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Copyright Protection for Fact WorksMedia Law Prof Blog

Posted on February 05, 2008
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Expert weighs in on liability for bloggersBlogHer - Law

Posted on February 05, 2008
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ICANN Wants $61,000,000 of Your MoneyInternet Pro Radio | icann.Blog

Posted on February 05, 2008
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'Text-Only' Web Obscenity Case Attracts National AttentionLaw.com - Newswire

Posted on February 05, 2008
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Photographs and Derivative WorksThe Patry Copyright Blog

Posted on February 05, 2008
The concept of what constitutes a derivative work seems to elude far too many courts, particularly in the photography context. In Ets-Hokin v. Skky Spirits, Inc., 225 F.3d 1068 (9th Cir. 2000), a photograph of a vodka bottle was taken for use in an advertisement...

Patent Office on Patent ReformPatent Prospector

Posted on February 05, 2008
USPTO management posted on its internal agency website a position statement concerning changes in pending patent law. The patent office strongly opposes damages apportionment, while supporting the new post-grant opposition regime. The posting - Understanding Patent Modernization Legislation - ( 02/04/2008) What Does it All Mean? A Brief Summary Legislation has been introduced in both houses of Congress that proposes significant changes to the U...

Technology Plays Key Role in Obama Success StoryMichael Geist Blog

Posted on February 05, 2008
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Tech Donations: Microsoft Loves Clinton; Google, Yahoo Go for ObamaWired: Top Stories

Posted on February 05, 2008
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eBay Bans Negative Feedback For Buyers; Everyone Be Good NowTechdirt

Posted on February 05, 2008
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Pirating the 2008 Oscars, Part 2Waxy.org

Posted on February 05, 2008
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Wikipedia Refuses To Remove Pictures of Mohammed from Entry,The Volokh Conspiracy

Posted on February 05, 2008
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Who doesn?t love Yale sluts?The Legal Satyricon

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Yale Daily News reports: Members of the Yale Women?s Center board threatened to initiate legal action Sunday after discovering a photograph posted on Facebook.com depicting 12 Yale students affiliated with the Zeta Psi fraternity posing in front of the Center with a sign reading ?We Love Yale Sluts...

Groups Submit Paper Opposing Higher Copyright DamagesPublic Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Yale Daily News reports:\nMembers of the Yale Women?s Center board threatened to initiate legal action Sunday after discovering a photograph posted on Facebook.com depicting 12 Yale students affiliated with the Zeta Psi fraternity posing in front of the Center with a sign reading ?We Love Yale Sluts...

More on the Super Bowl and Public PerformancesPublic Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Yale Daily News reports:\\nMembers of the Yale Women?s Center board threatened to initiate legal action Sunday after discovering a photograph posted on Facebook.com depicting 12 Yale students affiliated with the Zeta Psi fraternity posing in front of the Center with a sign reading ?We Love Yale Sluts...

Initial Speaker Line-Up: Internet Video Policy SynposiumIP&Democracy

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Yale Daily News reports:\\\\nMembers of the Yale Women?s Center board threatened to initiate legal action Sunday after discovering a photograph posted on Facebook.com depicting 12 Yale students affiliated with the Zeta Psi fraternity posing in front of the Center with a sign reading ?We Love Yale Sluts...

Pirated by iTunes, Artist Turns to BitTorrentTorrentFreak

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Flashbulb, aka Benn Jordan, became so outraged when he discovered that iTunes was effectively pirating his music, that he uploaded copies of his latest album to BitTorrent. TorrentFreak caught up with Benn to learn more about the decision to stop distributors and ?coked-up label reps? from getting all the cash...

The Patent MemeBlawg IT-Internet Patent, Trademark and Copyright Issues with Attorney Brett Trout

Posted on February 05, 2008
When I first started writing my patent law blog in 2003, there were maybe only one or two other blogs writing about patents. I know, it sounds crazy. Patent attorneys are the epitome of sex appeal. There had to thousands of bloggers fawning over patents and the like...

Bush Administration To Patent Office: Hey, Hold Up There Mister On That There Reasonable Royalty RatePatent Baristas

Posted on February 04, 2008
The Department of Commerce sent a letter to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. The letter basically outlines the Administration?s big beef with the bill, that is, with Section 4, Right of the Inventor to Obtain Damages, in response to the committee?s report...

