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A Rosenhan Experiment for the PTO
How accurate is the Patent and Trademark Office? Can its examiners tell good patents from bad? Many doubt that they can and the PTO is often criticized for allo…
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Sonia Katyal - Contrabrand: Art, Advertising and Property in the Age of Corporate Identity (Audio)
Stanford Center for Internet and Society Speakers Series Talk - February 23, 2012 In her talk, based on her forthcoming book from Yale Press, Contrabrand: Art,…
Sonia Katyal - Contrabrand: Art, Advertising and Property in the Age of Corporate Identity (Video)
Stanford Center for Internet and Society Speakers Series Talk - February 23, 2012 In her talk, based on her forthcoming book from Yale Press, Contrabrand: Art,…
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Is Your Sex Life Really Private? The Truth About Online Dating Sites
* Date Published:03/06/2012 * Original Publication:Alter Net…
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Drone Crash
The Examiner is reporting that a prototype drone crashed into a Texas Montgomery County police vehicle, causing little damage. No doubt this event will touch o…
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Apply Today!* Nevada's Autonomous Driving Regulation Takes Effect
*Note: Apply only if you have an autonomous vehicle with 10,000 miles under its belt and a million dollars (cash or bond) in its glove compartment. Nevada'…
PROTECT IP/SOPA - 2012 STLR Symposium - First Amendent Challenges in the Digital Age (Audio)
STLR Symposium 2012 - Co-Hosted by the Center for Internet and Society February 10, 2012Video Version Moderator: Declan McCullagh, Chief Political Corresponde…
PROTECT IP/SOPA - 2012 STLR Symposium - First Amendent Challenges in the Digital Age (Video)
STLR Symposium 2012 - Co-Hosted by the Center for Internet and Society February 10, 2012 Audio Version Moderator: Declan McCullagh, Chief Political Correspond…
The Social Layer of Freedom of Information Law
It is now received wisdom that a properly functioning democracy requires transparency and accountability — information shared with the public that allows the pu…
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Reading the Privacy Policies You Encounter in a Year Would Take 76 Work Days
"One simple answer to our privacy problems would be if everyone became maximally informed about how much data was being kept and sold about them. Logically…
Communia and the European Public Domain Project: A Politics of the Public Domain
Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed us…
First Amendment Architecture - STLR Symposium 2012 - First Amendment Challenges in the Digital Age (Video)
STLR Symposium 2012 - Co-Hosted by the Center for Internet and Society February 10, 2012 Audio Version Presenter: Marvin Ammori, Stanford Law School CIS Affi…