Recent Articles
The 'License as Tax' Fallacy
Article, Spring 2022
Unreasonable: A Strict Liability Solution to the FTC's Data Security Problem
Article, Spring 2022
The Ping-Pong Olympics of Antisuit Injunction in FRAND Litigation
Article, Spring 2022
Content Moderation Remedies
Article, Fall 2021
An Empirical Study: Willful Infringement & Enhanced Damages in Patent Law After Halo
Article, Fall 2021
Recent Notes
The Best Data Plan Is to Have a Game Plan: Obstacles and Solutions to Reaching International Data Privacy Agreements
Note, Spring 2022
Mental Health Mobile Apps and the Need to Update Federal Regulations to Protect Users
Note, Spring 2022
Blog Posts
Delete Button for the Internet? New California Law Says Yes
On Monday, September 23, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 568 into law. SB 568 requires “the operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application to permit a minor who is a registered user of the operator’s...
California Law May Criminalize “Revenge Porn”
Some studies report that as many as one in three people have sent naked photos of themselves. Some will regret their actions much more than others, especially with the increase in these photos being used as “revenge porn.” Revenge porn is a term used to refer to...
The JOBS Act: Pros and Potential Cons
A new era of entrepreneurship in America began this week, as Title II of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) went into effect on September 23rd. The much ballyhooed act promises to make it easier for startups to obtain funding by allowing...
Composers of Hit Song File Declaratory Judgment Action
Faced with the prospect of copyright infringement lawsuits from Bridgeport Music, Inc. (“Bridgeport”) and Marvin Gaye’s heirs (the “Heirs”), the composers of the multinational hit song “Blurred Lines” filed a declaratory judgment action against Bridgeport and the...
Bayer Cropsciences v Dow Agrochemicals: Mistaken Identity as a Limit to Functional Claiming in Biotechnology
In 1989, Bayer Cropsciences filed the application that matured into US Patent #6,153,401, covering “[A] polypeptide having the biological activity of 2,4-D monooxygenase.” The enzyme they had discovered was capable of cleaving the popular herbicide 2,4-D into harmless...
Blackberry’s Go-Private Offer
In 2009, Blackberry dominated 47% of the US market. Today, it has barely over 2% of the US market. Its stock market value has fallen from $55 billion to less than 10% of that number, $4.6 billion. Last Friday, Blackberry announced an almost $1 billion loss for the...