Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last week, American visual communications and stock photography agency Getty Images filed a formal complaint in support of the European Union’s investigation into Google’s […]
[Archived Post] Separating Fact from Fiction in the Notice and Takedown Debate
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] 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] Attacking the Notice-and-Staydown Straw Man
By Devlin Hartline Ever since the U.S. Copyright Office announced its study of the DMCA last December, the notice-and-staydown issue has become a particularly hot topic. Critics of notice-and-staydown have […]
[Archived Post] Endless Whack-A-Mole: Why Notice-and-Staydown Just Makes Sense
By Devlin Hartline Producer Richard Gladstein knows all about piracy. As he recently wrote for The Hollywood Reporter, his latest film, The Hateful Eight, was “viewed illegally in excess of […]
[Archived Post] Google’s Patent Starter Program: What it Really Means for Startups
The following guest post comes from Brad Sheafe, Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Dominion Harbor Group, LLC. By Brad Sheafe Recalling its rags-to-riches story of two guys with nothing but […]