McCain on IP Protection Act
Courtesy of Tech Law Advisor, Senator McCain on the Intellectual Property Protection Act: From the text of the bills that have been available to date for Senators to review, I believe that one part of...
View ArticleLegislate early, litigate often
One of the bills that may pass during the lame-duck session of the 180th Congress is HR2391, the Intellectual Property Protection Act. This is an omnibus bill containing some of everyone’s favorite...
View ArticleProtecting Copyright and Innovation in a Post-Grokster World
On Wednesday, the full Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on “Protecting Copyright and Innovation in a Post-Grokster World,” with testimony from: The Honorable Mary Beth Peters, U.S. Register of...
View ArticleFair Use in the Internet Age
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection held hearings today on Fair Use: its Effects on Consumers and Industry. Mr. Peter Jaszi Professor...
View ArticleIPTelligentsia Podcast: Satisfying the 21st Century Consumer (Part 2/2)
Last week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held hearings on Digital Content and Enabling Technology: Satisfying the 21st Century...
View ArticleCable Bill Phone Spam
I just received an automated phone call on my home phone with a recorded message telling me that if I am concerned about the high price of cable television to press 1. Pressing 1 would tell Congress to...
View ArticleTrademark Dilution Act
The Trademark Dilution Act was signed into lawlast week. The bill overturns the Supreme Court's requirement from Moseley v. V. Secret Catalogue, Inc. that in order to prevail on a trademark dilution...
View ArticleMore Little Orphan Works
Here are some more links to pieces discussing the orphan works problem in general along with specific criticisms of the Orphan Works Act of 2008. Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge, The Orphan Works Act of...
View ArticleTasty, Tasty Sausage
This story about the natural gas industry losing out to dirtier fossil fuels in the energy bill on NPR’s Morning Edition demonstrates the fundamental problem with Federal policymaking today, With...
View ArticleCOICA
In the lame duck session, Congress may take further action on S.3804 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, a bill that would give the federal government broad powers over internet domain...
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