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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Precedent: Bitmanagement Software GmbH v. United States

In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the recent federal circuit decision in Bitmanagement Software GmbH v. United States (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2025)....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Interoperability Doesn’t Imply Derivative Work

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit explained that to be a derivative work, a program interoperative with another must actually incorporate aspects of the underlying work. The Court further ruled that licensees of a...more

McAfee & Taft

Gavel to Gavel: Limits on copyright infringement not limited

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a split between the circuit courts over whether the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations limits the amount of damages a plaintiff may recover to a three-year...more

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US Copyright Office Expands Rights to Repair Software-Enabled Devices

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The US Copyright Office issued new regulations expanding and strengthening consumers’ rights to repair software-enabled digital devices (such as video game consoles and medical devices) via exemptions to the Digital...more

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Does Copyright Literally Protect Source Code Figuratively?

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Learn how copyright can protect your software “Beyond Source Code” to cover both screen displays and UX, how the scope of software copyright law might impacted by the pending Supreme Court opinion in Oracle v. Google, and the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

ReDigi Wants a Re-Do at the High Court

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ReDigi, an online platform that allows users to buy and sell pre-owned digital content directly from other consumers, is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling finding that its services were not protected by the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ninth Circuit Requires Fair Use Evaluation Before Issuing DMCA Take-Down Notices

In a highly anticipated opinion in the so-called "Dancing Babies" case, the Ninth Circuit clarified this week the steps under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that copyright holders must take before issuing a...more

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