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Open Source Software The Success Of An Alternative Intellectual Property Incentive Paradigm, Marcus Maher Mar 2000

Open Source Software The Success Of An Alternative Intellectual Property Incentive Paradigm, Marcus Maher

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Warning: Wearing Eyeglasses May Subject You To Additional Liability And Other Foibles Of Post-Diana Newsgathering: An Analysis Of California’S Civil Code Section 1708.8, David A. Browde Mar 2000

Warning: Wearing Eyeglasses May Subject You To Additional Liability And Other Foibles Of Post-Diana Newsgathering: An Analysis Of California’S Civil Code Section 1708.8, David A. Browde

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Virtual Reality: Can We Ride Trademark Law To Surf Cyberspace, David Yan Mar 2000

Virtual Reality: Can We Ride Trademark Law To Surf Cyberspace, David Yan

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences V. City Of New York: The Death Of The Subsidy And The Birth Of The Entitlement In Funding Of The Arts, Danielle E. Caminiti Mar 2000

Brooklyn Institute Of Arts And Sciences V. City Of New York: The Death Of The Subsidy And The Birth Of The Entitlement In Funding Of The Arts, Danielle E. Caminiti

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Inter-America Bar Association: Resolutions Of The Xxxv Conference Mar 2000

Inter-America Bar Association: Resolutions Of The Xxxv Conference

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Death Of Cyberspace, Lawrence Lessig Mar 2000

The Death Of Cyberspace, Lawrence Lessig

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Internet And Decisional Institutions The Structural Advantages Of Online Common Law Regulation, Thomas K. Richards Mar 2000

The Internet And Decisional Institutions The Structural Advantages Of Online Common Law Regulation, Thomas K. Richards

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Defining New York’S Statutory Right Of Privacy: A Case Comment On Messenger V. Gruner + Jahr Printing And Publishing, Michael C. Hartmere Mar 2000

Defining New York’S Statutory Right Of Privacy: A Case Comment On Messenger V. Gruner + Jahr Printing And Publishing, Michael C. Hartmere

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Copyright Misuse And Modified Copyleft: New Solutions To The Challenges Of Internet Standardization, Chip Patterson Mar 2000

Copyright Misuse And Modified Copyleft: New Solutions To The Challenges Of Internet Standardization, Chip Patterson

Michigan Law Review

The Internet is a truly global community within which myriad economic, social and technological forces interplay to cause its standardization. Much of the competition in the industry has revolved around which product will become the standard for a given market sector. Some markets have seen victors; for example, TCP/IP is the Internet communication protocol, MP3 appears to be dominating music compression, and Microsoft Corporation's Windows ("Windows") is clearly the standard operating system. Similarly, the Internet must adopt a standard for web browsing and searching, for email, and for web programming. In many cases, the competition for this standard will be …


Bristol Stomp, Kembrew Mcleod Feb 2000

Bristol Stomp, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.


Statement Of Harvey K. Morrell, University Of Baltimore Law Library, In Opposition To The Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transfer Act, Harvey K. Morrell Feb 2000

Statement Of Harvey K. Morrell, University Of Baltimore Law Library, In Opposition To The Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transfer Act, Harvey K. Morrell

All Faculty Scholarship

Testimony in opposition to the Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transfer Act, House Bill 19, Senate Bill 142, 2000.


Publish Or Perish, Gideon Parchomovsky Feb 2000

Publish Or Perish, Gideon Parchomovsky

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Publish Or Perish, Gideon Parchomovsky Feb 2000

Publish Or Perish, Gideon Parchomovsky

Michigan Law Review

The race model has been the darling of patent economists and game theorists. This model assumes that the winner, namely the first to invent, takes the patent grant with the market dominance that comes with it, whereas the second comer, in the best tradition of sports contests, obligingly accepts her loss and quietly vanishes from the scene. While the sports analogy has provided a useful framework for understanding the economics of invention, it has obfuscated an important aspect of the inventive process: the possibility of strategic publication of research findings in order to prevent the issuance of a patent to …


Copyright And Democracy: A Cautionary Note, Christopher S. Yoo Jan 2000

Copyright And Democracy: A Cautionary Note, Christopher S. Yoo

All Faculty Scholarship

Democratic theories of copyright have become quite the rage in recent years. A growing number of commentators have offered their views on the relationship between copyright law and the process of self-governance.' No scholar has been more committed to developing this perspective than Neil Netanel. In an important series of articles, Netanel has pursued a powerful and innovative project that attempts to reexamine copyright through the lens of democratic theory. His core concern is that the concentration of private wealth and power in communications and mass media is creating unprecedented disparities in the ability to be heard. The ""speech hierarchy"" …


Using The Digital Millennium Copyright Act To Limit Potential Copyright Liability Online, Jonathan A. Friedman, Francis M. Buono Jan 2000

Using The Digital Millennium Copyright Act To Limit Potential Copyright Liability Online, Jonathan A. Friedman, Francis M. Buono

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Any online service provider ("OSP"), including a website operator, that accepts user postings or includes content from other parties on its website or online service is at risk that it will be held liable if such third-party content infringes the copyright of another party. Liability for copyright infringement is an expensive proposition and can run into the millions of dollars. Thus, an OSP must be vigilant in limiting its potential liability in connection with such third-party content.


