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Patent Infringement for couch potatoes.
What's the world coming to? The Madison County Record reports: "In an article entitled, "TV Ads Lures Inventors," the IP Law & Business…
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Aguiar v. Webb: Webb Opposes Motion for Preliminary Injunction
On October 12 we filed Floyd Webb's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Plaintiff, in his motion, asked the court to enjoin Flo…
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Electra Entertainment v. McDowell: Is a thirteen year old still innocent (infringer)?
A federal district court in Georgia ordered a jury trial last week on the question whether a thirteen year old defendant was an innocent infringer or not. In El…
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Statmats Presentation
Powerpoint presentation on Legal Issues on Social Network Platforms November 9, 2007 in San Diego.…
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Doing God's Work
Here is a very nice plug for CIS from one of the most respected and accomplished copyright lawyers around -- Bill Patry. In it, he notes my recent article abou…
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Breath Control
Breath Control is a documentary about making music with nothing but the human voice. The human beat box is one of the key elements in the development of Hip Hop…
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The biological payoffs of associating yourself with winners
James McKinley in the New York Times in 2000 : "It has long been assumed that ardent sports fans derive excitement and a sense of community from rooting fo…
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Cuomo and Krugman on Politics vs. Ideology
In the 10/29 Guardian: "Cuomo: The founding fathers apparently didn't like parties, and so how about this whole notion that - of ideologies that take…
Petition for Declaratory Ruling (with Free Press, Public Knowledge, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America, Information Society Project at Yale Law School and Charles Nesson
Why Comcast’s interference with BitTorrent violates the FCC Internet Policy Statement * Publication Type:Regulatory Filing * Publication Date:11/01/2007 Do…
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German Copyright Law Amended
Today was the official publication of a new amendment to the German Copyright Act. The amendment will enter into force in January 1st, 2008. After four long y…
Rowling v. RDR Books - Complaint
Complaint filed by JK Rowling and Warner Brothers against RDR Books regarding the publication of the Harry Potter Lexicon. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief…
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Why I'm glad I don't live in Gapun
Damian Whitworth in today's Times of London: "Human beings argue about everything from adultery to Zionism and we do so in different styles, whether we…