By Kevin Madigan & Devlin Hartline With the Copyright Office undertaking a new study to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the Section 512 safe harbor provisions, there’s been much […]
[Archived Post] Acknowledging the Limitations of the FTC’s PAE Study
The FTC’s long-awaited case study of patent assertion entities (PAEs) is expected to be released this spring. Using its subpoena power under Section 6(b) to gather information from a handful […]
[Archived Post] A New Librarian of Congress and a New Copyright Office
By Sandra Aistars With the Senate considering the confirmation of Dr. Carla Hayden as the next Librarian of Congress, I have joined thirteen other intellectual property law professors in an […]
[Archived Post] Middle Class Artists Want a DMCA System That Works
The following guest post comes from Rebecca Cusey, a second year law student at George Mason University School of Law. By Rebecca Cusey Mason Law’s Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic […]
[Archived Post] Copyright Scholars: Courts Have Disrupted the DMCA’s Careful Balance of Interests
By Devlin Hartline The U.S. Copyright Office is conducting a study of the safe harbors under Section 512 of the DMCA, and comments are due today. Working with Victor Morales […]
[Archived Post] Changes to Patent Venue Rules Risk Collateral Damage to Innovators
By Devlin Hartline Advocates for changing the patent venue rules, which dictate where patent owners can sue alleged infringers, have been arguing that their remedy will cure the supposed disease […]
[Archived Post] No Consensus That Broad Patent ‘Reform’ is Necessary or Helpful
Here’s a brief excerpt of an op-ed by Adam Mossoff & Devlin Hartline that was published in The Hill: Two recent op-eds published in The Hill argue that broad patent […]
[Archived Post] March 18th Conference: A Copyright Office for the 21st Century
CPIP Senior Scholar and Director of Copyright Research & Policy Sandra Aistars will be speaking at a conference on Friday, March 18th, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, […]
[Archived Post] Artur Fischer’s Life Illustrates the Power of Invention
By Kevin Madigan Whether taking a photograph, hanging a picture, or doing some work around the house, it’s easy to take for granted all the inventions that make our lives […]
[Archived Post] #AliceStorm: When It Rains, It Pours…
The following guest post from Robert R. Sachs, Partner at Fenwick & West LLP, first appeared on the Bilski Blog, and it is reposted here with permission. By Robert R. […]