April 17, 2018
Power To, and In, the Patent Owner
A patent’s purpose is to promote technological innovation and progress in the useful arts and sciences. A patent owner is allotted a private right in the form of a monopoly...
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April 16, 2018
What’s All the Hubbub? Why Oil States Is Unlikely to Change Much and Might Only Make Things Worse
The Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group case has become famous in the intellectual property world, largely because of what the holding has been interpreted to mean about...
April 13, 2018
No News is Good News, for Fox: Transformative Technology Does Not Always Equal Transformative Fair Use
Under the copyright statute, potential infringers latch onto the “fair use” exception, especially with respect to new technology products, because of their transformative nature – with the influx and intelligence...
April 12, 2018
In re Brunetti: Showing the Effects of Matal v. Tam
The 1946 Lanham Act governs the federal registration of trademarks.[footnote]See Louis S. Ederer, et al., Supreme Court Strikes Down 70-Year-Old Statutory Provision Barring the Registration of "Disparaging" Trademarks, Arnold &...
April 11, 2018
Riot v. Moonton: Dismissal of Copyright Infringement Claims on Forum Non Conveniens Grounds
Last summer, Riot Games, a U.S. video game company, sued Moonton, a Chinese video game developer, in the Central District of California for alleged copyright infringements.[footnote]Complaint, Riot Games, Inc. v....
April 10, 2018
Waymo v. Uber: Leading up to the Tech Giants’ Surprise Settlement
In late February 2017, Google’s self-driving car unit, known as Waymo, filed a lawsuit against Uber alleging that Anthony Levandowski, a former engineer for Waymo, had taken 14,000 confidential documents...
April 9, 2018
Net Neutrality: What Was All The Fuss About?
On December 14th, 2017, a majority of FCC commissioners voted to repeal the net neutrality rules promulgated by the Obama administration.[footnote]Restoring Internet Freedom, 82 Fed. Reg. 25,569 (adopted Dec. 14,...
April 6, 2018
Know Your (Copy)rights: Creative Writing in the Digital Age
As someone who is interested in creative writing, I follow the blogs of writers who post online to share and catalog their work. Though I love the easy access to...
April 5, 2018
After Denied Injunction, Disney on Defense in Redbox Dispute
On February 20, a Federal Judge denied Disney’s request to stop Redbox from selling digital download codes associated with Disney content.[footnote]Order, Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC., No....
April 4, 2018
New York City’s Push for Accountable Algorithms
On January 11, 2018, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill into law that creates a task force to examine how the city’s agencies use algorithms to...