Category Archives: http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post

SCIPR: Petrella v. MGM

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

Petrella v. MGM (Can laches bar a copyright claim within the 3 year statute of limitations?) Moderator: Scott McBride, Shareholder, McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd. Panelists: Paula Petrella, Petitioner and owner of rights to the screenplay (only individual plaintiff in … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences, copyright, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post | Leave a comment

SCIPR, patents (Limelight/Medtronic)

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

(Ed. note: as is clear from my notes, I have a somewhat Gingerly approach to patent law. My apologies for any inaccuracies.) Limelight Networks v. Akamai Technologies (Induced infringement when defendants have not directly infringed.) Medtronic v. Mirowski Family Ventures, … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, patent, secondary liability | Leave a comment

Supreme Court IP Review, Chicago-Kent: Patents

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

Ed Timberlake: most IP cases in a term ever, 8 or 10 depending on whether you count the Lanham Act cases. Octane Fitness v. Icon Health & Fitness Inc. (When is a case “exceptional” for award of fees under 35 … Continue reading →

Posted in fees, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, patent | Leave a comment

Not the NAD: court won’t stop plaintiff from publicizing preliminary injunction

Posted on September 12, 2014 by rtushnet

Homeland Housewares, LLC v. Euro-Pro Operating LLC, No. 14-cv-03954 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 10, 2014) Euro-Pro sought to keep Homeland from publicizing the court’s preliminary injunction against it (granted on Lanham Act false advertising grounds). Shortly after the preliminary injunction issued, … Continue reading →

Posted in first amendment, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, remedies | Leave a comment

internet regulation event in DC

Posted on September 10, 2014 by rtushnet

Internet Regulation in 2020 Keck Center, Room 100 * Washington, D.C. * October 17, 2014 Space is limited; register now at http://law.duke.edu/innovationpolicy/internetregulation/ 8:00am            Registration 8:30am            Welcome and Introduction Stuart Benjamin, Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Center for Innovation Policy, … Continue reading →

Posted in antitrust, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post | Leave a comment

Eyes on the fair use prize: TV news clip service is fair

Posted on September 10, 2014 by rtushnet

Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes, Inc, No. 13 Civ. 5315 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2014) See if you can tell how this case will come out from reading a chunk of the first sentence: TVEyes “monitors and records all content … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, misappropriation | Leave a comment

"German Quality" could mislead as to German origin

Posted on September 9, 2014 by rtushnet

Marty v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, — F. Supp. 2d —-, 2014 WL 4388415, No. 13–23656 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 5, 2014) (magistrate judge) AB brews Beck’s Beer, which originated from and was brewed in Germany from 1873 until 2012 when AB … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer protection, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, remedies, standing | Leave a comment

Jotwell post: Seeing Like a Copyright Lawyer

Posted on September 9, 2014 by rtushnet

My review of Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Irina D. Manta, & Tess Wilkinson‐Ryan, Judging Similarity, 100 Iowa L. Rev. (forthcoming 2014). Kate Klonick, Comparing Apples to Applejacks: Cognitive Science Concepts of Similarity Judgment and Derivative Works, 64 J. Copyright Soc’y USA 365 … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, reading list | Leave a comment

Careers in Copyright event in DC

Posted on September 8, 2014 by rtushnet

Careers in Copyright: A Panel Discussion and Networking Reception The Washington, DC Chapter of the Copyright Society of the United States will be holding a copyright career panel and networking event, on September 18, 2014 from 6pm to 8:30 pm … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post | Leave a comment

transformative work of the day, football edition

Posted on September 8, 2014 by rtushnet

Also Jenny Holzer edition.  (Images from the EA maddengiferator, so perhaps all the real issues are on the Holzer side.) http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, trademark | Leave a comment