Happy Birthday America!

james.crane@altep.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0100

The "Committee of Five" (John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman) worked together for three weeks to draft the United States Declaration of Independence. Two hundred and thirty-two years ago today, the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress and sent off for publication. It w [...]

This Day in Legal History

james.crane@altep.com — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:00:00 +0100

Corporate legal departments dedicate anywhere from 5 – 50% of their legal department assets to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

The first federal law of copyrights, the Copyright Act of 1790, was signed into law by George Washington on May 31, 1790. The goal of [...]

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