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• Electronic Rights: Publishing Agreement -- Permissions & Out-Of-Print Clauses ( July 2000 )
  Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

  In this article, the author discusses permission and out-of-print clauses in publishing agreements and how those clauses relate to electronic rights.

• Electronic Rights: Publishing Agreement--Grant of Rights & Royalty Clauses ( May 2000 )
  Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

  This article discusses the grant of rights and royalty clauses in author agreements in light of electronic rights.

• Date of Publication ( June 1999 )
  Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

  One of the factors which may implicate a publishing contract as having an absence of material terms is the lack of a specified date of publication. The case of Academy Chicago Publishers v. Mary Cheever is used to highlight the negative impact of just such an omission on publishers.

• Delivery and Acceptance of a Manuscript ( October 1998 )
  Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

  This article examines situations where a publisher may or may not reject a manuscript.

• Intellectual Property Due Diligence In Acquisitions of Technology Companies ( January 1998 )
  Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  This article is a comprehensive outline of the steps and issues that need to be addressed concerning acquisition of technology companies.

• How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work ( June 1999 )
  Library of Congress Copyright Office O. R. Material

  This publication explains the three ways to investigate whether a work is protected by a copyright.