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Category : I.P. rights (enforcement, role in society, economy)

January 31, 2013

Ten Things You Need to Know About Social Media and Intellectual Property in 2013

Bloomberg BNA full story: A guest contribution - published as a "BNA Insight" - from Ropes & Gray IP attorneys and appearing in BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily (accessible...

December 27, 2012

File-Sharing Defendant Seeks Supreme Court Review of $222K Statutory Damages Award

Bloomberg BNA full story: "Is there a constitutional limit to the statutory damages that can be imposed for downloading music online?" Anandashankar Mazumdar's writeup of the cert petition ...

December 27, 2012

Supreme Court Will Review Whether Reverse Payment Settlements Are Antitrust Violations

Bloomberg BNA full story: Tony Dutra's writeup of the Supreme Court's Dec. 7 cert grant on the question of whether a "pay-for-delay" settlement--in which a patent-owning brand name drug...

November 22, 2012

Issa seems eager to lead on copyright issues

Blog exclusive: U.S. Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-Calif.) seems poised to take a leading role in the debate over copyright reform. Emboldened by a successful defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act ...

October 26, 2012

Coalition seeks to lobby Congress in support of stronger rights under first sale doctrine

Bloomberg BNA full story: Anandashankar Mazumdar's writeup of the formation of a new group promising to pressure Congress to support stronger rights under the first sale doctrine for...

October 18, 2012

Copywrong

Blog exclusive: I have a friend who is a bit of a pedant. That is, he knows everything about everything, and he'd like you to know how much he knows about everything. If you get something wrong,...

August 14, 2012

Even the good reporters are misusing the term 'copyright'!

Blog exclusive: A recent report by WNYC's On the Media misuses the term "copyright" in a way that Ananda finds very troubling ...

August 2, 2012

Megaupload's bid for dismssal a goldmine for procedure enthusiasts

Blog exclusive: The lack of relevant case law coupled with the high profile nature of the case complicate a distrct judge's task as he prepares to rule on Megaupload's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction...

July 12, 2012

Are SOPA opponents crying wolf over Attaché Act?

Blog exclusive: As of July 12, the Intellectual Property Attaché Act had not yet been formally introduced, and yet a long list of SOPA opponents had already sounded the alarm. Here is a sampling of some of the articles that went online Tuesday. Unfortunately for them, they all got it (at last partially) wrong...