Collaborating Can Create Legal Headaches if the Appropriate IP Agreements Are Not in Place
If you run a small business, you have probably given some thought over this recession to how you might be able to collaborate with other businesses to generate some additional revenue for your business. I know that this is definitely something that I have been thinking about for my practice, and it is something [...]
Copyright Reform: Is it Time to Take Patent Reform Off the Table and Work on Copyright Reform?
Given where we are on the patent reform debate, is it time to move patent reform off the table and work on copyright reform?
If you haven’t heard many calls for this lately, you are not alone, but according to Wired, Judge Miriam Hall Patel, who presided over the Napster case has had time to think [...]
Cutting Legal Costs by Investing in Good Templates
In a recent blogpost, AdamsDrafting suggested that the recession should prompt companies to look at overhauling their contract template process.
AdamsDrafting wrote:
[A] recession should provide a greater incentive for a company to do something about the considerable amounts of time and money that it’s wasting due to its mediocre templates and primitive contract process.
I completely [...]
Yahoo Music to Shut Down Service, Issue Refunds to Customers
Yahoo Music has advised its customers that it will be shutting down its digital rights management (”DRM”) service on September 30, 2008, but will be issuing refunds to customers who request them, reported Techspot.
According to Techspot, Yahoo Music has decided to shut down its DRM licensing service in order to become part of Real Networks’ [...]
iTunes Music License: Is it Really Enforceable?
Is the iTunes Music License really enforceable? This is the question raised by F. Scott Kieff in a recent article for IP Law & Business.
According to Kieff, the issue is as follows: the iTunes contract for service allows the customer to copy a song for a small number of times–the license provides that users [...]
