Category Archives: Uncategorized

New paper on deceptive advertising from Seana Shiffrin

Posted on September 23, 2015 by rtushnet

Seana Shiffrin, Deceptive Advertising and Taking Responsibility for Others, Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics, ed. Tyler Doggett, Anne Barnhill and Mark Budolfson, Forthcoming: This paper considers how the law of deceptive advertising embeds within it an extended form of responsibility, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Google can’t avoid class action just because damages are variable

Posted on September 22, 2015 by rtushnet

Pulaski & Middleman, LLC v. Google, Inc., No. 12-16752 (9th Cir.  Sept. 21, 2015)   From 2004-08, many advertisers used Google’s AdWords to bid for Google to put their ads on websites. Pulaski sued under the California UCL and FAL, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A pox on both their steel buildings: unusual copyright and false advertising rulings

Posted on September 21, 2015 by rtushnet

General Steel Domestic Sales, LLC v. Chumley, — F. Supp. 3d –, No. 13-cv-00769, 2015 WL 5353080 (D. Colo. Sept. 15, 2015)   A bizarre copyright fair use ruling mars this iteration of this long-running, bitter dispute between the parties, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

AU Fair Use event: Best Practices in Fair Use/the Future

Posted on September 17, 2015 by rtushnet

Jaszi: DMCA left us somewhat bruised; the next time we set out to do something useful, we asked what could be done without requiring congressional authority?  Go back to 1991, when film scholar Kristin Thompson was prominent in the Society … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

AU, Copyright Advocacy and Fair Use Education 1995-2015

Posted on September 17, 2015 by rtushnet

Public Interest Copyright Advocacy and Fair Use Education 1995-2015   This event celebrates significant anniversaries of two initiatives that were launched at AUWCL – the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Digital Future Coalition, the first broad-based civil society … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

New article on self-publishing, with Eric Goldman

Posted on September 17, 2015 by rtushnet

Eric Goldman and I have written Self-Publishing an Electronic Casebook Benefited Our Readers–And Us, in the Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts. from Blogger http://ift.tt/1KTXYvt

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Delicious and scandalous?

Posted on September 17, 2015 by rtushnet

I just came across Pinches Tacos, a restaurant that sounds yummy.  When registering its mark, the company represented that the translation was “kitchen boys.”  According to the internet … not so much, for speakers of Mexican Spanish.  Scandalous? from Blogger … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society’s Mid-Atlantic student writing competition

Posted on September 16, 2015 by rtushnet

As the oldest publishing intellectual property law journal in America, the Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) provides a forum dedicated to the discussion of legal and technical subjects related to patent, trademark, and copyright laws.  JPTOS boasts … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Event tomorrow on Public Interest Copyright Advocacy and Fair Use Education 1995-2015

Posted on September 16, 2015 by rtushnet

Event 1:00pm-5:30pm; Reception 5:30-7:00pm Room 603 – American University Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW http://ift.tt/1Lhnnht This event celebrates significant anniversaries of two initiatives that were launched at AUWCL – the 20th anniversary of the founding of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Lochner in genespace?

Posted on September 16, 2015 by rtushnet

Here’s an argument that the First Amendment protects the ability to engage in genetic engineering.  (Title reference.) from Blogger http://ift.tt/1NCS9D3

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment