Tag Archives: copyright

AALS panel on the scope of IP rights

Posted on January 11, 2016 by rtushnet

Intellectual Property – Interpreting the Scope of IP Rights Moderator: Zahr Said, University of Washington School of Law   Margaret-Jane Radin, The University of Michigan Law School: Patent scope. The problem of describing innovation (thing in the world) in words. … Continue reading →

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Transformative work of the day, Jenny Holzer edition

Posted on November 25, 2015 by rtushnet

The Toast offers us Baby Jenny Holzer. from Blogger http://ift.tt/1POTjfR

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Les 1201 exemptions nouvelles sont arrivees: remixers get Blu-Ray

Posted on October 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Rulemaking here.  As Jon Band says, people who got organized got much of what they asked for, albeit hemmed in by pointless restrictions, but people who weren’t aggressively represented by groups willing to spend countless hours on this process didn’t. … Continue reading →

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Transformative works of the day

Posted on October 20, 2015 by rtushnet

R. Sumantri MS, from Indonesia, paints DC and Marvel superheroes juxtaposed with Asian folk and mythological characters. Here: Guan Gong vs. Iron Man, Nezha vs. Batman, and Guan Gong vs. Captain America from his China New Supreme Power series. Discovered … Continue reading →

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Right of publicity workshop part 2

Posted on October 17, 2015 by rtushnet

How is the “right” to be reconciled with the First Amendment?     Could be part of the vast universe of communication that isn’t protected speech: Fred Schauer’s writing.  Contracts aren’t protected by 1A, etc.  Could just be market behavior. That … Continue reading →

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Right of publicity workshop at Yale

Posted on October 17, 2015 by rtushnet

Right of Publicity Workshop Yale Law School Information Society Project Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression   Chatham House rules apparently allow me to disclose my own participation, but not that of others, so I’ll just take some notes on … Continue reading →

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CFP: Intermediary liability

Posted on October 13, 2015 by rtushnet

Intermediary Liability: How to Kill Content on the Internet. Thanks to statutes like Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and even the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, intermediaries in the United States are at least theoretically shielded from liability for … Continue reading →

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CFP 2015: Internet content blocking by the ITC

Posted on October 13, 2015 by rtushnet

Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference 2015 Internet Content Blocking by the U.S. International Trade Commission.   In April 2014, a little-known agency called the U.S. International Trade Commission handed itself power to block data on the Internet. Internet companies fear … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Roundtable on Drassinower, Part 4

Posted on October 2, 2015 by rtushnet

Session IV – Subject Matter and Limitations   •           Rebecca Tushnet   Drassinower defines trademark as the right to completely control the meaning of a mark as applied to a good or service: radically unidirectional, like a one-way traffic sign, … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Roundtable on Drassinower, Parts 2 & 3

Posted on October 2, 2015 by rtushnet

Session II – The Work as Dialogue   •           Mike Madison   An element in the book: The “work” is a Macguffin.  The the thing that holds our attention/draws the narrative together while not necessarily having meaning in and of … Continue reading →

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