From Duke University School of Law, the Winter/Spring 2003 issue of Law & Contemporary Problems has 13 full-text articles on public domain issues, including Mapping the Digital Public Domain: Threats and Opportunities and Reconciling What the First Amendment Forbids with what the Copyright Clause Permits: A Summary Explanation and Review. The articles and essays in… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Intellectual Property
IP Expert Comments on Patriot Act and DMCA
From Eyeteeth, this interview with professor and author Siva Vaidhyanathan, whose books include The Anarchist in the Library, which details the impact of peer-to-peer networks on the dissemination of information, and Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity. His comments about libraries and the Patriot Act include the following:… Continue Reading
WIPO Resource on Intellectual Property
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced the availability of a new book, Intellectual Property – A Power Tool for Economic Growth, to coincide with World Intellectual Property Day (April 26, 2003). A 21 page overview of the book is available here in html, and here in pdf. Continue Reading
Copyright Colloquim
Via Copyfight, this link to The Media Institute’s “new online forum for the discussion of the many issues surrounding copyright and intellectual property in the digital age,” the Copyright Colloquium. Continue Reading
SBC's Web Patent Fight
This month SBC Communications Inc. launched an effort to actively protect its patents on a “structured document browser,” U.S. patent No. 5,933,841 and No. 6,442,574. SBC sent a patent infringement notice to information education products website Museum Tour indicating that “any website which has static, linked information (top banners, menus, bottom banners) which are displayed… Continue Reading
New IP Advocacy Group
“IP Justice is a new non-profit organization that works to promote balance in global intellectual property law and protect freedom of expression with digital media.” An interview with Executive Director Robin D. Gross, an IP attorney formerly with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, was conducted by CNet. Continue Reading
USPTO Issues IP Law Enforcement Report
The National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council Report 2001-2002 (in PDF) to Congress is a joint effort by DOJ, USPTO, State Dept., U.S. Trade Representative, Commerce, and the Copyright Office. “The mandate of the Council is to coordinate domestic and international intellectual property law enforcement among federal and foreign entities.” See also the DOJ… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Withdraws Stay in DVD Copying Case
On January 3, 2003, Supreme Court Justice O’Connor lifted the stay she ordered on December 26, 2002 in DVD Copy Control Association v. Matthew Pavlovich (S 100609), and upheld the California Supreme Court decision that Pavlovich (a Texas resident who does not do business in California) cannot be forced to stand trail in that state… Continue Reading
Yahoo v. NCR in Patent Case
Yahoo and NCR (founded in 1884 as National Cash Register Company) are battling over computer patents and associated licensing fees in the District Court in San Francisco. On December 13, Yahoo filed suit against NCR (4:02-cv-05813, Yahoo! Inc. v. NCR Corporation Saundra Brown Armstrong, presiding) claiming it is not infringing NCR’s patents. Continue Reading
Lindows v. Windows
This New York Times article reports on the anticipated trail in the Western District of Washington that pits the 50 person Lindows.com against the Microsoft behemoth in an effort to revoke the Windows trademark and protect against Microsoft’s claims of copyright infringement. Judge John C. Coughenour’s March 15, 2002 30 page ruling in this ongoing… Continue Reading
Supreme Court and DVD Case
On December 26, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor issued an order granting a temporary stay in DVD Copy Control Association v. Matthew Pavlovich (S 100609), pending receipt of further documentation relevant to the case. The DVD Copy Control Association has been fighting a three-year long battle to protect the Content Scramble System (CSS), a… Continue Reading
IP Law Cases in 2002
In this Law.com article, a litigation partner from NY’s Paul Weiss reviews what he considers the top 12 IP cases of 2002. Continue Reading
