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Winning May Not Be Normal, But Copyright Infringement Seems To Be
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
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
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
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
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
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
Graduation Solutions, LLC v. Acadima, LLC, 17-cv-01342 (D. Conn)
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Student Sued for Allegedly Wearing Spyglasses During MCAT
Association of American Medical Colleges v. Anyanwu, 17-cv-03051 (N.D. GA)
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Textbook Publishers Sue Follett Over Counterfeit Textbooks
Cengage Learning v. Follett, 17-cv-04672 (S.D.N.Y.)
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Utah Court Holds Public Universities Immune From Copyright Lawsuits
Israel v. University of Utah, 15-cv-00741 (D. Utah 2015)
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Copyright Protection for Business Strategies?
Tulk v. Marshall University, 17-cv-03079 (S.D. W. Va. May 30, 2017)
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A&M’s Unoriginal History of the Original 12th Man
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?
Nettleman v. Florida Atlantic University, 16-cv-81339 (S.D. Fla.)
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Engineering a Copyright Infringement
Nettleman v. Florida Atlantic Univ., 16-cv-81339 (S.D. Fla.)
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FedEx Helping Schools? Or Infringing Copyrights?
Great Minds v. FedEx, 16-CV-1462 (E.D.N.Y. 2016)
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Gene Kelly’s estate must wait to pursue copyright infringement claim
Kelly v. University Press of Mississippi, 16-cv-02960 (C.D. Cal.)
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