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Looking Back at 2006–Ahead to 2007
How Exciting Was 2006! That introduction is not a question—it’s an exclamation! Buzz and viral marketing, branded entertainment, social networking, MMOG (that’s online, interactive, web-based gaming for those looking to…
PropertyProf Blog
Why YouTube Might Not Have Infringement Problems
By propertyprof
Tim Wu (Columbia Law School) has a great post on Slate explaining why YouTube isn't likely to go the way of Napster. This issue came up during my short tour…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Bar Exam Copying Punished and Punished Hard
The following is a bit off-topic but most interesting nonetheless.Here are a few excerpts from Geri L. Dreiling, A Costly Case of Cribbing: Judge Orders Company to Pay $12 Million…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Supreme Court Declines to Hear “Winnie the Pooh” Case
The intellectual property rights to the Winnie the Pooh copyright were the subject of recent litigation, over 60 years after Pooh’s creator, A.A. Milne, died. As reported in Justices pooh-pooh…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
“I Have a Dream” Speech
In the case of Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc., 194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999), the court resolved a dispute about the public domain copyright…
Florida Intellectual Property Law Blog
Assessing Your Company’s Intellectual Property Assets
By John Rizvi
When asked to identify company assets, many business people will rattle off a listing of real estate, equipment, supplies, inventory, and other tangible property. In today's economic climate, however, it…
Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law
Google lawsuit begins; fair use
The inevitable lawsuit has been filed against Google. The Authors’ Guild and others assert in the complaint that the Google Print Project infringes their copyrights. That lawsuit should succeed. As…
The Conglomerate Blog: Business, Law, Economics & Society
On Copyrighting
By Gordon Smith
Brad at Feld Thoughts is wondering about copyrighting PowerPoint slides: As I was sitting in the audience, I noticed one thing that kept annoying me. A number of the presentations…
Academic Copyright ~ Elizabeth Townsend Gard
LibraryLaw Blog: What was published before 2003?
LibraryLaw Blog: What was published before 2003? further discussion o the unpublished pd and my comments in response.
California Employment Law Update
E-Mail Messages Accusing Individual Of Stealing Copyrighted Material And Plagiarism Were Only “Opinion”
By Tony Oncidi
Franklin v. Dynamic Details, Inc., 116 Cal. App. 4th 375 (2004) Bryan Franklin and Franklin-Choi Corporation (FCC) sued Dynamic Details, Inc. (DDi) and Jim Axton for defamation and tortious interference…