April 2, 2025
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Songwriters and Copyrights! – Canyon News

HOLLYWOOD- Rick Springfield has been a songwriter for decades, the Australian-American Grammy winning singer, songwriter, actor and writer, also known as Richard Lewis Springthorpe. He has written nearly all of his own material and to my knowledge has never had a copyright case. He’s best known for his 1981 hit “Jessie’s Girl,” which won him

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4 strategies to manage inventory and supply chain operations in 2025

This story was originally published on Supply Chain Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Supply Chain Dive newsletter. Supply chain operations managers face a very different environment today than they have in the past. As they contend with post-globalization, natural disasters, new labor pressures and additional factors, leaders must

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Mercedes-Benz navigates tariff impact with increased US inventory

Victoria Waldersee  |  Reuters Trump announces 25% tariffs on imported cars President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on imported vehicles and auto parts, effective April 3, aiming to boost domestic manufacturing. Cheddar Mercedes-Benz MBGn.DE is building up inventory levels in the U.S. at the wholesale level and at dealer lots to get ahead of tariffs due

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Tesla is sitting on $200 million worth of Cybertruck inventory

Tesla has about $200 million worth of Cybertrucks in inventory in the US, as the truck is extremely difficult to sell. A year and a half into production, Cybertruck production has ramped up, and inventory is building up. Last year, Tesla could blame low Cybertruck deliveries on the production ramp, the more expensive Foundation Series,

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The Impact of Prosecution Length on Infringement Outcomes in Patent Litigation | Baker Botts L.L.P.

IntroductionThis article continues our analysis of over 89,000 patents to determine how the number of office actions to allowance during prosecution impacts litigation outcomes. Last month we discussed how prosecution length impacts invalidity rates during litigation.[1] Now we discuss how it impacts findings of infringement. Almost every practitioner would hypothesize that a patent with a

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Bedford Car Sales switches DMS to Dealerkit

Bedford Car Sales is now using Dealerkit and embracing the benefits which range from auction scanning to AI descriptions. The dealer has 60 to 75 vehicles across its forecourt and its indoor showroom. Dealerkit is known as ‘the DMS built by dealers, for dealers’. It can assist with lead management, vehicle prep and accounts integration. Stock

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Music copyright group mandates ‘no AI use’ for new songs

(123rf) The Korea Music Copyright Association recently implemented a procedure for registering a new song, requiring songwriters to verify that they did not use artificial intelligence, reaffirming its stance that AI-generated music cannot be copyrighted. The new measure, which went into effect on March 24, mandates songwriters to confirm they have 100 percent contributed to

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Renters might have more luck finding housing this year. Here’s why

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — If you are looking to rent an apartment or a home in Palm Beach County, you’re luck might be better than it was a year ago. Rent Cafe, which studies housing trends, said renters could have a slightly easier time, because there are more options swarming the market. Rental inventory

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Inventory company claims it has discovered a back door eviction route in RRB

The ending of Section 21 evictions is making landlords nervous about whether they will have any legal and practical means of reclaiming their properties but Siân Hemming-Metcalfe (pictured), Operations Director at Inventory Base, says unscrupulous ones could use the Renters’ Rights Bill’s Section 6B as a back door to evict tenants. If the Renters’ Rights

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Nokia settles with Amazon over video patents

Nokia had sued Amazon in five global jurisdictions [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Finnish telecom giant Nokia on Monday said it had reached a settlement with Amazon, which it had sued over alleged patent infringements on video-related technologies. “Nokia… has signed a patent agreement with Amazon covering the use of Nokia’s video technologies in Amazon’s streaming

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