Publishers applaud WTO Appellate Body decision regarding China - December 28, 2009
The Association of American Publishers, the national trade association of the US book publishing industry, recently issued a statement on the decision by the World Trade Organization Appellate Body affirming that China is in violation of its WTO obligations. According to the statement, the Association welcomes… Read More
French court rules against Google in copyright infringement case - December 21, 2009
A French court has reportedly ruled against Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, in a copyright infringement case filed by a French publisher. According to the court, Google violated copyrights by digitising books and putting extracts online without authorisation. The court has ordered Google to… Read More
Library Associations raise Google Book Search pricing concerns to DOJ - December 21, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) asking for ongoing judicial oversight of the… Read More
Reed Construction Data amends lawsuit against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge - December 14, 2009
Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, has amended a suit in federal court against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The amended complaint raises new charges that Dodge unlawfully misappropriated RCD’s confidential and trade… Read More
New disclosure form to help medical journals avoid conflicts of interest - November 25, 2009
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is testing a new uniform disclosure form for reporting potential conflicts of interest among authors. The 14 journals that are ICMJE members, including the Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the New… Read More
Library Associations release Guide on Google Book Search amended settlement agreement - November 25, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced the release of ‘A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement.’ The guide… Read More
John Wiley & Sons selects Rightslink as online licensing solution for books and journals - November 24, 2009
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that publisher John Wiley & Sons has selected Rightslink as the online licensing solution for its portfolio of top scientific, technical, medical and scholarly journals, encyclopaedias, books and online products. Wiley will add Rightslink to… Read More
Court gives preliminary nod to revised Google settlement, next hearing in February - November 23, 2009
The US federal judge overseeing the Google Books settlement has reportedly granted preliminary approval to the revised settlement. According to the court order, the new version is ‘within the range of possible approval.’ The order also set February 18, 2010 for a final fairness hearing on the agreement, which will… Read More
Open Book Alliance criticises Google’s revised book settlement proposal - November 17, 2009
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., the Authors Guild (AG) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) recently released their revised book settlement proposal in an attempt to revise the existing legal agreement. According to Open Book Alliance co-chair Peter Brantley, the… Read More
AAP welcomes Chinese commitments to boost intellectual property protection - November 9, 2009
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has applauded the Chinese government’s recently issued public notice conveying to state-run libraries the importance of strengthening protection for copyright-protected academic and medical journals. It has further emphasised that ending intellectual property violations affecting books and journals in China continues… Read More
