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23Sep 2021

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Online Linking

September 23, 2021 Lawrence Husick Copyright, Internet Law

Dear Doc: I heard that it’s now illegal to put links to photos and videos on your webpages and in social media posts? Really? Won’t that just destroy the entire Internet? Asking for a friend. Signed,Every Internet User, Ever Dear Every: Yup. You heard right, at least as far as New York Federal District […]

09Sep 2021

Not So Happy Together: Ninth Circuit Says No Public Performance Rights in Turtles Pre-1972 Recordings

September 9, 2021 Joshua Waterston Copyright

What happens when Congress is unable – for almost 50 years – to figure out how to protect recorded music? Specifically, music recorded before 1972? Messy litigation involving the Turtles is what happens. First, some background. Almost 50 years ago, Congress passed the Sound Recording Amendment to the 1909 Copyright Act, which provided copyright protection […]

02Sep 2021

When is a Design Obvious?

September 2, 2021 Robert Yarbrough Patent

When most inventors think of a patent, they think of a better-mousetrap type patent, known as a utility patent. A utility patent protects what an invention is and how it works. U.S. Patent 269,766 for a mousetrap that plugs a mouse with a bullet from a .44 is an example of a utility patent. Our […]

26Aug 2021

Ask Dr. Copyright© About the “Right to Repair”

August 26, 2021 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright

Dear Doc: For years, it’s been nearly impossible to do repairs on some kinds of equipment. For instance, unless you had a handheld computer that cost over $4,000, it was impossible to diagnose and fix a GM-Saab automobile. The same is true of John Deere farm equipment. Manufacturers use copyright and trade secrecy laws to […]

12Aug 2021

I’m as Mad as Hell and I’m Not Gonna Take it Anymore!*

August 12, 2021 Robert Yarbrough Patent

‘It’ being the nonsensical state of U.S. patent eligibility, that is. Over the last decade or so the U.S. Supreme Court has restricted the patentability of numerous inventions as ‘abstract’ or ‘laws of nature,’ including business techniques (Bilski v Kappos), medical inventions (Mayo v Prometheus), biotech inventions (Myriad Genetics), and computer software (Alice v […]

05Aug 2021

The Washington Football Team vs. Trademark Squatters – The Sequel

August 5, 2021 Joshua Waterston Trademark

On July 13, 2020, the era of the NFL’s Washington Redskins ended (following pressure from the public and from corporate sponsors) and a new era began. Unfortunately, it was – and remains – an unnamed era. The team is currently called “The Washington Football Team” – it’s better than “The Washington Insert Name Here” but […]

22Jul 2021

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Arbitration Clauses

July 22, 2021 Lawrence Husick contract law, Litigation

Dear Doc: Recently, many companies are sending me long emails with their new “Terms and Conditions”. These are harder to read than hieroglyphics on a pyramid wall, but some parts seem more important because THEY ARE PRINTED IN ALL CAPS. So what is “arbitration” and why do companies want me to consent to it? Can […]

15Jul 2021

Cauliflower Creates Confusion in the Marketplace!

July 15, 2021 Adam Garson Technology

Food technology has come a long way over the past several decades. Great strides have been made in developing substitutes for meat, dairy, and gluten containing flours. We now have “milk” made from oats and almonds, meat substitutes made from various vegetable based ingredients, and gluten free bakery products made from amaranth, millet, sorghum and, would […]

08Jul 2021

Patent Death Squads? Who Cares?

July 8, 2021 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Patent and invention owners should care. You should care. Barely a decade ago, Congress created the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and gave it the power of life and death over patents. In the years since, the PTAB has done exactly what Congress intended – reduce the cost to challenge and kill patents and […]

01Jul 2021

Supreme Court Fights Abuses of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act

July 1, 2021 Joshua Waterston cybersecurity, Internet Law

For 35 years, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) has been a powerful weapon in law enforcement’s arsenal against computer hackers. Essentially, it criminalized the standard definition of hacking – accessing information on a computer, where the user lacks authorization to do so. But what happens when someone is authorized to access the information, […]

Blog – Adam Garson Law

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Online Linking

Not So Happy Together: Ninth Circuit Says No Public Performance Rights in Turtles Pre-1972 Recordings

When is a Design Obvious?

Ask Dr. Copyright© About the “Right to Repair”

I’m as Mad as Hell and I’m Not Gonna Take it Anymore!*

The Washington Football Team vs. Trademark Squatters – The Sequel

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Arbitration Clauses

Cauliflower Creates Confusion in the Marketplace!

Patent Death Squads? Who Cares?

Supreme Court Fights Abuses of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act

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