On February 17, 2017, CPIP Senior Scholar Sandra Aistars filed an amicus brief in Oracle v. Google, a copyright case currently before the Federal Circuit. Prof. Aistars worked in conjunction […]
[Archived Post] 44 Law, Economics, and Business Professors Urge Supreme Court to take Presumptive Approach to Patent Exhaustion
44 law, economics, and business professors filed an amicus brief yesterday in support of Lexmark International in its Supreme Court case against Impression Products. The professors argue that although patent […]
[Archived Post] Shaping Fair Use to Promote Fair Markets
By Bhamati Viswanathan How does fair use policy in copyright law affect markets for the production and distribution of creative works? As we come to the end of Fair Use […]
[Archived Post] Oracle v. Google: Expansive Fair Use Harms Creators
The following post comes from Rebecca Cusey, a third-year law student at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and a movie critic at The Federalist. By Rebecca Cusey The […]
[Archived Post] What Would Judge Gorsuch Mean for Fair Use?
By Kevin Madigan On February 1st, President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia. The announcement opened the […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Scholars Join Open Letter Providing IP Guidance for New Administration and Congress
By Kevin Madigan The Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property and several of its Senior Scholars are proud to support an open letter released today providing intellectual property guidelines […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Scholars File Amicus Brief Urging Consideration of Claimed Inventions as a Whole
By David Lund Last week, CPIP Senior Scholar Adam Mossoff and I filed an amicus brief on behalf of 15 law professors, including CPIP’s Devlin Hartline, Chris Holman, Sean O’Connor, Kristen Osenga, […]
[Archived Post] Can Copyright Help Fight Censorship in China?
By Bhamati Viswanathan Free expression in China has long been a fraught concern for the entertainment industry. Last year, Chinese regulators forbade local companies from working on foreign films that […]
[Archived Post] IPO Publishes Analysis of Recently Released Legislative Proposal
By David Lund Last week, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) released a proposed revision to the section of the Patent Act that defines the subject matter eligible for patenting. […]
[Archived Post] SONA and Songwriters Fight DOJ’s Misguided 100% Licensing Rule
By Devlin Hartline Things are heating up in the lawsuit filed by Songwriters of North America and three of its members (SONA) challenging the new gloss of the Department of […]