Aug 13
The $26 million settlement between Universal City Studios and a class of Hollywood filmmakers has been tentatively approved. The filmmakers believed they had been underpaid based on miscalculated royalties associated with profits from home-video sales.
Dec 23
Royalty arrangements within patent licenses have long been constrained by an almost 50 year old Supreme Court decision in Brulotte v. Thys Co that prevents collection of royalties after a patent has expired. The Justices have now agreed to revisit the precedent set by that often-criticized ruling in a current case, Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises, …