While the ”Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011,” at first sounds like a bill worthy of support, it’s definitely worth a closer look for business owners.  If this bill becomes law, the…

Federal Judge Rules ‘Patent Troll’ Must Pay $3.8 Million in Attorney Fees: Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz have been awarded almost $4 million for attorney fees after beating back a patent infringement suit brought by one of several interlocking companies whose “primary…

CNN Loses Battle Over Release of Video: CNN has not only lost its battle to keep from releasing unaired video footage subpoenaed by lawyers in a personal injury suit, but the news network’s counsel also have been rapped for not…

NoDaddy / GoDaddy: Further to the de-registration of a domain name by registrar, GoDaddy, the former registrant has now put up NoDaddy.com.

Appeals court dismisses Kahle et al. v. Gonzales: Xeni Jardin: Rick Prelinger says, Unfortunately, we’ve lost again. In this appeal (passionately argued by Larry Lessig) we hoped to establish that “the change from an “opt-in” to an “opt-out” copyright system…

Comment on Plagiarism and Copyright by Scott B Nelson: Consider, it you will, 4th Amendment. Turnitin is a search to detect plagiarism. Turnitin then seizes the work for duplication and future search. For my daughters, their high school has no…

Media Law Prof Blog: Ninth Circuit Rules In Flashdance Case: The Ninth Circuit has ruled in Marder v. Lopez that a dancer who signed a General Release allowing Paramount to use her life story as the basis for the film…

Pfizer gets favorable ruling in Viagra patent case in China: Jun. 5, 2006 (China Knowledge) – A Beijing court has upheld drug giant Pfizer’s patent for Viagra, ruling against China’s patent review board, reported Associated Press. According to the report,…

“Injunction Junction: Law Note On Equitable Relief In Trademark Law”: Duke Law & Technology Review iBrief: “Injunction Junction: Remembering The Proper Function and Form Of Equitable Relief In Trademark Law.” Abstract: Injunctions are supposed to be among the most extraordinary…