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Software & Copyrights, IP Litigation Klemchuk LLP Software & Copyrights, IP Litigation Klemchuk LLP

What are YouTube copyright bots and how do they help stop copyright infringement? 

Online service providers have legal requirements to prevent copyright infringement on their platforms and to take down infringing content promptly. Therefore, large companies like YouTube and Google resort to the use of automated technology such as copyright bots to help with the process.

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During a health pandemic, should vaccine patents be allowed or should there be some sort of exception?

Patents on medical inventions, including vaccines are important for the companies creating the inventions to reap the rewards of their research and innovation. However, with a global pandemic and the need for global access to a vaccine, experts express concerns regarding availability, access, and distribution of a vaccine if vaccine patents are allowed without some oversight.

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