If you were to attempt to write a law governing media copyright in 1998, would you attempt to do so without acknowledging the existence of the Internet and compression methods like MPEG-1?
That's probably why Disney is offering to buy the estate's shares for a reported $350 million, and why it convinced Congress to amend laws governing certain copyrights.
How do the laws governing patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and sui generis intellectual property rights act as an incentive, a disincentive, or a neutral factor in determining the planning, content, and progress of genetics and genomics research and development programs?
Some people bristle at the notion that an ancient practice aimed at health and enlightenment can be governed by copyright and trademark laws.
The Supreme Court can suppress publications under certain circumstances, but in general there are few restrictions apart from those governing libel and copyright.
There is an uneasy interface between the bright-line rules governing ownership of copyright in photographs and the fluidity of the social networking model.
Mr. Davidson delivered careful testimony that called for changes in the law governing subpoenas that copyright holders can obtain -- currently with scant judicial oversight -- as they try to find file traders and other copyright infringers.
But even with the proposed reforms to copyright laws governing parody, satire is still clearly seen as a threat by the UK establishment.
The fast-track authority now invested in the president enables him to present Congress with a complex final package, combining a reduction in trade barriers, on everything from cars to rice, with new regulations governing the environment, labour and copyright.
[C3.] Fashion Designers Lobbying for Copyright Protection Fashion designers are lobbying in Washington for copyright protections like those governing books, music and other creative arts.
