By Devlin Hartline The FTC released its long-awaited study of so-called patent assertion entities, or PAEs, today. As many predicted, the FTC makes several broad recommendations for substantive and procedural […]
[Archived Post] Rejection of DOJ Consent Decree Interpretation is a Win for Songwriters
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Earlier this month, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York issued an order rejecting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) interpretation of a […]
[Archived Post] Professors Mislead FCC on Basic Copyright Law
By Devlin Hartline In a letter submitted to the FCC late last week defending the Commission’s deeply flawed set-top box proposal,[1] a group of professors make an incredible claim: Everyone […]
[Archived Post] UNITAID’s Request for Suggestions on Breaking Down IP Barriers Ignores Harmful Patent Delay
By Kevin Madigan Last month, global health initiative UNITAID launched an appeal for suggestions on breaking down barriers that frustrate the progress of public health. UNITAID is a multilateral partnership […]
[Archived Post] Criminal Copyright Infringement is Crime of “Moral Turpitude”
Cross-posted from the Law Theories blog. This past Friday, the Board of Immigration Appeals held that criminal copyright infringement constitutes a “crime involving moral turpitude” under immigration law. The Board […]
[Archived Post] Federal Circuit Again Finds Computer-Implemented Invention Patent Eligible
By Devlin Hartline In Tuesday’s McRO v. Bandai decision, the Federal Circuit has once again reversed a district court’s determination that a computer-implemented invention (aka “software patent”) was not patent […]
[Archived Post] European Union Draws a Line on Infringing Hyperlinks
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last week, the European Court of Justice—the judicial authority of the European Union—issued an anticipated decision in the Sanoma hyperlinking case, declaring that commercial linking with […]
[Archived Post] Scalia Law Alums Help Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic Draft Influential Amicus Brief
Last spring, the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at Scalia Law School filed an amicus brief on behalf of intellectual property law scholars in the Fox News v. TVEyes copyright […]
[Archived Post] Despite What You Hear, Notice and Takedown is Failing Creators and Copyright Owners
By Kevin Madigan In a recent op-ed in the LA Times, Professors Chris Sprigman and Mark Lemley praise the notice and takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) […]
[Archived Post] CloudFlare’s Desperate New Strategy to Protect Pirate Sites
By Devlin Hartline San Francisco-based CloudFlare has earned a somewhat dubious reputation in the online world. Website owners can set up CloudFlare in just a few minutes, gaining the performance, […]