From Goods To A Good Life: Intellectual Property And Global Justice,
2012
Georgetown University Law Center
From Goods To A Good Life: Intellectual Property And Global Justice, Madhavi Sunder
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Most scholarship on intellectual property considers this law from the standpoint of law and economics. Under this conventional wisdom, intellectual property is simply a tool for promoting innovative products, from iPods to R2D2. In this highly original book Madhavi Sunder calls for a richer understanding of intellectual property law’s effects on social and cultural life. Intellectual property does more than incentivize the production of more goods. This law fundamentally affects the ability of citizens to live a good life. Intellectual property law governs the abilities of human beings to make and share culture, and to profit from this enterprise in …
Moral Rights In The U.S.: Still In Need Of A Guardian Ad Litem,
2012
Columbia Law School
Moral Rights In The U.S.: Still In Need Of A Guardian Ad Litem, Jane C. Ginsburg
Faculty Scholarship
Over ten years ago, in the pages of this Journal, I inquired whether authors’ “moral rights” had come of (digital) age in the U.S. Ever-hopeful at that time, I suggested that then-recent legislation enacted to enable the copyright law to respond to the challenges of digital media might, in addition to its principal goal of securing digital markets for works of authorship, also provide new means to protect authors’ interests in receiving attribution for their works and in safeguarding their integrity. The intervening years’ developments, however, indicate that, far from achieving their majority, U.S. authors’ moral rights remain in their …
Between Semiotic Democracy And Disobedience: Two Views Of Branding, Culture And Intellectualproperty,
2012
Fordham University School of Law
Between Semiotic Democracy And Disobedience: Two Views Of Branding, Culture And Intellectualproperty, Sonia K. Katyal
Faculty Scholarship
Even though most scholars and judges treat intellectual property law as a predominantly content-neutral phenomenon, trademark law contains a statutory provision, section 2(a), that provides for the cancellation of marks that are “disparaging,” “immoral,” or “scandalous.” This provision has raised intrinsically powerful constitutional concerns, which invariably affect two central metaphors that are at war within trademark law: the marketplace of goods, which premises itself on the fixedness of intellectual properties, and the marketplace of ideas, which is premised on the very fluidity of language itself. Since the architecture of trademark law focuses only on how marks communicate information about a …
Opportunity Lost? Revisiting Recordtv V Mediacorp Tv,
2012
Singapore Management University
Opportunity Lost? Revisiting Recordtv V Mediacorp Tv, Warren B. Chik, Cheng Lim Saw
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Taking the Singapore Court of Appeal’s Decision in RecordTV Pte Ltd v MediaCorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd [2011] 1 SLR 830, this article seeks to argue that the copyright fair dealing defence would have been the more appropriate basis to exempt RecordTV, a digital recording service for recording television programmes, from primary copyright liability. This judicial approach towards legalising digital video recorder (“DVR”) services is more suitable taking into consideration the following: The role and objectives of copyright law in Singapore; the history and development of the fair dealing defence (including the latest amendments pursuant to the US-Singapore Free Trade …
Darkness On The Edge Of Town: How Entitlements Theory Can Shine A Light On Termination Of Transfers In Sound Recordings,
2012
University of Georgia School of Law
Darkness On The Edge Of Town: How Entitlements Theory Can Shine A Light On Termination Of Transfers In Sound Recordings, Matthew Vincent H. Noller
Georgia Law Review
When Congress overhauled the Copyright Act in 1976, it
created the device of termination of transfers to protect
authors of copyrighted works from unremunerative
transfers. The scheme seemed straightforward, but
technology has created problems the Act's drafters never
could have anticipated. In particular, the application of
termination of transfers to sound recordings in 1976 was
little more than a shadow of uncertainty not worth dealing
with at the time. But that shadow has become a creeping
darkness, and no one seems sure how to clear it.
Now the darkness is here. Next year, artists like Bruce
Springsteen and Bob Dylan …
Not So Obvious After All: Patent Law's Nonobviousness Requirement, Ksr, And The Fear Of Hindsight Bias,
2012
Tulane University School of Law
Not So Obvious After All: Patent Law's Nonobviousness Requirement, Ksr, And The Fear Of Hindsight Bias, Glynn S. Lunney Jr., Christian T. Johnson
Georgia Law Review
Before the creation of the Federal Circuit in 1982,
nonobviousness served as the primary gatekeeper for
patents. When patent holders sued for infringement and
lost, more than sixty percent of the time, they lost on the
grounds that their patent was obvious. With the advent of
the Federal Circuit, nonobviousness became a much less
difficult hurdle to surmount. From 1982 until 2005, when
patent holders sued for infringement and lost, obviousness
was the reason in less than fifteen percent of the cases.
