Best of 2014: The PTO’s Cambridge Roundtable: Read all about it
Ron ColemanOriginally posted on July 30, 2014. And so it was that, as previously blogged, on June 25, 2014, I participating in the copyright statutory damages segment of the PTO’ /…
The PTO’s Cambridge Roundtable: Read all about it
And so it was that, as previously blogged, on June 25, 2014, I participating in the copyright statutory damages segment of the PTO’ / Department of Commerce / Internet Policy…
In the maw of the beasts – Copyright in Cambridge, this Wednesday
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, I will be participating in the statutory damages segment of the “Second Green Paper Roundtable” in Cambridge, Massachusetts. What is he talking about? It’s hard…
Sarah Palin copyright kerfuffle
I was quoted at length by my friend and client Bill Jacobson at Legal Insurrection about this. So there’s not so much more else to know. But of course, there…
Best of 2012: Little claims, big idea?
Originally posted September 12, 2012. A major theme around here is the proposition that copyright law encourages litigation of even the most tenuous plaintiffs’ claims, mainly because of the rules…
Little claims, big idea?
A major theme around here is the proposition that copyright law encourages litigation of even the most tenuous plaintiffs’ claims, mainly because of the rules regarding fee-shifting for “prevailing” parties.…
“A crippling but necessary deterrent”
Last week, on July 19th, the Southern District of New York put the pedal to the Lanham Act metal in in Coach v. Allen. It’s a summary judgment imposing molto…
Money for nothing
Dead horse? You’d think so. Copyright statutory damages, that is. We’ve been there, and done that, right? Not according to Larry Zerner, who says the calls are still coming in:…
Massive Attack: Analyzing mass copyright infringement campaigns
I am about to give my presentation on a panel at the annual meeting of the Copyright Society of the USA at the Sagamore resort in lovely Bolton’s Landing, New…
Suing bloggers for dollars
Glenn Reynolds links to a an article in Wired about a newspaper “chain”‘s — actually, lawyer Steve Gibson’s — “new business model”: Suing bloggers who post newspaper articles, evidently more…
Statutory damages in copyright, and the Tenenbaum case
Statutory Damages and the Tenenbaum Litigation: Doug Lichtman out at UCLA sends this along: Joel Tenenbaum looks a lot like every other defendant who has been accused by the music…
IP piggies
Ron ColemanArs Technica: Not content with the current (and already massive) statutory damages allowed under copyright law, the RIAA is pushing to expand the provision. The issue is compilations, which now…