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30Apr 2018

Ask Dr. Copyright – FLASH “DOC” Update – Naruto Lacks Standing

April 30, 2018 Lawrence Husick Copyright, Intellectual Property

On April 23, 2018, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that Naruto, the monkey who took a selfie, lacked standing to bring a law suit in under the Copyright Act. “We must determine whether a monkey may sue humans, corporations, and companies for damages and injunctive relief arising from claims of copyright infringement. Our […]

19Apr 2018

Ask Dr. Copyright – Oracle Prevails over Google

April 19, 2018 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: I’ve always heard that Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over ’till it’s over.” I’ve also heard (not to engage in body-image shaming) that, “It’s not over ’till the fat lady sings.” Now I hear that the copyright case between Oracle and Google, which I read was over (Oracle lost) is not over at […]

12Apr 2018

The Audacity of [Patent] Hope

April 12, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Patent

There are people who wish that the U.S. patent system would just go away. Their allies successfully lobbied for and passed the ‘America Invents Act’ back in 2011 that resulted in the USPTO patent death squads, also known as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). As we described last month, the PTAB kills patents with impunity […]

05Apr 2018

Tom Brady’s Image Places Internet Linking In Peril

April 5, 2018 Adam Garson Copyright

In 2016 Justin Goldman, a photographer, snapped a photograph of NFL quarterback Tom Brady and Boston Celtics president, Danny Ainge, strolling together in the Hamptons. According to reports, the Celtics were at the time attempting to recruit NBA star Kevin Durrant. Goldman uploaded his photograph to Snapchat after which it went viral being posted on […]

15Mar 2018

Patent Death Squads 1, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 0

March 15, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Patent

In the America Invents Act, Congress shifted challenges to the validity of patents from the Federal courts to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), an arm of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The PTAB applies different rules and standards than the Federal courts, rules and standards that favor the patent infringer and not […]

08Mar 2018

Free Mickey Mouse!

Last year our own Dr. Copyright wrote: “Today’s copyright system is broken in some important ways. Because it has poorly defined fair use standards and exclusive rights last so long (thanks to Sonny Bono and the Mickey Mouse Copyright Term Extension Act – 95+ years), a great deal of what we used to think of […]

01Mar 2018

Ask Dr. Copyright — Whether to Link or Not

Dear Doc: The United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §§101 et seq. – see, I can lawyer-speak!) was passed more than 40 years ago, in 1976. Back then, the Internet was the ARPANet, there was no World Wide Web, no twittering (except among groups of birds or young women, and no, we don’t say that […]

15Feb 2018

China Embraces Patents in a Big Way

February 15, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Fifteen years ago, China did not have much of a patent program. After all, with a centrally controlled economy and no private property, what good was a patent? Much of that has changed, at least the private property part. The Chinese government identified homegrown innovation and improving the ‘made in China’ brand as crucial to […]

Blog – Adam Garson Law

Ask Dr. Copyright – FLASH “DOC” Update – Naruto Lacks Standing

Ask Dr. Copyright – Oracle Prevails over Google

The Audacity of [Patent] Hope

Tom Brady’s Image Places Internet Linking In Peril

Patent Death Squads 1, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 0

Free Mickey Mouse!

Ask Dr. Copyright — Whether to Link or Not

China Embraces Patents in a Big Way

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