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
Android v. Apple: The Latest Round of Legal Disputes in a Long Fight
On April 24, Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender of the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Apple was in violation of infringement of a Motorola patent on 3G wireless technology. The violation is in regards to the use of the 3G wireless technology in...
Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin: Ex-PATRIOT?
Concerned about Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin "renounc[ing] his U.S. citizenship just in time to avoid a large tax payment" on gains from Facebook's impending IPO, Senators Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey have proposed legislation that would penalize Saverin and...
Instagram Acquisition: Not So Insta(nt)
Just over a month after Facebook's widely-reported acquisition of Instagram for one billion dollars, there are strong signals that the purchase may be delayed by the FTC. Although Facebook's CEO (and majority shareholder) Mark Zuckerberg was able to single-handedly...
Will Legal Troubles Ground Planetary Resources?
Planetary Resources, a company backed by investors such as Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and director James Cameron, has announced a plan to mine asteroids. The company says it will initially mine water and platinum, hoping to “provide stability on Earth, increase...
Can Computer Code Be Stolen? The Second Circuit Says No.
Sergey Aleynikov, a former programmer for Goldman Sachs, recently became a free man. His conviction was overturned by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals after serving a year of his original eight year prison sentence. Aleynikov’s crime? He downloaded the highly...
ITU to Host Internet Treaty Conference This Year
Michael Gross writes in this month's Vanity Fair about an internet treaty conference to be held in Dubai later this year. The International Telecommunications Union, about which I've blogged in the past, will attempt to forge some sort of consensus between countries...