Tag Archives: copyright

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 →

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IPSC, Copyright Theory III

Posted on August 7, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Theory III   Abraham Bell, Bar Ilan University The Dual-Grant Theory of Fair Use   Granted rights are limited in order to avoid unnecessarily exceeding the requirements for incentivizing. Fair use is a broad reservation of privileges for the … Continue reading →

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IPSC: Copyright again

Posted on August 7, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright History Shyam Balganesh University of Pennsylvania Law School The Questionable Origins of the Copyright Infringement Analysis   Jerome Frank’s infamous/canonical © infringement test from Arnstein v. Porter, influential across the country. Step 1: actual copying, dissection allowed, expert testimony … Continue reading →

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IPSC, Copyright Theory II

Posted on August 7, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Theory II    Brad Greenberg Columbia Law School Bizarro Copyright   Does having lots of different antennas in one place v. all over the place make a difference to whether there is public performance? Central question of Aereo: looks … Continue reading →

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IPSC, Copyright and Society

Posted on August 6, 2015 by rtushnet

Third Breakout Session: Copyright & Society   Clemens Appl & Philipp Homar, Vienna University of Economics & Business, Education 4.0: Recent Challenges to Copyright   From user-generated content to user-generated copyright. Use of materials for educational purposes is one of … Continue reading →

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IPSC: Other IP

Posted on August 6, 2015 by rtushnet

Other IP  [Insert wry commentary about “fringe” fields like advertising law]   Sarah Burstein, The University of Oklahoma College of Law Reviving Ornamentality    Fed. Cir. killed the doctrine.  Statute says new, original, and ornamental designs can get a design … Continue reading →

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Photo finish: allegedly unauthorized (c) sublicensing isn’t false designation of origin

Posted on August 3, 2015 by rtushnet

Photographic Illustrators Corp. v. Orgill, Inc., 2015 WL 4572296, No. 14-11818 (D. Mass. July 29, 2015)   PIC specializes in commercial photography.  It took photos of lighting fixtures manufactured by nonparty OSI.  Defendants Orgill and Farm & City Supply distribute … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, Part 7

Posted on July 24, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 5 | Martin Fredriksson (Linköping University, Sweden), Moderator   Open Source Intelligence: Counterinsurgency, State Secrets, and Small Novels Joseph Slaughter (Columbia) Commentator | Catherine Bond (University of New South Wales)   Operation of IP in the context of torture, … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, part 6

Posted on July 23, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 4 | Traci Zimmerman (James Madison University), Moderator   Confederate Copyright: The Role of Nationalism in Designing a Copyright Regime Shane Valenzi (Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm, Chicago) Commentator | Shyam Balganesh (University of Pennsylvania)   In addition to … Continue reading →

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ISHTIP at Penn, Part 5

Posted on July 23, 2015 by rtushnet

Session 3 | Marianne Dahlén (Uppsala University, Sweden), Moderator   Design and Copyright: An Open Question? Stina Teilmann-Lock (University of Southern Denmark) Commentator | Jessica Silbey (Northeastern University)   Openness in the law for fair followers?  Design in law in … Continue reading →

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