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Structuring the IP financial exchange

IP and Legal Filings

In the United States, the first financial exchange focusing on the IP asset was established in 2014. The main aim was to facilitate the non-exclusive licensing and trading of IP assets. This shows how important is the licensing aspect of the company which deals in the IP field. Giving a larger ground for licensing.

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Supreme Court Affirms Availability of Back-Damages Under Copyright Discovery Rule

Patently-O

Nealy was incarcerated from 1989 to 2008 and again from 2012 to 2015 , and consequently was unaware that Butler had licensed their music without proper authorization. It was not until after his release in 2015 that Nealy discovered these unauthorized licenses, a revelation that came too late according to a straight three-year bar.

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The Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the Discovery Rule for the Copyright Act’s Statute of Limitations — Starz v. MGM (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

1962 (2014), the U.S. Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” 2014) (collecting cases). If you are new to the issue, you may want to read my prior post first. In Petrella v.

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Chancery Pavilion v. Indian Performing Rights Society Ltd: Karnataka High Court’s Problematic Finding on Section 60 Suits

SpicyIP

For this, the High Court relied on the proviso to Section 60, which states that the right to seek actions against the groundless threat of legal proceedings will not apply if the person making such threats, “ with due diligence, commences and prosecutes an action for infringement of the copyright claimed by him. ”

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Community Property and Patent Ownership

Patently-O

This argument fails for two reasons: first, Mobile Equity would not have needed to specifically list the ’989 Application, or the ’236 Patent which had issued by November 2014, by name because Afana had already assigned his entire interest in the ’989 Application. The Federal Circuit affirmed dismissal for lack of standing. 3d 916 (M.D.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

1962 (2014). Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” 2014) (collecting cases). to license works from the Music Specialist catalog. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ,

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS. As far as material damages in the form of an appropriate licence fee are concerned, the BGH confirmed, in a 2018 decision , that the starting point is the fictitious conclusion of a licensing agreement.