Feb 26
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 …
Mar 27
William Patry, copyright blogger and Senior Copyright Counsel at Google, spoke about “Internet Metaphors and Why we Need to Lose Them.” Mr. Patry explained that because judges have absorbed language in which the Internet is described as a “place” you can visit, courts have often come to the wrong conclusion. Mr. Patry also countered Prof. …
Mar 27
Our first panel of the day was titled “User-Generated Content: Cooperation or Litigation?” Topics included the Viacom-YouTube lawsuit, the validity of litigation in creating beneficial legal precedents, and the impediments to full cooperation between content owners and content providers. For the full video, scroll down to the bottom of this post. Kevin Werbach asserts that …
Mar 20
March 20, 2008–Yesterday, PIPG hosted notable scholars, practitioners, and policy advocates at its inaugural symposium, entitled “Copyright & the Internet: Solutions for a Digital World.” The discussion focused on the entertainment industry’s ability to respond to challenges posed by mass copyright infringement on the Internet, the use of filters, and what role, if any, the …
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