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Venable LLP

Key Copyright Issues for Independent Schools

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Through our work with independent schools, we have seen numerous schools grapple with a variety of copyright issues including disputes over ownership of work created by teachers, unauthorized use of music or videos, and the...more

BCLP

Antitrust Guidance by the Justice Department for Higher Education Institutions non-Standard Essential Patents Pool Reveals A Path...

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The increasing intersection of antitrust and intellectual property laws has led to a number of complex legal issues for which clients often seek guidance from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)....more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

When the Virtual School Year Ends, Who Owns the Intellectual Property?

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The first full school year conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic is coming to a close. The sudden inability to deliver educational instruction in person due to the pandemic gave rise, by necessity, to the expanded use of...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

The Latest on NIL: Updates to State and Federal Laws

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Since our last advisory on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) laws was published, there have been a number of newly passed and proposed state and federal laws we would like to highlight....more

Jones Day

Fed. Cir. Reaffirms No State Sovereign Immunity in IPRs

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In a non-precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit recently reaffirmed that state universities cannot use sovereign immunity to avoid patent challenges at the PTAB stating that, “sovereign immunity does not apply to IPR...more

Sunstein LLP

When a State University is a Reluctant Plaintiff, Can Its Licensee Sue Anyway?

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Companies seeking to license patents from state universities face a special risk--sovereign immunity. The 11th Amendment to the US Constitution deprives federal courts of jurisdiction to hear complaints brought by a citizen...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Copyright and Fair Use for Educational Institutions Amid COVID-19

April 27, 2020 Publications by Olivia Levine and Brian Gregg In response to COVID-19 closures, educational institutions have rapidly transitioned to online learning in order to continue to serve their students....more

Lathrop GPM

Copyright and Distance Learning in the COVID-19 Environment

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused most educational institutions to migrate face-to-face classes to an online environment. Among the myriad logistical and technological considerations accompanying this move to online courses,...more

Clark Hill PLC

Teaching Online Traps for the Unwary – How to Use Copyrighted Material Safely

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With most K-12 schools moving to exclusively online educational programming necessitated by shelter-in-place and other limitations imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers want to know if, when, and how they can use...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Five Key Questions for Academic Medical Centers About Patent Ownership and Enforcement

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On this week’s episode, George Summerfield and Kelly Plummer explore five key questions academic medical centers often face with respect to patent ownership and enforcement. Their discussion covers a number of issues,...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

State Sovereignty 101: State Universities Not Immune to IPR Proceedings

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School may be out for the summer, but public colleges and universities would do well to spend their break shoring up strategies and defenses against potential inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings. Last week the Federal...more

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Updates for Tax-Exempt Organizations from the Senate Markup to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Over the last several days, there have been significant developments relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the pending tax reform legislation in Congress. On Thursday, a detailed summary of the Senate Finance Committee’s...more

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Tax Reform: Focus on the Sports Industry

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Over the last several days, there have been significant developments relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the pending tax reform legislation in Congress. On Thursday, a detailed summary of the Senate Finance Committee’s...more

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State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs

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State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs - Today, many universities own extensive patent portfolios that are managed by sophisticated tech transfer offices. Universities obtain these patents for many reasons, not the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

BIO Commissioned Study Calculates Economic Contribution of University/Nonprofit Inventions in the U.S.

Last month, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced the release of a BIO commissioned study that estimates the economic impact of academic licensing between 1996 and 2013. The study, entitled "The Economic...more

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