ARE Copyright Litigation Alert:
Google Book Scanning Found To Be Fair Use

On November 14, 2013, Judge Denny Chin—now of the of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but retaining jurisdiction in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York—upheld the legality of Google Books in the class action copyright infringement suit commenced in 2005 by the Authors Guild, Inc., et […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Patent Exhaustion Upholds Patentee’s Rights in Case Regarding Patented Self-Replicating Technologies

On May 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., No. 11-796, holding that the doctrine of patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds by planting and harvesting them without the patent holder’s permission. The Court, in an opinion written by […]