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Education Publishers Sue Shopify for Copyright, Trademark Infringement
The suit accuses the e-commerce service of contributory and vicarious copyright and trademark infringement for allegedly facilitating the sale of pirated textbooks and educational materials.
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Internet Archive Rejects Publishers’ ‘Stonewalling’ Claim in Scanning Lawsuit
IA lawyers called the publishers’ recent filing ‘unfortunate’ and said they are complying with or have already complied with all of the publishers’ discovery requests.
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Chegg Responds to Pearson Copyright Lawsuit
Pearson claims that Chegg is illegally appropriating Pearson's end-of-chapter textbook questions for its subscription study service, but in an answer this week, Chegg attorneys call the suit “legally flawed” and accuse Pearson of “weaponizing” its copyright interests in an effort to throttle lawful innovation.
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Pearson Education Sues Chegg, Alleging 'Massive' Copyright Infringement
The suit accuses a Chegg subscription study service of illegally appropriating end-of-chapter questions from various textbooks.
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Discovery Extension Requested in Internet Archive Book Scanning Suit
Just weeks after the parties asked a judge to settle a significant discovery dispute, the parties in a closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books have asked for a three-month extension for discovery.
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Copyright Office Weighs in on Maryland Library E-book Law
In an opinion issued this week, U.S. Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter concluded that Maryland’s new library e-book law is “likely” preempted by federal copyright law.
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Publishers Blast Internet Archive’s ‘Extraordinary’ Demand for Sales Data
Lawyers say the Internet Archive's sweeping demand for 10 years' worth of monthly sales data is "burdensome in the extreme" and legally "irrelevant."
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CASE Act Set to Pass as Part of Omnibus Bill
A four year-old bill that would establish an extra-judicial “small claims court” for copyright cases is now set to become law after Congressional leaders slipped the measure into the Covid-19 relief and omnibus spending bill now headed to President Trump’s desk.
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Court Shuts Down Pirate Sites for Educational Materials
The trademark and copyright infringement suit alleges that the operators of 231 websites were selling "illegal, unlicensed copies of test banks and instructor solutions manuals," resources sold only to teachers and not made publicly available or available to students by the plaintiff publishers.
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Publishers Escape Fee Award as GSU E-Reserves Case Finally Ends
In a 14-page final order in the case, Judge Orinda Evans opted not to order the plaintiff publishers to pay GSU's attorney fees.
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