One effect of such legislation was that consumers’ opportunities to engage in activities that previously would have been considered “fair uses” were curtailed significantly. The ruling enhanced the protections available to the originators of open-source software, which allows readers to view its programming or source code, improve it, then redistribute the resulting software in its […]

However, the lack of notice of copyright using these marks may have consequences in terms of reduced damages in an infringement lawsuit– using notices of this form may reduce the likelihood of a defense of “innocent infringement” being successful. “It shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the Union to prescribe that […]