Exchange of chemical structures between practicing chemists is essential to chemical communication. The International Chemical Identifier (InChI) provides a means for lossless communication of structures without resort to any proprietary software or databases nor does it require any payment or royalty fees. This perspective describes why the InChI is valuable to all chemists and how it will be ...

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Health sciences libraries that provide fee-based information services must consider and develop policies and procedures for complying with legal requirements. This paper reviews the provisions of copyright law that pertain to document delivery, including two court decisions concerning copyright. Also discussed are recent actions by publishers to reinforce their view of libraries' responsibiliti...

The proliferation of international jurisdictional conflicts and competing “anti-suit injunctions” in litigation over the licensing standards-essential patents has raised concerns among policy makers United States, Europe China. This article suggests that national courts temporarily “stand down” from assessing global “fair, reasonable nondiscriminatory” (FRAND) royalty rates while bodies develop...