by tashaf | Feb 12, 2012 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
The America Invents Act (AIA) was passed in September 2011, bringing with it many changes to patent law. The most noteworthy change was the shift from inventorship being granted on a first to invent system to a first to file system. However, there were many...
by ericajan | Feb 4, 2012 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
The people have spoken—and the people want their digital freedom! As the 112th Congress found out just last week, the prospect of the federal government infringing on the open and free Internet has been both politically tumultuous as well as philosophically unpopular...
by amyhw | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary
On January 19, US authorities shut down Megaupload.com, a Hong Kong-based digital storage and file sharing company. Megaupload provided a cloud service that enabled users to easily share content, including hosting video and entire music libraries. The site is...
by aoshagan | Jan 25, 2012 | Cases
A law providing that millions of works created by foreign authors that had been in the public domain qualify for U.S. copyright protection was upheld on Saturday, January 18, 2012, when the Supreme Court decided Golan v. Holder (No.10-545). The case involved the...
by lacealex | Jan 11, 2012 | Commentary
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has released a snapshot of worldwide access to telecommunications in 2011. A full third of the global population now has internet access, up from only eighteen percent five years ago. Furthermore, the developing world...
