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A year after filing the copyright infringement lawsuit, the Hills agreed to dismiss the case in 2010, citing among other things that they felt "vindicated by the response of the marketplace to our program. Moreover, events of the last year have simply rendered many of our concerns irrelevant to the
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Since its debut in 1997, the Hills had continuously administered, improved, and expanded MICEP. In early 2009, the Hills severed their ties and terminated the implied license with NAFI. The Hills then formed Master
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MICEP was launched in 1997 through NAFI, allegedly under a non-exclusive, royalty-free, implied license with the Hills. Under a separate agreement, the Hills received a portion of application fees collected by NAFI as nominal compensation for administering the program as well as reimbursement of
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Accreditations are valid for 24 calendar months and are renewable based on documenting activity in five broad, aviation-related categories: Educator, Service to the
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After failed attempts to get NAFI to cease its alleged continued misappropriation of the Hills' intellectual property, a copyright infringement lawsuit was filed against that organization.
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