On Friday the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) ruled in favor of Hachette and other major book publishers, and against Internet Archive (IA) in a lawsuit considering IA’s Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) program, under which IA scanned books and “loaned” digital copies of copyrighted works over the internet. The court […]
Greetings from C-IP2 Faculty Director Seán O’Connor With this Spring 2023 Progress Report, we’re pleased to provide you with updates on what C-IP2 and our friends and affiliates have been working on from December 2022 through February 2023, from academic roundtables and other events to publications and various engagements. Before the new year, C-IP2 co-hosted […]
Greetings from C-IP2 Faculty Director Seán O’Connor With warmest wishes for the holiday season, we present our last report of 2022. This has been the year in which many of our programs were held in person again. We are grateful to our community for supporting the transition back to in-person events. This Winter 2022 Progress […]
This policy brief, including the following “Introduction and Executive Summary,” comes from Eric M. Solovy. CLICK HERE to read the brief in full. Introduction and Executive Summary On June 17, 2022, in the early morning hours of the final day of the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) 12th Ministerial Conference, the Members of the WTO adopted […]
The following post comes from Cala Coffman, a 2L at Scalia Law and Research Assistant at C-IP2. At the recent C-IP2 conference entitled IP on the Wane: IP on the Wane: Examining the Impacts as IP Rights Are Reduced, one panel discussed the current state of copyright law, the pressures it has come under in […]
Greetings from C-IP2 Faculty Director Seán O’Connor As our fall season of programming is underway, we are pleased to report on summer (June-August) programming and scholarship at C-IP2. Here are some highlights: Fifth annual exclusive WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property virtually hosted about fifty students from around the world, taught by renowned experts from the […]
C-IP2 is saddened by the death of former Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters — an accomplished and inspiring copyright lawyer who led the U.S. Copyright Office from 1994-2010. Register Peters began her love affair with copyright on Valentines Day of 1966 with her appointment as a music examiner in the former Music Section of the […]
The following post comes from Jack Ring, a rising 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. I. INTRODUCTION In a previous blog post, we discussed the dispute surrounding standard essential patents (SEPs) between Philips and Thales. That dispute included an investigation before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC).[1] As part of […]
The following post comes from Jack Ring, a rising 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. Click here for a related post. I. INTRODUCTION On July 13, 2022, the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GMBH’s (Thales) motion to enjoin Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips) from proceeding in a […]
The following post comes from Tuan Tran, a rising 3L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. Click on image for full-size PDF flyer. Small ideas can lead to big changes, which in turn can make a significant impact on the world, but—as technology executive, attorney, and investor Andrew Byrnes knows well—this is […]