| 7/27/2011 |
New Media, New Rules: Copyright Strategies in the Age of Apps |
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| Thomson CompuMark interviewed Jennifer Stanley, an associate in the firm's Intellectual Property Group, about the rise of new media and transformation from Internet-based content and social media sites to interactive games and mobile phone applications. more |
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| 6/17/2011 |
Late Night With eDiscovery Nightmare-man? Top Ten Ways to Help Your CEO Sleep More Easily . . . |
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| Many an organization waits until it has seen the corporate body on the table in a lawsuit or in a government proceeding before implementing an electronic-discovery preparedness program. more |
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| 5/23/2011 |
Knockoffs, the Nemesis of the Gaming World |
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| On March 22, Amazon launched the Appstore, bringing video games to the fingertips of thousands of Android users who, like their iPhone and iPad-toting friends, can now purchase and play video games anywhere, anytime. more |
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| 10/19/2010 |
Intellectual Property Bulletin Fall 2010 |
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| On September 10, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit issued a much-awaited ruling on appeal in Vernor v. Autodesk, No. 09-35969, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 18957, addressing whether software purchasers are owners or licensees of the copies of the software in their possession more |
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| 9/13/2010 |
Copyright Alert: I Bought It; I Own It—Or Do I? Vernor v. Autodesk: Ninth Circuit Rules on Software Transfers |
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| On September 10, 2010, the Ninth Circuit issued a much-awaited ruling on appeal in Vernor v. Autodesk, addressing whether software purchasers are owners or licensees of the copies of the software in their possession. (9th Cir. No. 09-35969.) more |
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| 8/5/2010 |
Intellectual Property Bulletin Summer 2010 |
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| A unanimous decision is not always what it seems. On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld without dissent the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s ruling that a patent application for hedging against price changes was not patentable. more |
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| 7/23/2010 |
Ninth Circuit Reverses Broad Injunction Against Doll Manufacturer on the Basis of Employment Contract Interpretation and Thin Copyright |
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| Mattel v. MGA Entertainment, issued yesterday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, provides important lessons for drafting and interpreting employment and invention assignment agreements, clarifies the legal standards for...
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| 6/24/2010 |
Copyright Alert: Viacom v. YouTube/Google: Judge Swats Billion-Dollar Copyright Lawsuit; Viacom to Appeal Summary Judgment Ruling |
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| A federal district court granted summary judgment to YouTube and Google yesterday, holding that a safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) protected the video-upload giants against billion-dollar claims brought by Viacom International and other content holders. more |
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| 6/10/2010 |
Litigation Alert: Federal Copyright Law Preempts State Law Breach of Confidence and Implied Contract Claims for Unauthorized Use of Works |
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| On June 3, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that federal copyright law preempts common law breach of confidence and implied contract claims in situations where plaintiffs attempt to retain rights to share profits and credit in the underlying works more |
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| 4/23/2010 |
Intellectual Property Bulletin Spring 2010 |
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| In the opening weeks of 2010, Parliament in London took up a bill to consider whether company directors might be held personally liable in certain areas implicating health and safety of workers. more |
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| 7/7/2009 |
IP Bulletin Summer 2009 |
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| The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) began in July 2006 as a pilot, one-year cooperative agreement between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO). more |
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| 8/6/2008 |
Copyright Alert: Cartoon Network v. Cablevision—Buffer Reproductions Are Not Infringing Copies, Holds Second Circuit in "Remote" DVR Case |
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| In a long-awaited ruling, the Second Circuit held on Monday that unauthorized reproductions of data, such as digital movie files, in computer buffers are not infringing copies because they were not fixed "for a period of more than transitory duration." ...
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| 6/18/2008 |
Think You Are a Co-Owner of a Copyright?—Think Again |
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| Many copyright owners co-own their copyrights with others, or at least they thought so until the decision came down in Sybersound Records, Inc. v. UAV Corp., 517 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2008)...
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| 4/8/2008 |
Litigation Alert: Roommate.com en banc |
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| The Ninth Circuit has issued a long-awaited decision affecting the scope of the safe haven under the Communications Decency Act ("CDA") for internet service providers against liability for information created and provided by third parties.
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| 9/17/2007 |
Third Strike for Perfect 10? |
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| In the Visa case, a divided panel held that processing payments for the infringing website services was too remote from the direct copyright infringements for Visa and other credit card company defendants to be held contributorily or vicariously liable.
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| 9/11/2007 |
Perfect 10 v. Google: Ninth Circuit Sanctions Web Site Framing, Online Thumbnail Displays |
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| How fast do things change in "Internet time"? That was in substance one of the questions posed in a recent Ninth Circuit decision in Perfect 10 v. Google.
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| 2/22/2006 |
Litigation Alert: Perfect 10's Preliminary Injunction Against Google Exposes New Approaches to Copyright and Fair Use on the Internet |
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| On February 21, 2006, the Federal District Court in Los Angeles issued a decision with important new analyses affecting use of copyrighted materials on the Internet.
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| 3/11/2004 |
Copyright Infringement Litigation with Some Asides on Software Copyright Litigation |
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| Where, What, When, Who and Why
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