Posts Tagged ‘Intellectual Property’

Today’s Slaw post: 3D printing has become a popular topic lately.  While 3D printers that print objects similar to how ink jet printers print words have been around for many years, the cost has come down dramatically, and will continue to … Continue reading → Full story

Jerry Brito, a sometimes contributor to this blog, has a new post on the Reason blog arguing that I and others have been too harsh on Craigslist for their recent lawsuit. As I wrote in my earlier post, Craigslist should give up the lawsuit not just because it’s unlikely Full story

There was a lot to take issue with in Scott Turow’s recent op-ed in The New York Times. Turow, who is currently President of the Authors Guild, took to The Times to criticize the Supreme Court’s decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, which brought physical books manufactured and sold abroad within the protective Full story

Yesterday, the White House officially responded to the online petition to “Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal,” which garnered more than 100,000 signatures in under 30 days. The Administration’s headline was emphatic: “It’s Time to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking.” The tech press heralded this significant but symbolic first step in addressing some of the most egregious Full story

Xcentric Ventures, LLC v. Mediolex Ltd., 2012 WL 5269403 (D.Ariz. October 24, 2012) Plaintiff Xcentric Ventures provides the infamous Ripoff Report, a website where consumers can go to defame complain about businesses they have dealt with. Defendant ComplaintsBoard.com is a similar kind of website. Ripoff Report’s Terms of Service provide that users grant Ripoff Report Full story

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Today’s Slaw post: Over the last few years there has been much controversy over the negotiation of the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. Problems included that it was being negotiated in secret with little information being disclosed, lobby groups were granted unequal access, and the substance of the agreement proposed heavy handed enforcement. It Full story

For the London Free Press – May 14, 2012 – Read this on Canoe A movie studio’s roaring success opened the door for sounds to be trademarked When one thinks of trademarks, the usual things that come to mind are word marks (the name of a company or product such as “Harrison Pensa” or “President’s Full story

For the London Free Press – April 2, 2012 – Read this on Canoe Have you ever considered what a service provider – such as a cellphone company or social networking site – can do with the photos and other content you send or post using that service? Sometimes the terms of use of the Full story