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Copyright Counseling and Protection: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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A properly maintained copyright portfolio is essential to any successful brand owner. Copyright can extend to advertisement copy, manuals, visuals, art, photography, storyboards, scripts, film, video, online components,...more

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The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While...more

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December 31 Deadline for DMCA Safe Harbor Copyright Agent Designations

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All companies that conduct business online should take note of an upcoming deadline for “safe harbor” from copyright infringement liability. Online service providers that allow users to store or post content (essentially, any...more

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Website Operators Need to Re-register Copyright Agents Under DMCA by December 31, 2017

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On December 1, 2016, the U.S. Copyright Office replaced its directory of designated agents for receipt of Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") notices of claimed infringement with a new electronic system. As part of...more

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Reminder: Service Providers Must Comply with New Requirements for Copyright Safe Harbor by December 31, 2017

Under regulations issued late last year by the United States Copyright Office, to receive safe harbor protection, all “service providers” must electronically register an agent to receive notices of copyright infringement...more

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New Safe Harbor Requirement to Maintain Immunity from Copyright Infringement

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Online Service Providers Re-File Your DMCA Agent Designations to Prevent Expiration - If your company has a website that allows third parties to post any kind of content (text, pictures or video), then it may be liable...more

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U.S. Copyright Office Creates New Registration Process for DMCA Agents

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Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), website operators and other Internet Service Providers (collectively, ISPs) can obtain protection from liability for copyright infringement claims based on the material...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2017

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A Smooth Patch in a Rough Road? Governmental Transition and Intellectual Property - Whenever a new Congress convenes, some IP issues come to the fore while others take a back seat. Transition to a new administration in the...more

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Copyright Office Establishes New Electronic DMCA Agent Registration

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Service Providers Must Re-register Online to Maintain Safe Harbor Protection - A service provider seeking to take advantage of certain of the safe harbors under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is required...more

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New Copyright Office Rule Creates Potential “Gotcha” for Blogs and Websites Hosting User-Generated Content

If your company operates a website or blog that hosts user-generated content, you’ll want to read this post carefully. We’re ringing the alarm bell on an important new U.S. copyright law development that, if ignored,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Re-Register Takedown Agent or Lose Copyright Shield

If your website allows for posting of user-generated content and you filed an agent designation insulating you from copyright infringement claims, you may be about to lose that legal protection. All existing paper-filed agent...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Don’t Lose Your Website’s Safe Harbor Protection Under the DMCA: New Procedures for Registering Agents

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On October 31, 2016, the U.S. Copyright Office announced significant changes to its system for registering an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement, as required in order to take advantage of the...more

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Changes in Process for Designating Agents for DMCA Safe Harbor Protection

Effective December 1, 2016, companies that wish to benefit from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA's) safe harbors from copyright infringement liability for (i) content stored at the direction of a user (i.e.,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Read This If You Have a Website!

On Oct. 26, the Copyright Office published a notice of its final rule governing how online service providers must designate their "agent" for infringement notifications pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Don’t Lose Your DMCA Safe Harbor Protection!

The U.S. Copyright Office’s new electronic system for copyright-agent registration and maintenance goes into effect on December 1, 2016, and with it comes new rules. Beginning December 1, all online service providers must...more

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