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House hearing on 1201

Posted on September 18, 2014 by rtushnet

House Judiciary Hearing, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property: 1201 Bonus Library Copyright Alliance statement. Rep. Marino: DMCA is important but there are concerns about misuses; fortunately courts have generally gotten it right to avoid anticompetitive behavior.  We … Continue reading →

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7th Circuit doesn’t like transformativeness or factor 1, still finds fair use

Posted on September 16, 2014 by rtushnet

Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation LLC, No. 13-3004 (7thCir. Sept. 15, 2014) Just the facts: While a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1969, Paul Soglin attended the first Mifflin Street Block Party, whose theme (according to Soglin) was “taking … Continue reading →

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Transformation by subtraction redux?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by rtushnet

First there was Garfield without Garfield.  Now there’s 3eanuts, turning Peanuts strips into raw expressions of angst and meaninglessness by subtracting the last, (partially) redemptive panel. HT Zach Schrag. http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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Don’t mess with Texas whiskey?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by rtushnet

Interesting article about a bourbon whiskey plastered with Texan signifiers, but apparently bottled (rather than distilled) in Texas.  The article makes several interesting advertising law-related claims: (1) sophisticated readers who examined the label in detail would be able to divine … Continue reading →

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google it: verb status doesn’t mean Google is generic

Posted on September 15, 2014 by rtushnet

Elliot v. Google Inc., No. CV–12–1072, 2014 WL 4447764 (D. Ariz. Sept. 10, 2014) Based on the evidence submitted here, Google seems to have thought long and hard about genericity, and prepared consumer surveys accordingly.  FWIW, my opinion has long … Continue reading →

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SCIPR: statistics and preview of next Term

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

Supreme Court Analytics on the Past Term Professor Edward Lee, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor David Schwartz, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Small sample!  6 patent cases from Fed. Cir., 5 reversed and 1 affirmed; 2 reversals in © … Continue reading →

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SCIPR: false advertising

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

Lexmark Int’l v. Static Control Components (Standard for determining standing for false advertising claim under the Lanham Act.) POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola (Standing under the Lanham Act to challenge food or beverage label as false or misleading though regulated by … Continue reading →

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SCIPR: patents (Alice/Nautilus)

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank (Patentable subject matter of software-related inventions) Nautilus v. Biosig Instruments (Patent indefiniteness) Moderator: Thomas Pasternak, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP Panelists: Constantine Trela, Jr., Counsel to Alice Corp.; Partner, Sidley Austin LLP: Alice: We know … Continue reading →

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SCIPR: David Kappos keynote

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

Keynote Lecture: “Stalemate or Statesmen? What Is Needed to Move Forward Constructively with the Balancing of America’s IP System” Speaker: David Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore We’ve demonstrated ability to achieve stalemate. Not likely to change unless we step … Continue reading →

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SCIPR: Aereo

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

ABC, Inc., v. Aereo, Inc. (Aereo’s Internet streaming of local TV broadcasts to individual subscribers is a public performance.) Moderator: Bart Lazar, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Panelists: David Frederick, Counsel to Aereo Inc.; Partner, Kellogg Huber Hansen PLLC: There’s a … Continue reading →

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