‘Current Medical Research and Opinion’ formulates new Transparency Policy - March 27, 2009
Current Medical Research and Opinion (CMRO), an international, peer-reviewed clinical research journal published by Informa Healthcare, has developed, and will soon institute, a formal Transparency Policy. The policy, projected to go above and beyond normal medical journal standards, is seen as a consequence of the 'Medical… Read More
CCC adds rights for more than 9 million works to academic licensing services - March 17, 2009
Non-profit copyright licensing solution provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has added more than 9 million rights to its licensing services for academic institutions. The company added more than 1 million rights for leading foreign and domestic books, scholarly journals, newspapers and magazines under its Annual… Read More
Publisher bodies submit annual review of global IP protection to US government - February 20, 2009
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has joined six other copyright-related trade associations to submit its annual Special 301 Report to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR). The report, completed under the umbrella of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), details issues related to… Read More
Authors, publishers notified about class action settlement on Google Book Search - February 17, 2009
The court-ordered process of officially notifying authors, publishers and other copyright-holders about the Google Book Search class-action settlement is in progress, it has been reported. Authors and publishers worldwide are receiving detailed information about their legal rights and options by e-mail and postal mail. A summary notice is being published… Read More
ALPSP responds to UK Intellectual Property Office paper on IP issues in digital era - February 16, 2009
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP), the international trade association for scholarly and professional publishers, has responded to the UK Intellectual Property Office issues paper, '© the Future'. The issues paper posed a number of questions regarding the nature of copyright in the… Read More
Publishers welcome legislation to safeguard copyright in research works - February 9, 2009
The Association of American Publishers has welcomed the re-introduction of legislation to safeguard the rights of authors and publishers of copyrighted, peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, HR 801, was re-introduced in response to a government mandate that allows the National… Read More
IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office launches e-copyright tools for publication editors - January 26, 2009
The IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office has made available two new electronic copyright form (eCF) tools for volunteers who are responsible for collecting, submitting and monitoring IEEE Copyright Forms. To help volunteers track eCF submissions, the IPR Office and the IEEE Publishing Technology Group have developed… Read More
iParadigms adds eReference encyclopaedias from SAGE Publications - January 15, 2009
iParadigms, LLC, the leader in the field of textual intellectual property protection, has announced that it has added SAGE eReference encyclopaedias to its vast databases of billions of pages of live and archived web content. SAGE joins an esteemed group of library database providers and the… Read More
New initiative to assess impact of ‘orphan works’ on delivery of services to the public - January 12, 2009
The Collections Trust and the Strategic Content Alliance have announced a joint initiative to assess the impact of 'orphan works' on the delivery of services to the public. Orphan works are works for which the copyright owner is unknown or cannot be… Read More
Emerald partners with COPE - January 9, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced a partnership with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), starting January 1, 2009. The committee works with scientific journal editors to help them improve their skills and the quality of… Read More