While obviousness remained formally a requirement of
patent protection, there can be little doubt that the Federal
Circuit …
The Future Of Cybertravel: Legal Implications Of The Evasion Of Geolocation,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
The Future Of Cybertravel: Legal Implications Of The Evasion Of Geolocation, Marketa Trimble
Scholarly Works
Although the Internet is valued by many of its supporters particularly because it both defies and defeats physical borders, these important attributes are now being exposed to attempts by both governments and private entities to impose territorial limits through blocking or permitting access to content by Internet users based on their geographical location—a territorial partitioning of the Internet. One of these attempts, for example, is the recent Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) proposal in the United States. This article, as opposed to earlier literature on the topic discussing the possible virtues and methods of erecting borders in cyberspace, focuses on …
Initial Impressions: Trademark Protection For Abbreviations Of Generic Or Descriptive Terms,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Initial Impressions: Trademark Protection For Abbreviations Of Generic Or Descriptive Terms, Mary Lafrance
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Gat, Solvay, And The Centralization Of Patent Litigation In Europe,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Gat, Solvay, And The Centralization Of Patent Litigation In Europe, Marketa Trimble
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Graduated Response By Industry Compact: Piercing The Black Box,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Graduated Response By Industry Compact: Piercing The Black Box, Mary Lafrance
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
The Uncertain Future Of "Hot News" Misappropriation After Barclays Capital V. Theflyonthewall.Com,
2012
Columbia Law School
The Uncertain Future Of "Hot News" Misappropriation After Barclays Capital V. Theflyonthewall.Com, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Faculty Scholarship
In this Essay, I attempt to disaggregate the Second Circuit’s decision in Barclays Capital to show that while the court may have reached the right conclusion in the end (a position I have argued for previously), its reasoning to reach that conclusion is rather confusing, while at the same time a rich source of information about the future of hot news doctrine. At every stage of its analysis, the Second Circuit went to significant lengths to cabin the reach of the doctrine quite considerably, despite reiterating that it was not abrogating it altogether. In analyzing the opinion, I thus consider …
Duration Of Copyright In Audiovisual Works Under Us Copyright Law,
2012
Columbia Law School
Duration Of Copyright In Audiovisual Works Under Us Copyright Law, Jane C. Ginsburg
Faculty Scholarship
Calculating the duration of US copyright in audiovisual works can be a daunting task, complicated by issues of transitional law spanning the US Copyright Acts of 1909 and 1976 and the latter’s subsequent amendments. Readers with an inclination for complexity will find their tastes amply satisfied when inquiry turns to the questions of private international law that also come into play when foreign audiovisual works are at issue. Gluttons for punishment will further relish addressing the relationship of the duration of copyright in an audiovisual work to the duration of copyright in the underlying literary work on which the film …
The Evolution Of Consumer Privacy Law: How Privacy By Design Can Benefit From Insights In Commercial Law And Standardization,
2012
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
The Evolution Of Consumer Privacy Law: How Privacy By Design Can Benefit From Insights In Commercial Law And Standardization, Muharem Kianieff
Canadian Journal of Law and Technology
This article considers the effectiveness of the present privacy regimes in North America as it relates to the protection of consumer information that is gathered in the ordinary course of business. It is argued that the present moves towards a Privacy by Design approach shows great potential and can gain valuable insights from established doctrines in commercial and consumer protection law. Moreover, it is proposed that the aims of such an approach can be achieved by deeming personal information and behavioral data to be the property of the individual that it pertains to. It is then suggested that a regulatory …
Regulating The Cloud: A Comparative Analysis Of The Current And Proposed Privacy Frameworks In Canada And The European Union,
2012
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Regulating The Cloud: A Comparative Analysis Of The Current And Proposed Privacy Frameworks In Canada And The European Union, David Krebs
Canadian Journal of Law and Technology
Cloud computing is a growing phenomenon and promises greater efficiency and reduced-cost computing. However, some of the basic technological and business-related features of the Cloud are at odds with personal data protection laws. Canada and the European Union share similar core values related to privacy/data protection, and both regions aim to increase their competitiveness regarding cloud computing. Having these two similarities in mind, this paper explores the current legal and stakeholder landscape in Canada and the European Union with respect to cloud computing, data protection and how adoption of the model can be advanced. The analysis shows that neither of …