EFF Asks U.S. Senate To Protect Reexamination Proceedings (and the Patent Busting Project)The Electronic Frontier Foundation | Blog Posts

Posted on February 04, 2008
The Department of Commerce sent a letter to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. The letter basically outlines the Administration?s big beef with the bill, that is, with Section 4, Right of the Inventor to Obtain Damages, in response to the committee?s report...

$5K DePaul Student Award Honors Slain IP LawyerABA Journal Daily News

Posted on February 04, 2008
The Department of Commerce sent a letter to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. The letter basically outlines the Administration?s big beef with the bill, that is, with Section 4, Right of the Inventor to Obtain Damages, in response to the committee?s report...

"'Text-Only' Web Obscenity Case Attracts National Attention; Motions to dismiss said obscenity laws should not be applied to text where no pictures were involved"How Appealing

Posted on February 04, 2008
The Department of Commerce sent a letter to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. The letter basically outlines the Administration?s big beef with the bill, that is, with Section 4, Right of the Inventor to Obtain Damages, in response to the committee?s report...

A Fan Writes (and I Reply)Discourse.net

Posted on February 04, 2008
A fan, presumably cross about this, writes: Aren?t you a little embarrassed to be connected to an organization that is defending CAIR?You?ve got to be. You?re a smart man.If you are afraid to speak up about the Islamic influence on our society, then you have submitted and are already a Muslim...

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 9Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

Posted on February 04, 2008
Bush Administration Opposes Aspects of Patent Reform: [LINK] (But will support an amended version) Additional Senate Comments on Patent Reform: [LINK (836 KB)] Senator Kyl: Congress should eliminate business method patents because they create monopoly costs without any new beneficial technology...

Northern District Cyberlaw TrendsChicago IP Litigation Blog

Posted on February 04, 2008
\nThe\nElectronic Frontier Foundation is a \nself-appointed busybody for relieving owners of their intellectual property \nwhenever possible. Their Patent \nBusting Project aims at "illegitimate" computer-related patents. EFF modus \noperandus is filing reexamination requests on "particularly egregious patents;" \nnamely, those where the owner raises an enforcement stink, and EFF thinks it has \ndug some decent prior art...

Boston University student files supplemental brief, notes that Massachusetts state police have issued "cease and desist" letter to MediaSentryRecording Industry vs The People

Posted on February 04, 2008
In Arista v. Does 1-21, the case seeking the identities of Boston University students, the student "John Doe" has filed a supplemental brief, mentioning a number of factors about the weakness of the RIAA's case and the impropriety of its methods.Among other things, the brief mentions that the Massachusetts state police have issued a "cease and desist" letter to MediaSentry, directing it to cease and desist from conducting investigations without a license...

Microsoft General Council Rebuts Google Officer?s Anti-Trust CommentaryMashable!

Posted on February 03, 2008
Google Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond took some time this fine Super Bowl Sunday morning to blog in passive-aggressive opposition to the Microshoo! maneuver, revealed to the public Friday. (He rhetorically claimed that Microsoft could exert inappropriate and and illegal influence over the Internet, rather than would exert inappropriate?...

EFF Takes Case To Defend Digg, CNET, NYT, eBaums, WaPo Against Patent TrollMashable!

Posted on February 03, 2008
Like to game on the Web? If so, great. But there?s a good chance that you aren?t too thrilled about patent trolls. Nasty vermin. The come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they?re behemoth corporations. At others they?re lowly, money-grubbing individuals looking to score easy hits in court...

Listening Post: Want Better Music? Don't Stiff the SongwritersWired: Top Stories

Posted on February 03, 2008
\nLike to game on the Web? If so, great.\nBut there?s a good chance that you aren?t too thrilled about patent trolls. Nasty vermin. The come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they?re behemoth corporations. At others they?re lowly, money-grubbing individuals looking to score easy hits in court...

BustedPatent Prospector

Posted on February 03, 2008
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a self-appointed busybody for relieving owners of their intellectual property whenever possible. Their Patent Busting Project aims at "illegitimate" computer-related patents. EFF modus operandus is filing reexamination requests on "particularly egregious patents;" namely, those where the owner raises an enforcement stink, and EFF thinks it has dug some decent prior art...

Well, You Get Three Years To File A Statement Of Use on That 19-0 ApplicationThe Trademark Blog

Posted on February 03, 2008
Giants 17, Patriots 14.

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