Thursday, November 11, 2010

STORIES OF THE DAY

In Focus: First Sale of Licensed Software

New York Law Journal

Most software is licensed, not sold, and may not come with the right to resell under the first sale doctrine of the Copyright Act. Richard Raysman and Peter Brown examine a multifactor test from the 9th Circuit to determine if a user of licensed software is an "owner" or a mere "licensee."

 

Can Court Remedies Police the Production of ESI?

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Leonard Deutchman reviews recent cases involving spoliation sanctions for failure to produce electronically stored information to see how the courts have sought to fashion remedies to bring out the truth at trial and to police the e-discovery production process.



Allen C. Turner, Esq.
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Member St. Bar of California
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