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The NCAA national men’s basketball tournament will begin on March 13, 2018, and end with the men’s final on April 2, 2018, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.  The women’s tournament will begin on March 16, 2018, and end with the women�… Read More

The NCAA national men’s basketball tournament will begin on March 13, 2018, and end with the men’s final on April 2, 2018, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.  The women’s tournament will begin on March 16, 2018, and end with the women�… Read More

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea begin on Friday, February 9, 2018.  Because the Olympic organizing committees have in the past been quite vigilant in protecting the trademarks and copyrights associated with the Olympics, br… Read More

Following the National Football League (“NFL”) Conference Championship games, Super Bowl LII (or 52) will be held on February 4, 2018, at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The NFL diligently protects its copyright and trademark righ… Read More

The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) issued new rules last year requiring online service providers, including website and app operators, that previously filed a paper registration for a designated agent under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to… Read More

Earlier this year, the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and the performing rights organization Global Music Rights (GMR) reached an interim arrangement that allowed commercial radio stations to sign an interim license agreement to receive a nine-mo… Read More

Pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, a cable or satellite system carrying secondary transmissions of broadcast stations must pay “compulsory license” royalties to the Register of Copyrights.  These royalties are held in a pool to compensate… Read More

The NCAA national men’s basketball tournament will begin on March 14, 2017 and end with the men’s final on April 3, 2017 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.  The women’s tournament will begin on March 24, 2017 and end w… Read More