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
Facebook Pictures Cause Woman to Lose Health Benefits
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is reporting that a 29-year-old woman from Quebec has lost her health benefits due to a set of pictures posted to her Facebook account. The woman, Nathalie Blanchard, suffers from a form of depression that is so severe that...
SEC Moving on Flash Trading, High Frequency Trading
“So if I know about a stock’s activity one day before it’s insider trading, but if I know about a stock’s activity one second before it’s high frequency trading?” -Samantha Bee, The Daily Show Ms. Bee doesn’t have it quite right, but mainstream comedy shows rarely...
Status Anxiety
The New York Times reported Wednesday that a man arrested in connection with a robbery got the charges against him dropped by proving that a status updated was posted to his Facebook account at the time. Rodney Bradford, 19, hired a criminal defense attorney who...
False Hope?
One of the most prominent copyright/fair use cases over the last year has been artist Shepard Fairey's dispute with the Associated Press (AP) over his famous poster of now-President Obama during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. The poster, which featured a stylized...
Net Neutrality: The FCC Wants a Say
In other government regulation of the internet news, the FCC is preparing to vote this month on two new net neutrality principles that would prohibit internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking lawful content transfer, and would require the ISPs to disclose their...
The U.S. Government and the Internet: One Step Left, One Step Right
ICANN took a giant step towards true internationalization last week when it signed a new agreement with the U.S. government that explicitly envisions a transition into privatization of the organization. Granted, the new agreement still gives the U.S. Department of...