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Blurring the Situation

Abercrombie & Fitch has offered to pay Jersey Shore cast member Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino not to wear its clothing. I hesitate to give this publicity…

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Tracking the Trackers: The AdChoices Icon

(Jovanni Hernandez and Akshay Jagadeesh are the first authors of this study.) Responding to pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, in mid-2009 the largest…

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CIS on Surprisingly Free

Ryan Calo and I both recently recorded podcasts for the show Surprisingly Free, which is an excellent weekly podcast for anyone interested in law and technology…

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Google's Patent Indigestion

$12.5 Billion for a company with a portfolio of 17,000 patents is major news.  This news comes on the heels of Google being 0-for-3 in playing big strategic pat…