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3 Count: ACTing Fast

Plagiarism Today

According to the lawsuit, ACT and WIN were partners for nearly 15 years before their partnership ended in 2011. Specifically, the two companies created and produced work related to various testing needs and targeted state contracts.

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Copyright Infringement and Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants

The IP Law Blog

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. businesses in conjunction with Zing MP3.”

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The Not-Quite-So Legal Future for Web Scraping

Plagiarism Today

This form of web scraping began to fall out of favor in 2011 following a series of Google search updates that de-prioritized scraped websites. In fact, the ruling leaves open a variety of approached LinkedIn could take, including copyright infringement , in particular violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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Software Company Still Fighting U.S. Navy Over Millions in Piracy Damages

TorrentFreak

Government regularly goes after copyright-infringing companies and individuals, both domestically and abroad. That doesn’t mean that there are no copyright issues within its own ranks. At the United States Court of Federal Claims, the German company accused the US Navy of mass copyright infringement.

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Copyright Infringement and Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants

LexBlog IP

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. businesses in conjunction with Zing MP3.”

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Hong Kong - Public Consultation on Updating Copyright Regime

The IPKat

As with many other jurisdictions in the world, the existing copyright regime might not be well-placed to meet the rapid development in technology and the creative economy. To this end, since 2006, the Government has conducted rounds of major consultations and introduced two amendment bills in 2011 and 2014 into the Legislative Council.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.