On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) that purports to deprive states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) – t…
Back in 2011, as Nevada was developing regulations for automated driving, there was debate about whether vehicles should have a special external signal to indic…
Berlin, April 28, 2025 - Epicenter.works, the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv), and Stanford Professor Barba…
Some time ago I posted an update about the planned copyright reform in Israel. The Israeli copyright law now passed legislation and the text of the new statute…
Great new article from ADR pioneer David Hoffman on Mediate.com today. From the conclusion: "Because email is such a new medium {...}the techniques for su…
Ron Brownstein has written a new book called "The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America." Here'…
A recent Op-Ed in the New York Times examined brain scans of individuals who were considering various political questions and candidates. The piece was written…
What's the world coming to? The Madison County Record reports: "In an article entitled, "TV Ads Lures Inventors," the IP Law & Business…
On October 12 we filed Floyd Webb's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Plaintiff, in his motion, asked the court to enjoin Flo…
A federal district court in Georgia ordered a jury trial last week on the question whether a thirteen year old defendant was an innocent infringer or not. In El…
Powerpoint presentation on Legal Issues on Social Network Platforms November 9, 2007 in San Diego.…
Here is a very nice plug for CIS from one of the most respected and accomplished copyright lawyers around -- Bill Patry. In it, he notes my recent article abou…
Breath Control is a documentary about making music with nothing but the human voice. The human beat box is one of the key elements in the development of Hip Hop…
James McKinley in the New York Times in 2000 : "It has long been assumed that ardent sports fans derive excitement and a sense of community from rooting fo…
In the 10/29 Guardian: "Cuomo: The founding fathers apparently didn't like parties, and so how about this whole notion that - of ideologies that take…