Prof. Doug Lichtman, UCLA School of Law June 23, 2015 Hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass has been widely criticized in recent months, with newspaper editorials, advocacy organizations, and even some members of Congress publicly condemning Bass’s strategy of using a relatively new Patent Office procedure to challenge particular pharmaceutical patents while at the same time shorting [...]
Congressman Bob Goodlatte To Deliver Keynote Remarks at Oct. 21 Event FOR RELEASE: June 22, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., June 22, 2015 – The Media Institute will honor author and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Meredith Attwell Baker, president and CEO of CTIA–The Wireless Association, [...]
Prof. Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia University School of Law June 15, 2015 Copyright generally vests in the author, the human creator of the work. But because, at least until recently, most authors have been ill-equipped to commercialize and disseminate their works on their own, the author has granted rights to intermediaries to market her works. [...]
Prof. Randal C. Picker, University of Chicago Law School June 5, 2015 On May 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its eagerly awaited en banc opinion in Garcia v. Google. More than a year ago, in a 2-to-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit had found that Garcia had a sufficient likelihood [...]
Prof. James Gibson, University of Richmond School of Law May 6, 2015 A few months ago, my IP Issues entry demonstrated that the exclusive rights that trademark law provides are rooted in consumer welfare – in the need to ensure that consumers are able to distinguish one producer’s goods from those of its competitors. In [...]
Prof. Rodney A. Smolla, University of Georgia Law School April 28, 2015 May the Patent and Trademark Office deny trademark protection for a mark that it deems disparaging to members of certain racial or ethnic groups? The issue has been most famously posed by the Washington Redskins trademark litigation, a dispute of Dickensian expanse that [...]
Sustained Investment and Innovation Key Factors to Success of Top Five Internet Ecosystems FOR RELEASE: April 24, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2015 – The Media Institute today released an analysis by Harvard Law School faculty member and Media Institute Global Internet Freedom Advisory Council member [...]
Prof. Doug Lichtman, UCLA School of Law April 23, 2015 Every year, I close my “survey” intellectual property course by spending a few days talking about trademark law. My main message is that trademark law is a legal regime designed to facilitate clear communication. I point out that it would be monstrously difficult were I [...]
Filed comments with the FCC in support of a Petition for Class Waiver of the Commission’s Sponsorship Identification Requirement sought by a coalition of radio broadcasters. The petition would allow broadcasters of music and sports programming to furnish information about promotional arrangements with record companies and others on the stations’ websites. The number of [...]
Prof. Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia University School of Law April 6, 2015 In a previous column (Feb. 17, 2015), I urged that any copyright reform legislation that emerges from the preparations for “the next great copyright act” should ensure both authors’ attribution and economic interests. The earlier column addressed attribution; this column will consider remuneration, [...]