Category Archives: copyright

AU IP/Gender: Panel IV: Gendered Understandings of the Role and Scope of IP

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Moderator – Irene Calboli, Marquette Law School and National University of Singapore   Carys Craig, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University – Deconstructing Copyright’s Choreographer: the Power of Performance (and the Performance of Power)   Feminist approach to conceptualizing artistic … Continue reading →

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AU IP/Gender Panel III: US Federal Courts

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Panel III: Gender and Intellectual Property in the U.S. Federal Courts Moderator – Christine Farley, American University Washington College of Law   Jessica Silbey, Suffolk University Law School – Intellectual Property Reform Through the Lens of Constitutional Equality   Qualitative … Continue reading →

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AU IP/Gender Panel II: Documenting Communities of Practice

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Moderator – Meredith Jacob, American University Washington College of Law   Jhessica Reia, Center for Technology and Society at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (CTS-FGV) – DIY or Die! Gender and Creation in Marginal Music Production   Straight edge movement in Brazil: … Continue reading →

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AU IP/Gender Panel I: Women’s Leadership in Traditional Cultural Production

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Panel I: Community Structure and Women’s Leadership in Traditional Cultural Production Moderator – Margaret Chon, Seattle University School of Law   Helen Chuma Okoro, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (and CC Nigeria), Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property Protection, and Matriarchal … Continue reading →

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AU/IP Gender conference, part 1: me

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Reimagining IP/Gender: The Next 10 Years of Feminist Engagement with IP Law   Welcome – Michael Carroll, American University Washington College of Law IP program and Women & Law program do this together—longterm collaboration.   Opening Keynote Meredith Jacobs, American … Continue reading →

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False claims of third-party endorsement actionable as false advertising

Posted on February 19, 2015 by rtushnet

Fringe Insurance Benefits, Inc. v. Beneco, Inc., No. A–13–CV–034, 2015 WL 631181 (W.D. Tex. Feb. 11, 2015) (magistrate judge)   The parties compete to provide employee benefit plans; FIBI and Beneco specialize in fringe benefit services to government contractors who … Continue reading →

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AU IP/Gender conference (with a keynote from me)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by rtushnet

Reimagining IP/Gender: The Next Ten Years of Feminist Engagement with Intellectual Property Law   Presented with the Women and the Law Program American University Washington College of Law February 27, 2015 For registration and more information.   At the 11th … Continue reading →

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Third Circuit affirms competitor’s victory in college course copying case

Posted on February 11, 2015 by rtushnet

CollegeSource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc., — Fed.Appx. —-, 2015 WL 469041, No. 12–4167 (3d Cir. Feb. 5, 2015)   CS and A1 compete in the market for college credit-transfer information. CS alleged that A1 misappropriated the contents of CS’s main … Continue reading →

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False advertising claims over music licensing survive

Posted on February 11, 2015 by rtushnet

Tresóna Multimedia LLC v. Legg, 2015 WL 470228, No. CV–14–02141 (D. Az. Feb. 4, 2015) Tresóna is a music copyright licensing company that sells custom arrangement licenses for particular pieces of music, allowing the purchaser to arrange a piece of … Continue reading →

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WIPIP, part 2: Copyright

Posted on February 9, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 1, Copyright   Jim Gibson [with Chris Cotropia]: Random sample of copyright cases filed 20080-2011, coded 957 cases for parties, claims, remedies requested, final adjudication. The filesharing cases and PRO cases (music) tell the expected IP story. Ps from … Continue reading →

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