From the monthly archives: December 2007

Who owns a paper written by three professors? (weekly widget)

On December 6, 2007 By

When there are joint authors of a work, each is a co-owner of the copyright in that work. This means that each author has the right to authorize publication of the work, use of it by a third party or the making of derivative works. It is very important, therefore, that joint authors agree in [...]

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Exhausting consumer use

On December 3, 2007 By

Two different lawsuits are currently underway that attempt to support the notion that users should be able to do what they want with the particular instantiation of intellectual property that they buy, a principle that is under attack through the use of “licenses” at the point of of a product’s sale.

In patent [...]

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