CPIP has published a new policy brief by CPIP Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy Jonathan Barnett entitled The Long Shadow of the Blackberry Shutdown That Wasn’t. The policy brief looks […]
[Archived Post] Explaining Efficient Infringement
By Adam Mossoff & Bhamati Viswanathan In a recent New York Times op-ed, “The Patent Troll Smokescreen,” Joe Nocera used in print for the first time the term, “efficient infringement.” […]
[Archived Post] Another Huge Setback in CloudFlare’s Quixotic Campaign to Protect Pirate Sites
Last August, I wrote about CloudFlare’s “desperate new strategy” to protect MP3Skull, a notorious pirate site that was sued by various recording companies for copyright infringement. CloudFlare offers content delivery […]
[Archived Post] CloudFlare’s Desperate New Strategy to Protect Pirate Sites
By Devlin Hartline San Francisco-based CloudFlare has earned a somewhat dubious reputation in the online world. Website owners can set up CloudFlare in just a few minutes, gaining the performance, […]
[Archived Post] The MovieTube Litigation: Who Needs SOPA?
Cross-posted from the Law Theories blog. On July 24th, six major studios sued MovieTube for direct and indirect copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition in the Southern District of […]
[Archived Post] CloudFlare Enjoined From Aiding Infringers: Internet Unbroken
By Devlin Hartline Just how far does a court’s power to enjoin reach into cyberspace? It’s clear enough that those directly posting or hosting infringing content are subject to an […]