CRS – Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues. Lennard G. Kruger, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy. January 3, 2013 “Navigating the Internet requires using addresses and corresponding names that identify the location of individual computers. The Domain Name System (DNS) is the distributed set of databases residing in computers around the world that… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Intellectual Property
Paper – An Information Approach to Trademarks
An Information Approach to Trademarks, Deven R. Desai. Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 100, No. 6, (2012) via SSRN “Trademark laws current conception of information and how trademarks enable information transmission is underdeveloped. It has led to a world where trademark law hinders rather than fosters the flow of information in markets. Instead of promoting information… Continue Reading
CBP Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: CBP Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights – October 2012 “Stopping the flow of fake goods is a priority for the U.S. government. U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security, has a multi-layered approach to IPR enforcement that includes… Continue Reading
UK Intellectual Property Office – Consultation on Modernising Copyright
“Implementing the Hargreaves review: In May 2011 Professor Ian Hargreaves published his Independent review of IP & growth. The 10 recommendations were broadly accepted in the Government’s response document issued on 3 August 2011. We will be using this page to provide updates, data, consultation information and progress reports on the work were doing and… Continue Reading
Patent Granted to License Textbook Content Shared on Web-based Systems
Ars Technica: “In a newly approved patent, an economics professor hopes to bring to the academic publishing world what seems to be forthcoming in the video game industrynew restrictions that would seemingly eliminate a secondary market for digital goods and prevent legal borrowing. Last week, the 2006 patent for a Web-based system and method to… Continue Reading
AAUP – Recommended Principles & Practices to Guide Academic-Industry Relationships
“The AAUP is pleased to issue this comprehensive draft report, Recommended Principles and Practices to Guide Academic-Industry Relationships, for public comment…This is one of the longest reports that the AAUP has ever produced. It deals with issues that are in the news every week and that are having a critical impact on higher education in… Continue Reading
USPTO – Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy
“Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are the principal means for establishing ownership rights to inventions and ideas, and provide a legal foundation by which intangible ideas and creations generate tangible benefits to businesses and employees. Intellectual property (IP) protection affects commerce throughout the economy by: providing incentives to invent and create; protecting innovators from unauthorized copying;… Continue Reading
Judge Chin Issues Opinion in Favor of Class Action Against Google Book Search
Follow up to previous postings on the Google Book Search project litigation, this posting via The Public Index Blog, Class Certification Granted, by James Grimmelmann [Thursday, May 31, 2012] “Today, Judge Chin issued an opinion granting class certification. The Authors Guild lawsuit will proceed as a class action on behalf of: All persons residing in… Continue Reading
DOJ and Apple Tangle on eBook Antitrust Lawsuit
Via FindLaw: “Apple has responded to the United States’ antitrust complaint arising out of supposed collusion between Apple and book publishers to fix the price of e-books appearing on Apple’s iBooks store. The tech company calls the complaint “fundamentally flawed,” arguing that Apple’s entry into the marketplace actually broke Amazon’s de facto monopoly on e-books.”… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – A Technical Examination of SOPA and PIPA
Via LLRX.com – A Technical Examination of SOPA and PIPA – The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are the subject of this Infographic, by Spencer Belkofer, Lumin Consulting. See also his related Infographic on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Agency Operations, Aviation Safety, Medicaid, Missile Defense, PTO, USPS
Agency Operations – Agencies Must Continue to Comply with Fiscal Laws Despite the Possibility of Sequestration, GAO-12-675T, Apr 25, 2012 Aviation Safety – FAA Is Taking Steps to Improve Data, but Challenges for Managing Safety Risks Remain, GAO-12-660T, Apr 25, 2012 Medicaid – Federal Oversight of Payments and Program Integrity Needs Improvement, GAO-12-674T, Apr 25,… Continue Reading
LLRX: SOPAs Evil Twin Sister CISPA
Via LLRX.com – SOPAs Evil Twin Sister CISPA: Well known graphic artists Jake O’Neil and Spencer Belkofer created this infographic out of a sense of urgency to visualize the salient information with as many communities as possible. This bill, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, has not garnered the media coverage… Continue Reading
