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Safe Harbor
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Inside Global Tech
N.Y. Court Holds that DMCA Safe Harbor Applies to Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
Recently, in UMG Recordings v. Escape Media Group, a New York state court held that the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) may provide the operator…
Intellectual Property Law
Is The Internet Safe For Google?
By David M. Kohane, David S. Gold
In two closely-watched cases with potentially broad implications for the way businesses and individuals use the Internet, Google, Inc. suffered setbacks in the continuing battle over responsibility for intellectual property…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Congressional draft letter favors QM “safe harbor”
By CFPB Monitor
U.S. Representatives Capito (R, WV) and Sherman (D, CA) are circulating a draft of a letter on the Hill which urges the CFPB to "craft a safe harbor [in the…
IP Intelligence
Viacom v. YouTube: A Question of Fact
Viacom recently asked a federal court to order YouTube to pay it more than $1 billion in damages for about 150,000 videos that Viacom claims it owns and YouTube users…
Ad Law Access
Appellate Court Vacates Summary Judgment for Google in Copyright Infringement Suit
By Kelley Drye
Last week the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the ongoing copyright dispute between Viacom and YouTube/Google. In 2006, Viacom filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google,…
Chicago IP Litigation
Safe Harbor Does Not Apply to Products Not Requiring Regulatory Approval
Judge Hibbler granted in part defendant's (collectively "Abbott") motion for summary judgment in this patent case involving molecular cloning and expression of human and rat G-protein coupled receptors in the…
florida ROC
An Update on the Update–Meanwhile, Over in the Senate
By Scott Gordon
Last night's blog entry focused on the most recent version of House Bill 319 and specifically on two revisions--the addition of the "safe harbor" provisions found in Chapters 718 and…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
European Commission to Host Safe Harbor Conference on March 19 in Washington
The U.S. Department of Commerce has confirmed that this year’s Safe Harbor Conference will be held in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2012, following the release of the European Commission’s…
Socially Aware Blog
Ninth Circuit Follows eBay v. MercExchange and Second Circuit on Preliminary Injunctions for Alleged Copyright Infringement
In its recent opinion in Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google, Inc., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling that a copyright infringement plaintiff’s showing of likely…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Pending Revision of EU Directive Prompts Questions About Safe Harbor
The pending proposal from the European Commission for revision of the EU Directive (expected in early 2012) raises questions about the efficacy under a revised Directive of the EU-US Safe…