CIP2 congratulates the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at Scalia Law, led by Professor Sandra Aistars, and Student Advocate Natalie Nachman, and supported by Counsel of Record Matt Hersh of Mestaz Law, for filing a powerful amicus brief on behalf of three Tattoo Artists in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week in Sedlik […]
Category: Copyright
By Molly Stech* * The blog post below and the law review article it links to are the individual thoughts and views of the author and should not be attributed to any entity with which she is currently or has been affiliated. Despite a recent decision from the Beijing Internet Court, there is growing consensus […]
The following post comes from Jake L. Bryant, a student in the Intellectual Property Law LL.M. program at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. On October 12th and 13th, the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) hosted its 2023 Annual Fall Conference, this year titled First Sale: The Role of IP […]
By Jason Lee Guthrie For the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy blog, in fulfillment of obligations for the Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship In early 1940, Woody Guthrie was on the road to New York City, and he was tired. Tired of traveling. Tired of the cold. Tired of having to […]
Will Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Bob Woodward and publisher Simon & Schuster[1] finally resolve the question of who owns the copyright over interviews? While the complaint has other challenges, it calls out a surprisingly muddled and unresolved area of copyright law. One might assume that the copyright ownership of interviews is a settled question. But […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This post comes from Sandra Aistars, Clinical Professor and Director of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, and Senior Fellow for Copyright Research and Policy & Senior Scholar at C-IP2. On March 17, 2022, I had the pleasure to discuss Artificial Intelligence and Authorship with Dr. Ryan […]
The following post comes from Sabren H. Wahdan, a 3L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. In one of his final majority opinions before announcing his retirement, Justice Steven Breyer penned a nuanced ruling that carefully threads the policy needle on copyright registration issues. The case pitted fabric designer Unicolors against fast […]