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Winning May Not Be Normal, But Copyright Infringement Seems To Be

March 14, 2019 03:58 PM
On March 11, Dr. Keith Bell filed a complaint alleging copyright and trademark infringement against Stanford University and its former Senior Associate Athletic Director, Kevin Blue (jointly, the “Defendants”).
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ResearchGate Settles With Three Publishers

April 20, 2018 02:34 PM
Last year, a coalition of multiple publishers alleged infringement of millions of works by ResearchGate (a popular networking site for academics), with a few of those publishers even going so far as to file a lawsuit against them. This case continues, with a Munich court holding their first hearing just days ago.
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University of Miami Sued Over Professor PowerPoint Presentation

April 20, 2018 02:24 PM
To say that university professors regularly give presentations at conferences would be an understatement. It's an indispensable part of what they do. But when Dr. Kysha Harriell, Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Director of Athletic Training at the University of Miami, gave a PowerPoint presentation at a 2017 conference organized by the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association (SEATA), she may have landed herself, her employer and the conference organizers in legal hot water.
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States’ Sovereign Immunity Challenged in Texas A&M Case

December 12, 2017 03:24 PM
Bynum v. Texas A&M Univ. Athletic Dept., 17-cv-00181 (S.D. Tex.)
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Scholarly Publishing Giants File Infringement Suit against ResearchGate

October 13, 2017 03:28 PM
Publishers Elsevier and the American Chemical Society have alleged that the popular academic networking site, ResearchGate, has committed copyright infringement by sharing copyrighted research papers with their users, according to an article at www.sciencemag.org. ResearchGate claims more than 13 million users who can use personal pages to upload and share material including published papers or book chapters. These uploads, now comprising millions of works, are usually only accessible by paid subscription.
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College Football Coach Sued Over Retweet

October 06, 2017 03:33 PM
Bell v. King’s College, et al., 17-cv-01725 (M.D. Penn.)
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Cap and Gown Competitor Website Too Close for Copyright Comfort

September 15, 2017 03:44 PM
Graduation Solutions, LLC v. Acadima, LLC, 17-cv-01342 (D. Conn)
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Student Sued for Allegedly Wearing Spyglasses During MCAT

September 06, 2017 03:50 PM
Association of American Medical Colleges v. Anyanwu, 17-cv-03051 (N.D. GA)
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Textbook Publishers Sue Follett Over Counterfeit Textbooks

July 31, 2017 03:54 PM
Cengage Learning v. Follett, 17-cv-04672 (S.D.N.Y.)
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Utah Court Holds Public Universities Immune From Copyright Lawsuits

June 20, 2017 03:59 PM
Israel v. University of Utah, 15-cv-00741 (D. Utah 2015)
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Copyright Protection for Business Strategies?

June 08, 2017 04:10 PM
Tulk v. Marshall University, 17-cv-03079 (S.D. W. Va. May 30, 2017)
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FedEx Case Dismissed

March 27, 2017 04:29 PM
Great Minds v. FedEx, 16-CV-1462 (E.D.N.Y. 2016)
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A&M’s Unoriginal History of the Original 12th Man

February 08, 2017 04:37 PM
Bynum v. Texas A&M Univ. Athletic Dept., 17-cv-00181 (S.D. Tex.)
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Are Public Universities Immune from Copyright Infringement?

January 30, 2017 04:35 PM
Nettleman v. Florida Atlantic University, 16-cv-81339 (S.D. Fla.)
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Engineering a Copyright Infringement

November 15, 2016 04:51 PM
Nettleman v. Florida Atlantic Univ., 16-cv-81339 (S.D. Fla.)
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FedEx Helping Schools? Or Infringing Copyrights?

November 07, 2016 04:55 PM
Great Minds v. FedEx, 16-CV-1462 (E.D.N.Y. 2016)
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Who Owns a Masters Thesis?

November 01, 2016 04:56 PM
Israel v. University of Utah, 15-cv-00741 (D. Utah 2015)
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Gene Kelly’s estate must wait to pursue copyright infringement claim

September 06, 2016 05:03 PM
Kelly v. University Press of Mississippi, 16-cv-02960 (C.D. Cal.)
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