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A Primer on Digital Rights Management Martin, Carolyn Wimbly
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Author: Carolyn Wimbly Martin, Ethan Barr Published: December 30th, 2020 Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology is designed to prevent users from illicitly copying or distributing copyrighted material. However, content providers have also used the technology to remove content from users e-libraries that consumers have been led to believe were purchases, rather than short

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library, coronavirus, content
December 2020 Intellectual Property Legislation Overview Martin, Carolyn Wimbly
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Author: Carolyn Wimbly Martin Published: December 30th, 2020 The 5,593-page coronavirus relief and government spending bill passed by Congress without much discussion in the final days of 2020 contains several pieces of intellectual property legislation worth noting. These Acts would impact trademark applications and registrations as well as intellectual property litigation. The following

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Will the New Administration Spell New Hope for Protecting Native American Cultural Property? Lutzker, Susan J.
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Author: Susan Lutzker Published: January 4th, 2021 The nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland to be the first Native American Secretary of the Interior may be reason to hope that existing federal statutes protecting Native American cultural resources will be enforced. Even with such enforcement, vulnerabilities will remain as traditional intellectual property remedies have

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cultural property, IACA, NAGPRA
Filling the Coffers: Lutzker & Lutzker Wins Decisive Victories in Copyright Royalty Disputes
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Author: Lutzker & Lutzker Published: July 23rd, 2020 After nearly ten years of litigation, in April and July 2020 the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed two Final Distribution orders of the Copyright Royalty Board affecting copyright royalties for 1999-2013. The share of royalties of L&L clients grew dramatically — from 1%

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