intellectual property law

Two Books, Free Online

December 30, 2008 19:19

The open access movement in academic publishing continues to gather steam: two books are newly available free online. Daniel J. Solove, Berkeley Law Prof, has released “The Future of Reputation, gossip, rumour and privacy on the internet.” Originally published in 2007 by Yale...

What’s in a Name?

November 24, 2008 12:43

From national politics let’s turn our sights to the local variety: Bob LeDrew over at Flacklife has picked up the newsdurhamregion.com story of Oshawa City Councillor Robert Lutczyk who claims to hold the copyright on the name “University of Ontario Institute of Technology” among...

Batman, Turkey Sues Warner Bros.

November 16, 2008 23:58

It’s not the first time a city or location is suing for intellectual property in its name.  But it’s probably the first time a major blockbuster has been the target of the lawsuit. The city of Batman, located in eastern Turkey, is named after the river by the same name that flows into ...

Google Books Settlement

October 29, 2008 00:13

For a price-tag of $125 million1 Google, the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild resolved a challenge to the Google Books project. The settlement agreement resolves a class-action suit filed on Sept. 20, 2005, by the Authors Guild and certain authors, and a suit filed three...

Michael Sauers on Creative Commons

October 22, 2008 06:51

I am currently at the Internet Librarian 2008 conference in Monterey, CA. Under the category of “I wish you were here” is the presentation by Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian from the Nebraska Library Commission. I caught the tail end of his presentation and...