Copyright Alliance

Davis Wright Tremaine Secures Win for Publishing Industry and Authors in Major Copyright Case

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
Communications, Legal, Professional Services, Publishing, Linda, Authors Guild, Copyright Alliance, National Press Photographers Association, Hachette Book Group, Internet, National Writers Union, Wiley (publisher), HarperCollins, Guild (ecology), MacNamara, Works, Penguin Random House, Ecosystem, Zebrak, Book, Music

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s media litigation team, representing leading book publishers, has been granted summary judgment in a federal lawsuit that challenged mass-scale copyright infringement by the Internet Archive.

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  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s media litigation team, representing leading book publishers, has been granted summary judgment in a federal lawsuit that challenged mass-scale copyright infringement by the Internet Archive.
  • Plaintiffs in the case were Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House.
  • They were supported by amici that included the Copyright Alliance, the Authors Guild, the National Writers Union, and the National Press Photographers Association.
  • “Internet Archive’s infringing activities, if allowed to continue, would threaten the very ecosystem that makes books possible.”
    McNamara and Steinman are both partners in the New York office of Davis Wright Tremaine.

IPO Education Foundation's ALL-NEW Inspiration Award Goes to Copyright Alliance VP Terrica Carrington

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Monday, September 19, 2022
British Inspiration Awards, Trustee, Intellectual property, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Act, Copyright Act, National Building Museum, Center, DMCA, Association, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., View, United States Copyright Office, Policy, IP, Copyright Alliance, IPO, National Geographic, Copyright, House, Carrington, Foundation, Board of directors, Intellectual Property Owners Association, Board, WALA, Diversity, Multimedia, CASE, Creative industries

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IPO Education Foundation (IPOEF) will honor Terrica Carrington with the 2022 Inspiration Award.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IPO Education Foundation (IPOEF) will honor Terrica Carrington with the 2022 Inspiration Award.
  • Carrington also spearheads the Copyright Alliance's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the copyright field, and serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee as a member of the Copyright Society.
  • Carrington will be in attendance to accept the 2022 Inspiration Award on December 9 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, during the IPO Education Foundation Awards celebration.
  • IPO Education Foundation is a subsidiary of Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), established in 1972, a trade association for owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.

CCC’s Roy Kaufman Named to the Board of the United States Intellectual Property Alliance

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Thursday, January 27, 2022
Software, Technology, Other Professional Services, Professional Services, AT, Ecosystem, AT&T, MIT, Copyright Alliance, Intellectual property, Organization, Board, Recording Industry Association of America, IBM, Leadership, Knowledge, Industry, IP, RIAA, Information management, WIPO, Copyright Clearance Center, CCC, Software, Awareness, World Intellectual Property Organization, Business development, Quality of life, USPTO, Government, Management

CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations, has been appointed to the Board of the United States Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA).

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  • CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations, has been appointed to the Board of the United States Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA).
  • The USIPA Board features representatives of various organizations and constituencies that make up the Intellectual Property Ecosystem in the U.S., including the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Copyright Alliance, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), AT&T, IBM, and MIT, among others.
  • The U.S. is recognized as a world-leading, collaborative ecosystem for intellectual property creation that fuels prosperity and improves the quality of life in our communities, said Kaufman.
  • A pioneer in voluntary collective licensing, Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) helps organizations integrate, access, and share information through licensing, content, software, and professional services.