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Pokes, Tweets, And Legally Significant Notice
An Australian court rules that a mortgage company can issue notice of a lien over Facebook. A court in the UK permits an injunction to be served via Twitter.…
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IBM Back in the Antitrust Crosshairs: Deja Vu Mixed with Vertigo
Sources cited by The New York Times indicate the U.S. Justice Department has once again opened an antitrust investigation against IBM. Remember IBM? The new i…
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Invitation -- Social Networks: Friends or Foes?
On October 23, 2009, the UC Berkeley School of Law will host an all-day conference at the Bancroft Hotel to explore some of the most pressing legal challenges,…
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It's My Browser, and I'll Auto-Click if I Want To
In It's My Browser, and I'll Auto-Click if I Want To, Fred blogs about how EFF is representing SkipScreen, a Firefox browser add-on that helps users avo…
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PATRIOT Act: Last Refuge of Scoundrels
“Patriotism,” as Samuel Johnson famously said, “is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” In that sense, perhaps the USA PATRIOT Act is appropriately named after all…
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The End of the American Internet
In 1998, all hell broke loose as the U.S. government considered how to govern the network it had created. That fight has now ended, with a whimper: http://larr…
Brief Amicus Curiae of Professors Jack M. Balkin, Jim Chen, Lawrence Lessig, Barbara van Schewick, and Timothy Wu Urging that the FCC's Order Be Afirmed
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Fairey v. The Associated Press
We represented visual artist Shepard Fairey in connection with the AP’s claim that his iconic “Hope” poster in support of President Obama’s campaign infringes t…
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Horsemen of the Patent Apocalypse
No one would seriously disagree with my observation that the patent system has become the single greatest obstacle to innovation faced by entrepreneurs and esta…
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Brazilian Government Launches Official Blog
On Aug 31st, the Brazilian government launched its first official blog, "Blog do Planalto" (http://blog.planalto.gov.br/sobre-o-blog-do-planalto/). [&…
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Fall 2009 Hearsay Culture schedule posted
I am very excited about the slate of upcoming guests for Hearsay Culture this quarter! Ranging from copyright experts to technology philosophers, this quarter…
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Happiness and healthiness are contagious
One of the more interesting results of the Framingham Heart Study: happiness and healthiness are contagious: "two years ago, a pair of social scientists n…