or may not have constitutional standing to bring a patent infringement lawsuit. A new case, CopyTele, Inc. v. E Ink Holdings, Inc., comes at it from a somewhat different angle —...

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    How to Do an E-Signature Right

    by  • May 2, 2013 • copyright • 2 Comments

    For a two-week period of time, from July 16, 2012 through August 8, 2012, Craigslist presented users with the following statement when submitting a post: Clicking “Continue” confirms that craigslist is the exclusive licensee of this content, with the exclusive right to enforce copyrights against anyone copying, republishing, distributing or preparing derivative works without...

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    The Benefit of the Bargain

    by  • April 25, 2013 • copyright, trademark • 1 Comment

    We routinely include arbitration provisions in agreements and I often wonder whether an arbitration is really any easier or cheaper than litigation. But what I didn’t realize before was how much latitude arbitrators have in what they can award, including, in this case, reforming the contract to grant a license far beyond what either...

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