intellectual property

MPAA Wants Megaupload User-Data Retained for Lawsuits — Update

March 21, 2012 17:40

Hollywood studios are mulling a massive copyright litigation campaign that entails suing individual users of Megaupload, the file-sharing service that shuttered in January in the wake of federal indictments targeting its operators on allegations of facilitating wanton infringement. The site had...

Nokia Files Vibrating Tattoo Patent

March 21, 2012 16:30

Nokia has issued a patent for a certain material that can attach to human skin and vibrate in order to inform its wearer of an incoming phone call or text message, according to Yahoo News. According to a Wall Street Journal article, the patent application filed by Nokia last fall concerns “a...

Between Life Events…

C.E. Petit
March 21, 2012 16:25

Life has intervened for a few days, and will intervene some more here shortly... The UK Supreme Court issued its opinion in Flood v. Times Newspapers Ltd., [2012] UKSC 11 (PDF), a libel matter significant for authors of all kinds. Although Flood does not reduce either the urgency of...

Copyright Treaty Requires Congressional Support, Senator Says

March 20, 2012 21:12

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has proposed legislation requiring the Obama administration to secure congressional legislative approval for the United States to participate in an international anti-piracy treaty, a position at odds with the Obama administration.Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) Sen. Ron Wyden...

3 Compelling Reasons to Read the International Law Quarterly.

March 20, 2012 02:23

The 2012 issue of the Florida Bar international Law Section’s International Law Quarterly was released today. For nearly three decades, the International Law Quarterly has been recognized as one of the world’s leading journals covering all areas of international law. The current issue, edited by...