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By Naila AlKhalawi & Ryan McAdam http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/fair-use-defense/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/righthaven-rocked-owes-34000-after-fair-use-loss.ars Context & Background Fair use is a limitation on the exclusive rights – typically granted to copyright owners – which allows unauthorized use of copyrighted work. This is detailed by the Copyright … Continue reading →

By: Naehee Kim and Tristen Lall  As the ways of creating, publishing, distributing and consuming media content have evolved, the dynamics between a copyright holder’s rights to its works and an individual user’s rights to his physical possessions have changed … Continue reading →

http://consumerist.com/2011/09/reebok-to-fork-over-25-million-in-refunds-over-deceptive-ads-for-easytone-shoes.html Just last week, the FTC and Reebok agreed to a $25 million settlement for deceptive advertisement.  Reebok claimed in their ads that their EasyTone shoes would provide extra tone and strength to the leg and buttock muscles.  FTC then … Continue reading →

Here’s the link to the patents episode of NPR’s This American Life, mentioned in today’s lecture: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack. A really interesting exploration of the dysfunctional U.S. patent system.

Here’s the link to the FTC Report on Patents.  Robert Barr mentioned this in class today. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/03/patentreport.shtm

Post by Elliot Nahman and Curtis Hwang Many patents, still pending: Congress tweaks, but does not overhaul, America’s patent system http://www.economist.com/node/21528643 Overview and relevance to Patent Law reading Barack Obama has recently signed into law significant new patent reform called … Continue reading →

GPS inventor and technologists collaborate with EFF to urge Supreme Court to require the issuance of a warrant before law enforcement may use GPS tracking. Article  elaborates on how these efforts are intended to prevent blanket surveillance of civilians by police. … Continue reading →

Golan v. Holder is a case that involves Golan, a university music professor challenging a statute that makes it financially burdensome for smaller orchestras to purchase and perform certain musical pieces. Orchestras that were once able to purchase sheet music … Continue reading →

Privacy policies of Social networking websites for protection of speech. Twitter is clearly the best choice when it comes to ‘good-faith’. Read the article here. You may also want to read the Privacy Policy of Facebook… It collects data even … Continue reading →

The Justice Department has released an internal memo from August 2010 detailing the data retention policies of the major telecom companies. The release came after a Freedom of Information claim from the ACLU. Wired has summarized the document nicely with … Continue reading →