Eminent domain

The reforms in mathematics education require teachers to teach in ways that many of them did not experience when learning mathematics in school or learning how to teach mathematics during their teacher preparation programs. The reform methods for teaching mathematics emphasize teaching mathematics for understanding rather than having students memorize rules or just use given procedures to solve tasks. Additionally, these instructional methods stress the use of open-ended tasks and real life…

7 valuable things to know before starting a business 7 valuable things to know before starting a business If you’re on the starting lines of launching a new business venture, you’ll know better than anyone there’s a lot to think about. So to help break it down, here are 7 things that the team at Business Mule thinks it would really pay to know... 1. You need to tell the taxman If you’re leaving a permanent position of employment and setting up your own company, you’ll need to tell HMRC.…

The turnover from the Tokugawa period to the Meiji is historically seen as a Japan entering a new age of modernization and industrialization to reach western levels of civilization. Tokugawa as a traditional, old fashioned age while Meiji metaphorically as opening itself up to new ideas and western ways of thinking. The Meiji era was a time where Japan opened itself up to western influence. This romanticized way of viewing Meiji as a triumphant time of growing industry and capitalism is, however…

and Uzi Nissan having purchased the rights to the domain names in a timely manner and without hindrance at the time of purchase, the court’s rulings were generally fair. Because of the ACPA, Nissan Motor Company (NMC) had a valid case against Nissan Computer Corp. (NCC). Due to timely purchasing of domains reflecting a family name, Uzi Nissan deserved to win the case. However, I believe it was unfair to say that Mr. Nissan was unable to use the domain for business transactions. Our entire…

According to the dictionary, copyright refers to the exclusive rights that protect the works of authors, artists, and composers from being reproduced, performed, or distributed by others without permission. The artist or the owner of the copyright has the right to reproduce their protected work as well as to replicate copies and sell them, exhibit their work to the public, etc. Copyright’s main focus is to protect how the author has expressed his or her concept or idea; it does not protect the…

What Is Fair Use? In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In other words, fair use is a defense against a claim of copyright infringement. If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an infringement. So what is a “transformative” use? If this definition…

Does Barbro have the right of Re-sale ? In the Usedsoft case the CJEU held that the grant of an unlimited license together with the possibility to download a copy of a computer program is tantamount to a first sale, which exhausts the right of distribution, so that a further resale of that copy cannot be opposed by the right holder in this case ,Network Inc . This is to mean that Barbro would enjoy the benefits of being part of a first sale contract and as such she can resell the albums…

the idea that if an idea became part of the public domain, it would become obsolete and lose most, if not all, of its value and potential. In this way, public domain is seen as the “place where ideas go to die”. Conversely, one of the argument for shorter copyrights is based around the notion that copyright laws are already too invasive and/or interminable. This view would likely be taken by someone who held belief in the power of public domain, rather than in its hindrance. Longer copyrights is…

Copyright Guide For any creative or intellectual work to be protected by copyright law, it has to be an idea that has been fixed and expressed in some type of medium. It is also imperative that the expression of this idea is original. Originality is most recognized through a modicum of creativity in the manner in which the idea has been expressed. In other words, once a work has been completed and then fixed in some medium through which it can be produced, such as the hard drive of a computer,…

creation of websites, a skill that once belonged only to a select few that dedicated significant time and effort into honing their skills. Now creating an inexpensive, but quality website is easy to achieve. Deciding on a domain name is the first step to constructing a website. The domain name should be the company name, organization, or the creators own name to differentiate itself from other competitors (Quick para. 3).…