Administrative Procedure Act Standards Governing Judicial Review Of Findings Of Fact Made By The Patent And Trademark Office, Peter J. Corcoran Iii Jan 2000

Administrative Procedure Act Standards Governing Judicial Review Of Findings Of Fact Made By The Patent And Trademark Office, Peter J. Corcoran Iii

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "PTO") is one of the oldest agencies in the American administrative system. Throughout the history of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") and its predecessor courts, the factual decisions of the PTO administrative boards have been reviewed by the same standard that is applied to decisions of district courts. The standard that has been used is the "clearly erroneous" standard, and its use to review PTO decisions dates back over one hundred years.


Business Method Patents, John J. Love Jan 2000

Business Method Patents, John J. Love

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Good morning, it's a pleasure to be here alive. We just participated in the daily road race from Washington to Richmond that many of you do every day. The first question I've been asked to deal with is why do we have patents? Of course we're very proud of fact that the PTO's origins date back the Constitution itself. In Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, the framers specifically gave Congress the power to grant inventors, for a limited time, the exclusive right to their inventions. So this is not a product of the industrial revolution but dates back …


The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: Implications Of Pfaff V. Wells Electronics, Inc. And The Quest For Predictability In The On-Sale Bar, Timothy R. Holbrook Jan 2000

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: Implications Of Pfaff V. Wells Electronics, Inc. And The Quest For Predictability In The On-Sale Bar, Timothy R. Holbrook

Faculty Articles

This Article posits a two prong approach to the on-sale bar. First, for the anticipatory version, the courts should expressly incorporate the law of enablement under 35 U.S.C. § 112 and of utility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 into the on-sale bar, thus providing a well-known body of law to promote predictability. Procedurally, the courts should establish a hierarchy of evidence, similar to the approach used in claim construction, that considers certain, more readily available information as the most pertinent while eschewing the use of expert testimony and other litigation based evidence. Second, for the obviousness version of the on-sale …


The Talent Agencies Act: Does One Year Really Mean One Year, Edwin F. Mcpherson Jan 2000

The Talent Agencies Act: Does One Year Really Mean One Year, Edwin F. Mcpherson

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

The issue of whether the one year statute of limitations period mandated by California's Talent Agencies Act really means one year has recently been considered by the California Court of Appeal. In Park v. The Deftones, the court held that the one year limitations period is revived when a manager sues an artist. The same court, in Styne v. Stevens, held that while a lawsuit by a manager revived the statute of limitations, it revived it only for an additional one year period. This paper explores the case of Styne, the scope of the Talent Agencies Act, the jurisdiction of …


Anti-Paparazzi Laws: Comparison Of Proposed Federal Legislation And The California Law, Ashley C. Null Jan 2000

Anti-Paparazzi Laws: Comparison Of Proposed Federal Legislation And The California Law, Ashley C. Null

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Recent attempts by the California legislature to prevent abuses by the paparazzi have spotlighted the conflict between freedom of the press, which is considered essential to the survival of a democratic society, and the personal right of privacy, violation of which has proven harmful. This article compares California's Anti-Paparazzi law with proposed federal legislation. The author suggests an appropriate course of action for promoting the most effective form of federal legislation on the issue.


Ipos On The Internet: The Need For The Next Step, Daniel M. Weisenfeld Jan 2000

Ipos On The Internet: The Need For The Next Step, Daniel M. Weisenfeld

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

This note examines the SEC's reaction to initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Internet during the late 1990's, explores benefits and concerns associated with IPOs in the Internet generally, and suggests ways in which the SEC should respond to such Internet IPOs. The author suggests that it is advisable for the SEC, given the likely continued increase in the use of the Internet for investment purposes, to step in and preempt state regulation of Internet IPOs, thereby giving smaller companies an increased opportunity to raise capital.


