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Intellectual Property

Apr. 9, 2014

Daralyn J. Durie

Durie Tangri LLP San Francisco Patent, copyright


Last year, Durie prevailed in a groundbreaking case that took on the thorny question of what constitutes fair use.


At issue was the Google Books project, a searchable database to help users discover and find published material online.


In a lawsuit filed on behalf of authors and publishers, plaintiffs contended that the program's book scanning constituted a copyright infringement. The Authors Guild, et al., v. Google Inc., CV05-8136 (S.D.N.Y....

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