Austria's Holocaust Denial: Judge Korman and DA Morgenthau Were Right:...
Egon Schiele's Dead City III - Stolen from Fritz GrunbaumIn 1998, District Attorney Robert Morgenthau seized Egon Schiele's Dead City III from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Here's what...
View ArticleChicago issued $2.4 million in bogus traffic tickets from speed cameras
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday as part of an exhaustive investigation that as many as 110,000 "questionable" speeding tickets totalling $2.4 million have been issued in the past two years in...
View ArticleBy Juve! The EPO responds to Professor Broß
Raimund LutzYesterday, in "Former judge says actions of AC and Battistelli "devoid of any legal basis", this moggy posted an English translation of some strong criticism of the legal basis of certain...
View ArticleUber can’t appeal class action yet, set to face a jury trial next year
The Uber driver app on the windshield of UberX driver. (credit: The Washington Post / Getty Images) Ride-hailing app Uber has lost another round in its battle with some drivers who filed a class-action...
View ArticleCuozzo Amicus Briefs from IPO, AIPLA, BIO, et al., all arguing against...
By Dennis Crouch Following a 6-5 split by the Federal Circuit, Cuozzo filed a petition for writ of certiorari – asking two important questions (as paraphrased by me): During a post-issuance inter...
View ArticleMedical device exemptions to the prohibition on circumvention
As we discussed in our last post, the U.S. Copyright Office recently published its sixth set of exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). In Part I of our multi-part analysis we...
View ArticlePatent Reform – What’s Driving the Patent Legislative Agenda?
Phil Johnson on IPR: "I think with hindsight we might say they made the mistake of relying on the Patent Office to promulgate regulations for fair proceedings for both patent owners and to challengers....
View ArticlePatent Reform – What’s Driving the Patent Legislative Agenda?
Phil Johnson on IPR: "I think with hindsight we might say they made the mistake of relying on the Patent Office to promulgate regulations for fair proceedings for both patent owners and to challengers....
View ArticleGarçon Serves FanDuel Unwanted Dish
Alyssa Novak FanDuel’s growing list of legal woes got a little bit longer when Washington Redskins receiver Pierre Garçon filed a putative class-action lawsuit1 against the daily fantasy sports company...
View ArticleSan Jose teen cited for child porn after posting classmates’ nudes on Instagram
The San Jose Mercury News in California reported that a 17-year-old student has been criminally cited for distributing child porn through an Instagram account that has since been shut down. The teen...
View ArticleMovie Studios Scale Back Their Website-Blocking Strategy in the MovieTube case
On Friday, the major US movie studios quietly backed away from the worst parts of the censorship power-grab they attempted in July in the Paramount v. John Does (MovieTube) case. The studios are still...
View ArticleNew Report Rates Peruvian ISPs: Who Defends Your Data?
The Peruvian digital rights organization, Hiperderecho, together with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, launched ¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos? (Who Defends Your Data?) today, a report that evaluates the...
View ArticleNuevo reporte muestra qué ISPs peruanas resguardan la privacidad de usuarios
La organización peruana defensora de los derechos digitales Hiperderecho junto con la Electronic Frontier Foundation, lanzaron hoy “¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?”, un reporte que evalúa las prácticas de...
View ArticleEFF, Public Knowledge File Comments to Help Fix the Patent Office
EFF and Public Knowledge filed comments today at the United States Patent and Trademark Office discussing proposed changes to Patent Office trials. Our comments focus on making the process more fair...
View ArticleDistrict Court Grants Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Standing Where Co-Owners...
Cobra International, Inc. ("Cobra") filed a patent infringement action against Defendants for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,821,858 ("the '858 patent"). Cobra alleged that the '858 patent was...
View ArticleCopyfraud: Einblicke in die Welt der Copyright Trolls
Gestern Abend befasste sich das Schweizer Forum für Kommunikationsrecht (SF-FS) in Zürich mit Copyright Trolls (PDF). Anlässlich der Veranstaltung präsentierte ich zahlreiche Einblicke in die Welt des...
View ArticleRead it for yourself: Enlarged Board decision Art 23 1/15
Merpel hopes that readers who don't follow the goings-on in Eponia will forgive her for a final posting in what has been a busy week. She knows however that some of her readers are waiting with...
View ArticleWinery and Kombucha Tea companies battle over use of BAREFOOT trademark
Recently, E. & J. Gallo Winery (“Gallo”) opposed the registration of a trademark application filed by Conscious Cultures LLC (“CC”) for the term BAREFOOT BUCHA.[1] CC applied for registration of...
View ArticleTrademark Law's Fundamental Purposes, part 3
Purposes and limits (or not) in modern trademark law: Wendy Gordon, Rebecca Tushnet RT: Stacey Dogan’s statement that as a practical matter we need justifications for copying/free riding—I didn’t want...
View ArticleTrueCrypt is safer than previously reported, detailed analysis concludes
(credit: Khürt Williams) The TrueCrypt whole-disk encryption tool used by millions of privacy and security enthusiasts is safer than some studies have suggested, according to a comprehensive security...
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