Whose Work Is It, Anyway? – “The use of ‘orphan works’ of art and literature, whose creators cannot be identified, puts scholars and artists at odds over changes in copyright law.” Related references: Tobe Liebert’s article, The Problem of Orphan Works, published on LLRX.com, May 15, 2005. Solum, Lawrence B., The Future of Copyright, Texas… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Intellectual Property
Web Archives Provide Sources for Discovery
Today’s Wall Street Journal featured a front page article ($), Lawyers’ Delight: Old Web Material Doesn’t Disappear – Wayback Machine and Google Archive Billions of Pages, Including Deleted Ones, which is worth review. It focuses on how old web pages available from the Internet Archive and cached pages from Google can be of particular value… Continue Reading
White House Creates New Position to Combat IP Theft
White House press release, July 22, 2005: “The President intends to appoint Christian Israel, of Virginia, to be Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement at the Department of Commerce.” Additional background available from AP Continue Reading
Internet Archive Sued in Case Involving DMCA and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Keeper of Expired Web Pages Is Sued Because Archive Was Used in Another Suit Internet Archive the complaint, filed in District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (48 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Supreme Court Rules Against P2P File Sharing Services
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, LTD., Argued March 29, 2005, Decided June 27, 200. Opinion author: Souter “Held: One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, going beyond mere distribution with knowledge of third-party action, is… Continue Reading
Enforcement of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Abroad Remains Weak
Intellectual Property: U.S. Efforts have Contributed to Strengthened Laws Overseas, but Significant Enforcement Challenges Remain GAO-05-788T, June 14, 2005. Highlights: “U.S. efforts have contributed to strengthened intellectual property legislation overseas, but enforcement in many countries remains weak, and further U.S. efforts face significant challenges. For example, competing U.S. policy objectives such as national security interests… Continue Reading
Significant Increase in Global IP Theft
IP Theft Surges To 36% Of Global Counterfeiting. “Intellectual property theft (brands, trademarks and copyrights) surged to 36% of global counterfeiting during the month of February 2005.” Continue Reading
Extensive Coverage of Supreme Court’s Review of File Sharing
From News.com, Supreme Court may redefine file swapping From AP, High Court Hears Arguments on File-Sharing Technology From SCOTUSBlog, Court conflicted over file-swapping From Technology Daily, Attorneys for the entertainment industry and file-sharing companies square off in a pivotal intellectual property case From the New York Times, Justices Seem Responsive to Arguments on File Sharing… Continue Reading
USPTO Initiative to Stop Piracy
“The Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) is the most comprehensive initiative ever advanced to smash the criminal networks that traffic in fakes, stop trade in pirated and counterfeit goods at America’s borders, block bogus goods around the world, and help small businesses secure and enforce their rights in overseas markets.” [Link] See also the USPTO… Continue Reading
Wired Offers Inside View of Net Pirates
The Shadow Internet – “They start with a single stolen file and pump out bootleg games and movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are terrorizing the entertainment business.” Continue Reading
New Non-Partisan PAC on IP Launched Online
This Wired article profiles the recently launchedIPac, whose mission is described as follows: “We believe that technological innovation and individual creativity are vital to the future of this country. We believe that a prosperous and democratic society depends on freedom for all individuals to pursue scientific invention and artistic expression. Unfortunately, new intellectual property laws… Continue Reading
A Quick Overview of Digital IP Issues
Sometimes the internet goes out of its way to let other people get their hands on your intellectual property, says Simon Moores. Continue Reading
