by meharmon | Oct 28, 2011 | Commentary |
Yesterday the House of Representatives introduced its version of the Protect IP Act, known as the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (“SOPA”). The Senate previously placed a hold on the Protect IP Act over worries that it violated the First Amendment, after commentators from...
by anickow | Oct 12, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
My first semester of law school, our torts professor explained to the class that we were training for a career in which we would essentially become nothing more than very expensive transaction costs. I’m pretty sure her intention with this comment was to cut short a...
by anikaf | Oct 9, 2011 | Commentary |
In July 2011 a new on demand music-streaming service, Spotify, launched in the United States. However, within two weeks of its U.S. launch it was hit with a lawsuit. The complaint was not filed, as many had expected, by a record label company, but instead by the...
by Suman Tatpudy | Oct 9, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
Last Wednesday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments concerning Golan v. Holder, potentially one of the most influential copyright cases in United States history. This case centers around whether Congress has the power to restore copyright protection to works whose...
by bfin | Oct 7, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Borders has gained final court approval for its $13.9 million intellectual property sale to former competitor Barnes & Noble. Borders was once the second-largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble. So after being the...
by salari | Oct 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
In December 2010, the FCC announced its new ‘net neutrality’ rules, in efforts to promote “freedom and openness” of the Internet and to prevent service providers from limiting which Internet sites and services their customers can access and...