International Take-Down Policy: A Proposal For The Wto And Wipo To Establish International Copyright Procedural Guidelines For Internet Service Providers, John T. Soma, Natalie A. Norman Jan 2000

International Take-Down Policy: A Proposal For The Wto And Wipo To Establish International Copyright Procedural Guidelines For Internet Service Providers, John T. Soma, Natalie A. Norman

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Copyright owners have become increasingly concerned with online copyright infringement by Internet service providers. As a result, lawmakers have attempted to determine the most appropriate mechanism by which to impose third party liability upon these ISPs. The internet makes it extremely difficult to identify online copyright infringement in general, and unfortunately, the task becomes even more difficult in the international context. This paper suggests that a practical solution to the problem might include creating international procedural guidelines, which would provide copyright owners with viable means to protect their rights. The authors compare international standards for ISP liability for third party …


Vice Advertising Under The Supreme Court's Commercial Speech Doctrine: The Shifting Central Hudson Analysis, Michael Hoefges, Milagros Rivera-Sanchez Jan 2000

Vice Advertising Under The Supreme Court's Commercial Speech Doctrine: The Shifting Central Hudson Analysis, Michael Hoefges, Milagros Rivera-Sanchez

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

The extent to which the government should have the ability to regulate "vice" products and activities, such as tobacco, alcohol and gaming, is extremely controversial. This article examines the commercial speech doctrine's "vice" advertising cases from 1986 through 1999 and the Central Hudson analysis. Remarkably, by 1999, the Court appears to have completely reversed its position regarding "vice" advertising, and in fact, it seems to have virtually eliminated the "vice" advertising distinction. As a result, it seems as though equal treatment is required under the First Amendment for all truthful, non-deceptive advertising for lawful products and services. The authors argue …


The Law That It Deems Applicable: Icann, Dispute Resolution, And The Problem Of Cybersquatting, Stacey H. King Jan 2000

The Law That It Deems Applicable: Icann, Dispute Resolution, And The Problem Of Cybersquatting, Stacey H. King

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

In an attempt to resolve disputes between domain name registrants and trademark holders in various countries, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has implemented a policy under which complaints can be lodged and an objective inquiry into the facts for parties can be assessed. This article attempts to examine cases filed to date to determine whether the ICANN Policy and Rules are being effectively used for their intended purpose. The author explores the features of a domain name, the history of the Internet and how the decision to privatize the administration of domain names was made. Also …


Copyright Misused: The Impact Of The Dmca Anti-Circumvention Measures On Fair & (And) Innovative Markets, Jason Sheets Jan 2000

Copyright Misused: The Impact Of The Dmca Anti-Circumvention Measures On Fair & (And) Innovative Markets, Jason Sheets

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

Digital technology and innovation acutely impact copyright law. This article describes the delicate balance between incentives for authors and access to creative works under copyright policy and demonstrates how modem trends and congressional action pose a threat to that balance. The author suggests that the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) are unconstitutional and that they threaten to undermine the fundamental economic justifications of copyright law. The author concludes that the anticircumvention measures are also poor public policy because the threat that they pose to competition and innovation are contrary to the expanding technological marketplace.


Nba V. Motorola: A Legislative Proposal Favoring The Nature Of Property, The Survival Of Sports Leagues, And The Public Interest, Neal H. Kaplan Jan 2000

Nba V. Motorola: A Legislative Proposal Favoring The Nature Of Property, The Survival Of Sports Leagues, And The Public Interest, Neal H. Kaplan

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

In National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., the Second Circuit found that the results of a professional sporting event may be appropriated by a commercial pager company and a commercial online service without infringing upon any right of the leagues or the teams. Additionally, the court said that a state could not legislate to protect facts, which remain exempt from federal copyright protection, unless those facts can be considered to be "hot news." This paper suggests that the Second Circuit's holding in Motorola is out of sync with the economic world within which the sports industry operates and that it …


Financing Intellectual Property Under Revised Article 9: National And International Conflicts, Lorin Brennan Jan 2000

Financing Intellectual Property Under Revised Article 9: National And International Conflicts, Lorin Brennan

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

The policies underlying the creation and exploitation of intangible intellectual property differ sharply from those for manufacture and sale of tangible goods. Intellectual property law seeks to protect the creditor's ability to benefit by his endeavors; in contrast, laws governing tangible goods are concerned with the transferability and availability of such goods in the interest of efficiency. This paper argues that current laws, such as the recent revision of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("Revised 9"), ignores the concept that effective financing of intellectual property could and should operate in conjunction with state personal property financing laws. The …


Where Have You Gone, Fair Use: Document Delivery In The For-Profit Sector, James S. Heller Jan 2000

Where Have You Gone, Fair Use: Document Delivery In The For-Profit Sector, James S. Heller

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


The Public Choice Of Choice Of Law In Software Transactions: Jurisdictional Competition And The Dim Prospects For Uniformity, Edward J. Janger Jan 2000

The Public Choice Of Choice Of Law In Software Transactions: Jurisdictional Competition And The Dim Prospects For Uniformity, Edward J. Janger

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Emerging Law Of The Digital Domain And The Contract/Ip Interface: An Antipodean Perspective, Samuel K. Murumba Jan 2000

The Emerging Law Of The Digital Domain And The Contract/Ip Interface: An Antipodean Perspective, Samuel K. Murumba

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.