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Licensing vs. Franchising: Are You Accidentally Creating a Franchise?

IP Intelligence

A trademark license may seem straightforward. Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? Air Voice Wireless LLC , 2018 WL 6303852 (C.D. How does a license differ from a franchise? Unlimited Prepaid, Inc. 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(A).

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Licensing vs. Franchising: Are You Accidentally Creating a Franchise?

IP Intelligence

A trademark license may seem straightforward. Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? Air Voice Wireless LLC , 2018 WL 6303852 (C.D. How does a license differ from a franchise? Unlimited Prepaid, Inc. 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(A).

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Licensing vs. Franchising: Are You Accidentally Creating a Franchise?

LexBlog IP

A trademark license may seem straightforward. Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? Air Voice Wireless LLC , 2018 WL 6303852 (C.D. How does a license differ from a franchise? Unlimited Prepaid, Inc. 15 U.S.C. § § 45(m)(1)(A).

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Beyond the Limit: The Battle Over Copyright Back-Damages in Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy

Patently-O

The case now before the Supreme Court arose when Sherman Nealy’s collaborator licensed their co-created songs without Nealy’s permission (while Nealy was incarcerated). Nealy sued many years later in 2018 upon learning of the unauthorized licenses in 2016.

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Fish Principals Named to IAM’s 2021 Strategy 300 List

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

His practice centers on complex legal analysis and writing – in federal appeals, patent prosecution, reexamination, pre-suit and due diligence investigations, and patent opinions. Moving to Shenzhen from Austin, Texas, Mr. McCarthy established the SZRO in 2018, with its official opening on 1 January 2019.

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Ownership of Copyrights Patents and Trademarks are Created by Employees and Independent Contractors

IP and Legal Filings

With no hidden atrocities the labor intended to be associated with the innovation should be given their due diligence and the public can to emanate from the same. Copyright: The copyright protection is given by Indian Law under The Copyright Act, 1957, supported through Copyright Rules, 2018.

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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

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.” In 2013 and 2015, it granted exclusive licenses to stream those works to Starz, a premium subscription channel. Petrella , 572 U.S.