MORE 'INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY' POSTS
Recently Launched Online: WIPO's Global Brand Database
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, News, Patrons and Users
|From a WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization] Announcement: A new on-line tool launched by will make it easier to search over 640,000 records relating to internationally protected trademarks, appellations of origin and armorial bearings, flags and other state emblems as well as the names, abbreviations and emblems of intergovernmental organizations. The Global Brand Database allows […]
"Ruling Spurs Effort to Form Digital Public Library"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|From a New York Times Article by Miguel Helft: The lofty effort, the Digital Public Library of America, counts a long list of heavyweights among its supporters, including librarians from major universities and officials from the National Archives and the Library of Congress. Some of the nation’s largest philanthropic foundations have said they were interested […]
Law Professor James Grimmelmann Discusses Google Book Search Settlement Decision on Bloomberg TV
Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Interviews, News, Profiles
|Professor James Grimmelmann from the New York Law School has been one of the legal experts the media has been turning to for comments about the Google Book Settlement since it was announced about 10 days ago. A smart move by the media. Grimmelmann and his students have done an outstanding job providing analysis and […]
Just Released by the Library Copyright Alliance: Google Book Settlement: "A Guide for the Perplexed Part IV"
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Reports
|The Library Copyright Alliance has just released, “A Guide for the Perplexed Part IV” that provides a look at Judge Chin’s decision last week regarding the Google Book Settlement (GBS). Direct to the “A Guide for the Perplexed Part IV” (18 pages; PDF) From an ALA District Dispatch Post: This guide is the latest in […]
A New York Times Editorial: "Google's Book Deal"
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Publishing
|From the Editorial: Altogether, Judge Chin argued that the agreement would grant Google a virtual legal monopoly over the online book search. That is too high a price to pay. Google’s loss means that, for now, its search results will show only snippets of text from books that are under copyright but out of print. […]
You can learn more and register (free) on this page. Through lively discussion, copyright expert Lois Wasoff and Copyright Clearance Center’s Christopher Kenneally will analyze this highly-anticipated decision, what it means for those affected by the proposed settlement and what is likely to happen next. About Lois Wasoff: Lois F. Wasoff has established a legal […]
Video: OverDrive Founder and CEO Steve Potash Interviewed on Bloomberg TV
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Steve Potash appeared on Bloomberg Television earlier today and the nearly four minute is now accessible online. You can watch the segment on the Bloomberg web site It runs about 4 minutes. As you might expect the HarperCollins story is touched on as is GBS. In a nutshell: + “Since Christmas, we’ve seen almost 100 […]
Via Free Government Information: Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry) was interviewed by C-SPAN at the at the 2011 Virginia Book Festival and the interview begins airing today. Sunday, March 27th at 5:12pm (ET) Sunday, March 27th at 11:15pm (ET) Monday, March 28th at 5:12am (ET) The program […]
Google Book Settlement Rejected: Press Review, Comments, and Resources
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing
|UPDATED (March 27, 2011, 10:30pm EDST) Recent Additions “Doing Google Books Right” (by David Weinberger, Joho the Blog) Now it seems it’ll be up to Congress to address the orphaned works problem. But given Congress’ maniacal death-grip on copyright, it seems unlikely that common sense will have any effect and our culture will continue to […]
From an ALA District Dispatch Announcement (11 pages; PDF) The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) released comments on the latest version of a draft treaty on traditional cultural expressions (TCE), a legal instrument that seeks to protect and manage folklore and other cultural expression by Western copyright laws. The LCA finds the categorization of traditional cultural […]