In the News.

["Tamiru Degefe" <TDegefe@xxxxxxxx>]

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Microsoft, Yahoo, Corbis, Woolworth: Intellectual Property.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 10, 2010.

http://tinyurl.com/7yj5kvh

"Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, sued Motorola
Mobility Holdings Inc. in London's High Court."

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Philips, Samsung, Nintendo, Aqua-Lung: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 09, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/77l548g

"Royal Philips Electronics NV, which gets more than a third of its
revenue from medical systems, sued Zoll Medical Corp., claiming its
infringing patents related to devices used to restart hearts."
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Lilly, Ironwood, Mattel, Celgene: Intellectual Property.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg, January 6, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7e97xn8

"Eli Lilly & Co. sued Biogen Idec Inc. in a London court to revoke a
European patent on a potential treatment for immune-system diseases."

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Copyright Infringement - I Didn't Know!
By Timothy McCormack, Seattlepie.com, January 6, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7lc2lcp

"Mere unauthorized use of a picture downloaded from the Internet (even
from a "free site") is enough to create liability for a business using
the copyrighted work without permission. This is true, regardless of how
the infringement came about. Typical copyrighted works that get
businesses into trouble include images and text "acquired" from the
Internet."
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The Limitations on the Doctrine of Fair Use When Making Films or Videos.
By Victoria Slind-Flor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 05, 2012.

http://www.bartonesq.com/blogs/ip/?p=32

"One of the greatest and most common misconceptions among filmmakers is
that the fair use doctrine provides broad protection."
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Tamiru Degefe,
Center for Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780
Adelphi, MD 20783
Phone: 240-684-2803
Fax:   240-684-2961