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
Old Regulations, New Technology
California’s Bay Area is moving towards a new means of transportation, but not if the state government can have its way. SideCar is a San Francisco-based startup that offers real-time ridesharing to a community of smartphone users who need transportation throughout...
YouTube Updates its Content ID Dispute Process, but is it Enough?
On October 3, 2012, YouTube announced a change in its content ID dispute process, as updated on its blog. What does this update really mean and why does it matter? A short story might help clarify the situation. Last spring, long before I enrolled to take Copyright, I...
Are Your E-mail Communications Protected by the Stored Communications Act?
Last month, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) did not protect e-mails contained in a user’s webmail account. Jennings v. Jennings, No. 27177 2012 WL 4808545 (S.C. Oct. 10, 2012). The e-mail user sued his wife and her...
Equity-based Crowd-funding
While the internet may have developed uses beyond its singular purpose described in Avenue Q, using it to fund new ideas and start-up companies remains a difficult process. With the recent passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act in April, obtaining...
Gaming Mods and Copyright
As computer and video gaming has grown from a niche market into a multi-billion dollar industry, gaming modifications, or "mods," have grown in scope and use as well. Mods have become as communal and omnipresent as the increasingly networked and social games upon...
Songkick introduces Detour, challenges the live-music business status quo
The Internet has long been a place for fans to gather and discuss the pop culture they love. In recent years, however, the internet has begun to take that love to the next level, allowing fans to actively contribute to projects they find intriguing. The most...