The following post comes from Liz Velander, a recent graduate of Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Liz Velander As part of its ongoing series about the […]
[Archived Post] Senate IP Subcommittee Hearing Addresses Intersection of DMCA and Fair Use
The following post comes from Yumi Oda, an LLM Candidate at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Yumi Oda As part of its year-long review of the […]
[Archived Post] Senator Ron Wyden, Stop Harming Independent Creators
Here’s a brief excerpt of a post by CPIP Senior Scholar Eric Priest and Professor Sean Pager that was published at IPWatchdog: As the current pandemic eviscerates jobs throughout our […]
[Archived Post] IP Scholars File Comments with OSTP on Public Access to Scholarly Publications
A group of intellectual property scholars filed comments yesterday with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), asking it to forgo its plans to make all federally-funded scholarly publications […]
[Archived Post] Copyright Notebook: Observations on Copyright in the Time of COVID-19
The Indomitable Spirit of Artists Heroes are everywhere. We all give thanks for the selfless efforts of medical professionals, first responders, delivery drivers, gig economy workers, grocery and pharmacy staff, […]
[Archived Post] Supreme Court Paves Way for Revoking State Sovereign Immunity for Copyright Infringement
Last week, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous judgment in Allen v. Cooper, a copyright case involving both actual and metaphorical pirates. The actual pirate was Edward Teach, better […]
[Archived Post] Proposed Open Access Regulation is a Solution in Search of a Problem
Earlier this week, a coalition of over 125 publishers and non-profit scientific societies joined the Association of American Publishers (AAP) in a letter to the White House expressing serious concerns […]
[Archived Post] The CASE Act: Why Creators Need a Small Claims Tribunal
The Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) and the Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS) at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, invite you to a panel discussion […]
[Archived Post] Publishers v. Audible: An Army of Red Herrings
Audible has now filed its response to the publishers’ request for a preliminary injunction—twice. It filed the exact same brief to argue that it shouldn’t be preliminarily enjoined (Dkt. 34) […]
[Archived Post] Publishers v. Audible: VCRs and DVRs to the Rescue?
On August 23, a group of publishers, including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster, sued Audible for copyright infringement. Audible, which is a subsidiary of Amazon, sells and […]