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William & Mary Law School

William & Mary Law Review

Journal

2009

Intellectual Property

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A New Deal For End Users? Lessons From A French Innovation In The Regulation Of Interoperability, Jane Winn, Nicolas Jondet Nov 2009

A New Deal For End Users? Lessons From A French Innovation In The Regulation Of Interoperability, Jane Winn, Nicolas Jondet

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In 2007, France created the Regulatory Authority for Technical Measures (lAutoritj de Rdgulation des Mesures Techniques or ARMT), an independent regulatory agency charged with promoting the interoperability of digital media distributed with embedded "technical protection measures" (TPM), also known as "digital rights management" technologies (DRM). ARMT was established in part to rectify what French lawmakers perceived as an imbalance in the rights of copyright owners and end users created when the European Copyright Directive (EUCD) was transposed into French law as the "Loi sur le Droit d'Auteur et les Droits Voisins dans la Socidte de l'Information" (DADVSI). ARMT is both …


The New Invention Creation Activity Boundary In Patent Law, Margo A. Bagley Nov 2009

The New Invention Creation Activity Boundary In Patent Law, Margo A. Bagley

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This Essay identifies a new boundary in patent law-illegal or immoral invention creation activity-and explores the possible challenges and opportunities it may facilitate. The boundary currently is neither robust nor extensive, and whether and under what circumstances it should exist at all is open to debate.


Distinguishing Lost Profits From Reasonable Royalties, Mark A. Lemley Nov 2009

Distinguishing Lost Profits From Reasonable Royalties, Mark A. Lemley

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How To Write A Life: Some Thoughts On Fixation And The Copyright/Privacy Divide, Laura A. Heymann Nov 2009

How To Write A Life: Some Thoughts On Fixation And The Copyright/Privacy Divide, Laura A. Heymann

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No abstract provided.