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…
So, my trip to London was really fun. I "minded the gap" in the tube and train and stood inside one of the fun red phonebooths: I paid close attentio…
Pre-Grokster, in the Bay Area at least, SBC Yahoo! had billboard ads posted along highway 101 (just south of SF, if I recall correctly) that advertised their hi…
The Brennan Center for Justice has published this study on fair use. It's really well done, and a great resource for anyone interested in understanding the…
The United States District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division recently granted defendant Furnace Brook LLC’s (“Furnace Brook”) motion to dismiss p…
In March 2005, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for documents pertaining to the U.S.…
Plaintiff Michael Price, the head coach of the University of Alabama's football team, sued Time Inc., the publisher of Sports Illustrated, and a writer name…
Plaintiff-appellant IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. (“IPXL”) holds a patent for an “electronic fund transfer or transaction system” that stores user information, displays…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction granted by the United States District Court for the District of New J…
In a case before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, plaintiffs, major recording industry members including BMG Music, Virgi…
A journalism group released a study showing that tabloid format papers -- the San Francisco Bay Guardian is tabloid shaped, as opposed to the broadsheet publish…
Austria has finished to issue its citizens the 'ecard' and now is the first country worldwide where the whole population is equipped with a government a…
As an IP lawyer, I've participated in several mediations to resolve disputes that are being litigated. The parties are usually greeted by a settlement judge…