International And Canadian Law Rules Applicable To Cyber Attacks By State And Non-State Actors,
2012
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
International And Canadian Law Rules Applicable To Cyber Attacks By State And Non-State Actors, Matthew E. Castel
Canadian Journal of Law and Technology
This essay, which contains a broad ranging overview of several important issues raised by the recent number of cyber attacks in Canada and elsewhere, begins with a definition of cyberspace and cyber war. It is followed by a brief survey of some cyber attacks that have occurred in Canada and elsewhere in recent years. The first part addresses the question whether present rules of international law applicable to armed attacks using kinetic weapons apply to the wide notion of cyber attacks by a state actor against the government and critical civilian infrastructures of another state and concludes that they do. …
Book Review: R.L. Campbell, Legal Issues In Electronic Commerce,
2012
Faculty of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Book Review: R.L. Campbell, Legal Issues In Electronic Commerce, Robert J. Currie
Canadian Journal of Law and Technology
The juncture of “law and technology” from a legal education point of view is an interesting one. Successfully engaging with law and technology requires stu- dents (of all ages and stripes) to absorb at least some of the substance of many discrete areas of law, as well as to assess how technology creates nexuses between them and challenges some of their underlying notions. As electronic commerce increasingly becomes the bread and butter of many law practices, this need comes into sharper relief — one has to grasp a large variety of fundamentals and simultaneously generate some insight as to where …
A New Look At Patent Quality: Relating Patent Prosecution To Validity,
2012
Columbia Law School
A New Look At Patent Quality: Relating Patent Prosecution To Validity, Ronald J. Mann, Marian Underweiser
Faculty Scholarship
The article uses two hand‐collected data sets to implement a novel research design for analyzing the precursors to patent quality. Operationalizing patent “quality” as legal validity, the article analyzes the relation between Federal Circuit decisions on patent validity and three sets of data about the patents: quantitative features of the patents themselves, textual analysis of the patent documents, and data collected from the prosecution histories of the patents. The article finds large and statistically significant relations between ex post validity and both textual features of the patents and ex ante aspects of the prosecution history (especially prior art submissions and …
Resolving The Ip Disconnect For Small Businesses,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Resolving The Ip Disconnect For Small Businesses, Leah Chan Grinvald
Scholarly Works
Small businesses are an important component of the American economy. In fact, the jobs created by small businesses could assist the United States in overcoming its most recent economic downturn. Paradoxically, though, the failure rate of small businesses is quite high. Although various factors contribute to this high failure rate, one of the factors the U.S. government has focused on has been the disproportionate impact that intellectual property laws, policies, and their enforcement may have on small businesses. While the U.S. government has paid attention to the impact of domestic intellectual property laws on small businesses, the government has paid …
Speaking Of Moral Rights: A Conversation Between Eva E. Subotnik And Jane C. Ginsburg,
2012
Columbia Law School
Speaking Of Moral Rights: A Conversation Between Eva E. Subotnik And Jane C. Ginsburg, Jane C. Ginsburg, Eva E. Subotnik
Faculty Scholarship
A transcribed conversation about moral rights in the digital age — in respect of some of the legal and technological developments that have occurred since Professor Jane Ginsburg's 2001 essay, Have Moral Rights Come of (Digital) Age in the United States?, 19 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L. J. 9 (2001).
Culture Andintellectual Property Development In Indonesia,
2011
Faculty of Law Universitas Indonesia
Culture Andintellectual Property Development In Indonesia, Agus Sardjono
Indonesia Law Review
The conception of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) is generally misunderstood by among common people. In order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of IPR, we may as well start with the most dominant point of view, namely that from the perspective of the State and Government.This point of view is dominant because the State and Government are the institutions which havethe authority to make law, to implement law and to interpret the law in the various forms of itsimplementation. A study of IPR can be taken from wider view, as cultural perspectivetake the approach of looking at various events related …
