I submitted a comment to the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) on its proposed amendments to the…
In Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, the author compares the law to a blanket. When used by a big family in the same bed, one family member tugs on the b…
On March 31, I gave a virtual guest lecture in Mailyn Fidler’s course “The Digital Fourth Amendment” at Harvard Law School. Prof. Fidler invited me to come talk…
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) includes a fee-shifting provision to incentivize private individuals to bring FOIA compliance actions. An award of fees is…
After the Court reserved judgment on BT's summary judgment motion pending his recreation of "Aparthenonia" from scratch, plaintiffs moved to have…
Plaintiffs' filed their opposition to BT's motion for summary judgment on October 12, 2006 (available here). Instead of arguing the issue of access, pla…
On September 25, 2006, the Clinic and co-counsel at Kirkland Ellis moved for summary judgment on behalf of BT. The primary thrust of the motion centers on plain…
I don't know if a picture deserves its own post, but I guess I'm going to find out. Here's a group shot from last week's BT concert at the Red…
The Clinic represents Brian Transeau against claims of copyright infringement in the Vargas v. Pfizer litigation in the Southern District of New York (Case No.…
The "Maxed Out" issue involves determining if the creator of the documentary movie "Maxed Out" should expect to confront a trademark infring…
Earlier this year the German Federal High Court held trademarks metatagging unlawful. The “impuls” holding (in German) available for download here. According to…
On November 27th, BT and Thomas Dolby opened their “Sonic Duel for Virtual Supremacy” Tour at Red Devil in San Francisco. BT was kind enough to invite us, and…
On November 3, the motion for summary judgment on behalf of Brian Transeau (BT) was argued before Hon. William H. Pauley, federal district court judge for the S…
Wired News reports that MPAA killed a comprehensive CA pretexting bill because they didn't want it to hamper their private investigators who use pretexting…
Many people have been saying for a long time that one great benefit of publishing news online is that publishers are not constrained by page limits. Today, the…