Legal Research

The world of unusual book titles
It seems like Andy and I have gone through endless alternative titles for our book (no, it is not the one pictured above) which should be out this summer on Johns Hopkins Press. However, I’m really glad that none of our tentative titles really rivals (in terms of oddness) any of the titles you will find [...

By Any Other Name
We learn yet again, from a recent N.Y. Times piece that book titles can’t be copyrighted: there are now two books in print (one 30 years old, mind you) called The Saucier?s Apprentice...

Trademark and Copyright Law Regarding Book Titles
A question that is periodically asked of us is whether or not book titles are covered under copyright law. In general, the title of the book itself is not entitled to copyright protection...

Book Titles - Covered by Copyright Law
A question that is periodically asked of us is whether or not book titles are covered under copyright law. In general, the title of the book itself is not entitled to copyright protection...

Some titles at the top in the UK vary greatly from US titles
The Advisory Panel of the CLO Programme includes nine top lawyers. Those lawyers have titles that are not run-of-the mill titles for their US counterparts (the titles I reflexively use in posts, such as general counsel and chief legal officer)...

Google Settles Author Suit
Google has made nice with book publishers upset over Google's book scanning project. They had sued over copyright concerns given that Google hadn't asked for permission to scan complete titles and place snippets of in-copyright titles in the search engine...

PETCO
Animal Food Distribution Unsanitary, Food Seized

Google
Settles Book-Scanning Class Actions for $125 Million

Amazon
Facing Class Action over Book Deletions

Ram Publishing
alleging phone book advertising contract fraud.

Joke Book
Judy Brown and publishers pay undisclosed settlement to comedians and talkshow celebrities for copyright infringement.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...