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
Golan v. Holder: Copyright & the 1st Amendment
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...
What Does Sale of Borders Intellectual Property to Barnes & Noble Mean?
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...
The FCC v. ISPs: Net Neutrality and the Battle for Internet Freedom
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 controlling access speed....
United States v. Antoine Jones: GPS Tracking, Privacy Expectations, and Public Places
In a little under two months, the United States Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in United States v. Antoine Jones, regarding the government’s ability to perform warrantless GPS tracking of a criminal suspect's vehicle. Although the case addresses only a...
Let It “Burn”: R&B Artist Usher Sued for Copyright Infringement for #1 Hit Song
R&B hit artist Usher is currently the subject of a copyright infringement suit. Last year, songwriter Ernest Lee Straughter filed suit in the Central District of California alleging that Usher's number one hit song "Burn," released in July 2004, infringed on...
Regulating Electronic Health Care Records
In a 2009 Berkeley Technology Law Journal paper, E-Health Hazards: Provider Liability and Electronic Health Record Systems, Sharona Hoffman and Andy Podgurski argued that potential liability arising from the widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) could end...