Since a team of University of Florida doctors invented Gatorade in 1965, the university has been involved in five separate court actions concerning contract disputes over the drink. The latest involves creation of a new drink by a different team of researchers that includes an original Gatorade inventor. (MSE)

Analyzes the relationship between standardization and intellectual property rights (IPRs) and presents case studies of conflicts generated between the two. Examines IPR policies of major standardization organizations to find out how they solve such conflict, and provides suggestions for solving problems with recently implemented standardization…

Argues that traditional understandings of ownership and intellectual property fall short of describing synchronous electronic discourse. Asks how to develop property rights and guidelines for fair use when what would be cited belongs to a pseudonymous or anonymous group. Claims that feminist theory provides a way to understand the importance of…

Reviews copyright issues, fair use guidelines, and applicable principles of copyright and ownership, the rights of copyright holders, and the conditions under which copyrighted material can be used by others. Notes possible affects of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act and intellectual property issues on dental schools. (Author/DB)

Discusses the need to develop storage and preservation measures for Internet resources. Topics include Web site authorship versus Web space ownership; physical archives of Web sites; cyberarchives; collection development; acquiring Web sites; and adding Web sites to the collection. (LRW)

Reviews recent legal developments in information policy related to digital information, particularly on the Internet. Focuses on trends in which information ownership is encroaching on public uses of information or on public information space, that is, control and ownership of information versus public access to and use of information. (Contains…

Reviews issues associated with the preservation of digital documents and their long-term viability. Topics include characteristics of digital information; physical deterioration of digital documents; life spans of digital media; technological obsolescence; digital artifacts versus digital objects; access versus preservation; intellectual…

Because intellectual property law and remedy are set and enforced by individual nations, in the online world, the victim of unlicensed copying has a choice of jurisdiction in enforcing rights. This article defines intellectual property rights and infringement, discusses legislation, and assesses the extent to which right owners can seek redress.…

Summarizes the findings of an international study of distance education institutions that was conducted by Athabasca University (Canada) to gather information about copyright operations. Highlights include copyright clearances; costs; the role of the copyright officer; and ethical questions of institutional intellectual ownership. (Author/LRW)

Reviews the areas of intellectual property law--patent, copyright, and trademark--and discusses how multimedia raises legal issues in each area. The scope of available protection and the concerns involved in negotiating licensing and publishing agreements for multimedia are discussed, as well as issues related to online material. (Author/LRW)

Provides an overview of collegiate trademark cases; discusses several forms of infringement, including traditional infringement on commercial products, ambush marketing, and Internet infringement; addresses available remedies; and offers practical tips for dealing effectively with trademark protection. (EV)

Includes four articles that discuss digital technology and indigenous communities. Highlights include digitization of cultural resources; cultural instantiation in electronic media; partnerships; the needs of indigenous groups; library school students' service-based learning experiences in creating a virtual library for a tribal village; and…

Reports on the current condition of trade publishing and its future prospects based on interviews with editors, publishers, agents, and others. Discusses academic libraries and the future of trade publishing, including questions relating to electronic books, intellectual property, and social and economic benefits of sharing information…

U.S. colleges of agriculture and technology transfer offices have historically been in conflict over the management of plant varieties. A simple model that would allow these competing systems to become integrated uses a decision tree. (Author/JOW)

There are a number of issues that face individuals who would use learning objects for instructional purposes. These issues include problems with decontextualization, enabling meaningful reusability, and overcoming biases toward didactic approaches in the use of learning objects. We discuss these problems in some detail, and present a project-based…