On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, No. 11–697, 2013 WL 1104736 (U.S. Mar. 19, 2013), to limit copyright protection by extending the “First Sale Doctrine” to include copyrighted works lawfully manufactured outside the United States. The doctrine permits owners of individual copies of a copyrighted work to sell …
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Feb 26
The Super Bowl of Blog Posts!
Is the title to this blog post infringing? Well, it seems the NFL would assert that much…and more! In a recent television commercial, Samsung, the latest hand caught in the Intellectual Property cookie jar calls a blitz on the NFL’s aggressive enforcement of its trademarks and throws a flag on trademark law. Specifically, they imply …
Oct 20
PIPG Wine & Cheese Salon
Please join the Penn IP Group for a Wine & Cheese Salon to discuss some relevant and interesting IP issues. The event will be held tomorrow, October 20 at 4:30 in Gittis 213. PIPG members and interested students are encouraged to come out, discuss IP topics, and enjoy some cheese, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. Prompts …
Mar 28
Court Rejects Google Books Settlement
Last Tuesday, Judge Chin of the Southern District of New York threw out the Amended Settlement Agreement that Google had to agreed to with the Author’s Guild and the various other plaintiffs involved in the a lawsuit regarding Google Books. The suit was originally brought by publishers and authors who were concerned with the potential …
Mar 14
Penn Intellectual Property Group Copyright Symposium
Next Tuesday (March 22nd, 2011), the Penn Intellectual Property Group will be holding its annual symposium at Penn Law School. All are welcome to attend, so if you find yourself in the Philadelphia area, please stop by. This year the symposium will be on copyright law, and there will be panels on content licensing on …
Feb 07
Google v. Bing(?)
In recent news, you may have heard that Google operated a sting to catch Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, copying Google’s search results on Internet Explorer and implementing them in Bing’s search results. To do this, Google created a specific webpage that would appear if words like “hiybbprqag” and “mbzrxpgjys” were typed into Bing. Bing is …
Feb 15
Dispute over the name "iPad"
Fujitsu began selling a device named, “iPad,” in 2002 and is currently disputing the name of Apple’s newest gadget. The Japanese Company applied for a trademark for the name in 2003. Apple has until February 28th to announce whether it will oppose Fujitsu’s claims to the name “iPad.” To read more about the dispute, please …
Nov 08
Battle over Copyright Royalties of the Gershwin Brothers
Nearly a decade ago, George and Ira Gershwin, known as the Gershwin brothers, fought to have copyright extended to their songs. Now, after their deaths, the heirs of these songwriting brothers are disputing over how to divide the royalties, which have come from the copyrighting of this music. Since the American royalties were previously divided …
Oct 28
So What Exactly is Fair Use?
Eight months ago on this blog we discussed the case Fairey v. AP, in which Shepard Fairey claimed that his depiction of Barak Obama constituted a fair use of an Associated Press picture. But what exactly is “fair use”? Tim Wu, law professor at Columbia University, writing for Slate, breaks the concept down. Professor Wu …
Oct 21
Penn Law Review Seeks IP-Related Submissions
The University of Pennsylvania Law Review is seeking essay submissions advancing a legal argument related to the 2008-2009 symposium topic, “Foundations of Intellectual Property Reform.” The symposium will explore possible reforms, innovations, and impending issues in patent, copyright, and trademark law. The winning paper will be published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review’s Symposium …
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