Implied Copyright License Debated In Supreme Court Seismic Data Dispute

Mealey's (April 24, 2020, 1:18 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An American geophysical firm filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on April 20, opposing a Canadian competitor’s petition for certiorari over questions related to implied copyright licenses, telling the high court that no circuit split exists over the matter and that the petitioner’s failure to object to a governmental disclosure provision decades earlier defeated its infringement claims (Geophysical Service Inc. v. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co., No. 19-873, U.S. Sup.)....