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The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog discussed why businesses should consider conducting periodic IP licensing audits and what they should be looking for in those audits in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/should-your-business-conduct-an-ip-licensing-audit/

A verdict was reached in a case filed by retired NFL players against the players union for failing to include them in lucrative licensing deals involving video games and other sports products.  The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog discussed the case and the verdict in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/retired-nfl-players-win-verdict-against-union-for-failing-to-include-them-in-licensing-deals/

The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog explored the question of whether the blogosphere should adopt the creative commons licensing model in the following blog post link:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/should-the-blogosphere-adopt-the-creative-commons-licensing-model/

The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog looked at this issue of whether copyright reform rather than patent reform should be on the table, and if so, why, in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/copyright-reform-is-it-time-to-take-patent-reform-off-the-table-and-work-on-copyright-reform/

What are the lessons to be learned from the case of the ex-Intel Corporation employee accused of stealing trade secrets and giving them to his new employer, rival Advanced Micro Device?  The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog looked at this issue in a recent blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/trade-secrets-case-provides-important-lesson-to-employers-and-employees-on-the-significance-of-employment-agreements/

Think your business doesn’t have any IP to protect?  If your business is like most, you may have unprotected design work, as the Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog explains in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/corporate-designs-does-your-business-really-have-the-rights-to-its-designs/

Can companies save money on legal costs by investing in good legal templates?  The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog explored this issue in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/cutting-legal-costs-by-investing-in-good-templates/

The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog explored the issue of whether open source licensing is a viable business model in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/open-source-licensing-is-it-a-viable-business-model/

The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog examined the issue of how a license grant should be drafted in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/license-grant-language-how-should-it-be-drafted/

Silicon Valley Internet Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be presenting on Employee Blog and Websites for American Features Syndicate Teleconference on August 1, 2008, 10:30-12:00 a.m. PST.

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The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog explored the issue of whether there is a market for blog content licensing in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/blog-content-licensing-is-there-a-market-for-it/

Yahoo Music has advised its customers that it will be shutting down its digital rights management services and issuing refunds to customers, as reported by the Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/yahoo-music-to-shut-down-service-issue-refunds-to-customers/

The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog examined the pros and cons of consortia licensing in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/consortia-licensing-is-this-an-ideal-way-to-license-intellectual-property/

The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog explored the issue of the enforceability of the iTunes Music License in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/itunes-music-license-is-it-really-enforceable/

A Brief Guide to Intellectual Property (PDF, 24kb)

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Silicon Valley Internet Lawyer Kristie Prinz will be speaking on Employee Blogs and Websites in a presentation hosted by the American Features Syndicate on July 15, 2008 between 10:30-12:00 a.m. PST.

To view a recording of the presentation in The Prinz Law Store, click here.

Should the Associated Press have the right to set its own standards as to how much quoting from an Associated Press article constitutes fair use and how much requires the payment of a royalty?  The Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog looked at this issue in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/blogosphere-reacts-to-associated-press-assault-on-fair-use-doctrine/

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The Supreme Court is considering whether to take a case which would address the issue of whether major league baseball players’ names and statistics constitute the intellectual property of Major League Baseball, requiring the payment of a royalty fee.  The Silicon Valley IP Licensing discuss this case in the following blog post:

http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com/supreme-court-to-consider-fantasy-baseball-case-do-players-names-and-statistics-constitute-major-league-baseball-intellectual-property/

Visit the Silicon Valley Ip Licensing Law Blog at http://www.siliconvalleyiplicensinglaw.com

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Getting Started with Drafting a Development Agreement: A Brief Guide to the Elements and Key Considerations (Powerpoint Presentation, 96 Kb)

Getting Started with Drafting a Services Agreement: A Brief Guide to the Elements and Key Considerations (Powerpoint Presentation, 86.5 Kb)

Getting Started with Drafting a License Agreement: A Brief Guide to the Elements and Key Considerations (Powerpoint Presentation 91Kb)

Biotech and Life Sciences IP Licensing Lawyer Kristie Prinz speak on January 11, 2008 on the IP Panel for Process Management–Route to Success at PepTalk which will be held at Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego.

For more details about the event, please click here.

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