The February 2003 issue of Spectrum (PDF), from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), published an article, beginning on page 7, “Supreme Court Hears Case on Copyright, Mickey Mouse and Congress.” Please see my previous post here for background on Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General.
See also Larry Lessig’s February 20 article in the Financial Times, Exclusive rights to stagnate, in which he states that the U.S. patent law system is “broken,” and warns that Europe should not emulate our mistakes.