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Introduction: The Growing Risk From Australian IP Licensing

Amalia StoneHerbert Smith Freehills This article seeks to examine the risk a licensor of IP may face when licensing IP in Australia, in ways that the licensor may not have anticipated. The article first examines why the risk may exist, and then looks at how Australian courts have treated the

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Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Incentivizes Digital Distribution

Ilaria MaggioniRKunstadtPC In Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, the Supreme Court ruled that once a copyrighted work has been sold by its owner anywhere in the world, it is free to be resold—including by importation into the U.S. itself. Hence, under U.S. copyright law a doctrine of “worldwide exhaustion of rights” now applies.

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Joint Ownership Of United States Patents, Trademarks And Copyrights

D. Patrick O’ReilleyFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Julia Anne MathesonFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Margaret A. EsquenetFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner In the United States, all intellectual property rights may be jointly-owned. The legal consequence of such an ownership structure are different for each type of intellectual

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R&D Agreements In German And EU Law–Practical Guidelines Under Contract, Tax, Anti-Trust & Subsidy Law – Part 2

Christian CzychowskiBoehmert & BoehmertHeinz GoddarBoehmert & BoehmertAnnette KellerWill & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater, LLPDirk PohlWill & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater, LLP The Role of R&D Agreements in BusinessTechnology Transfer in General and R&D nnovation is the driving force in a globalized world, securing growth and employment. The success of many businesses depends

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Model Contracts and Supporting Initiatives In Europe Facilitating Collaboration Of Publicly-Funded Research Organizations (PROs) With Businesses — Part II

Thomas L. Bereuterval»IP Ltd. & Co KG David JerolitschCEST, Wiener Neustadt, Austria Peter G. HeimerlVienna University of Technology, Former Head Technology Transfer Office, Vienna, Austria Model contracts for collaborative R&D between universities or other publicly-funded research organizations and businesses have been developed nationally by platform- as well as by single-initiatives.

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