Today, in a world of smartphones and tablets, publishing – as practiced by authors, publishers and booksellers – is all about licensing. The observation is a timely one on World Intellectual Property (IP) Day.

When last we looked at the Music Modernization Act (MMA), it had just been passed by Congress and signed into law.

The Copyright Office is currently in the midst of a project to build a new and modernized recordation process.

Fred Haber discusses the recent Dr. Seuss Enterprise (DSE) decision to remove a total of six books from further publication.

As more and more employees are working from home, how they share information and comply with copyright law presents companies with major challenges.

Mark Seeley samples his piece on the specific value voluntary collective licensing solutions provides to the scientific and scholarly publishing ecosystem.

New York has long resisted enacting a post-mortem right of publicity in large part in the name of freedom of the press and general First Amendment rights.

Residual ambiguities about the permissioning required under the 1976 Act led to a highly publicized case against a very large US-based corporation, Texaco.

It seems safe to forecast that there will be a lot to talk about this year when it comes to copyright and related developments, and that in this respect at least, 2021 will look a lot like previous years.