When it comes to balancing creative rights on the internet, companies like Twitter and Pinterest play an important role as middlemen. How are they performing? Read more »
Oldies groups like The Turtles are getting a lot of attention by suing digital music services. The cases amount to yet another unjustified expansion of copyright law. Read more »
There is broad contempt for patent trolls in the tech industry, but that has done little to deter them. Now, however, it looks like the market is getting tired of them… Read more »
The U.S. is about to get a new czar to oversee piracy and intellectual property. If the country must have a czar, why can’t the person look at other IP-related problems… Read more »
There’s another piece of good news on the patent troll front as a new Patent Office appeals system appears to be doing its job. This month, it agreed to invalidate a… Read more »
The world’s most prestigious soccer league is warning fans not to share goals on social media, even though there is no apparent business or legal justification for doing so. Read more »
The music industry wants the government to change World War II era regulations to allow more “flexibility” — it sounds good in theory, but the charge to change consent decrees appears… Read more »
Aereo is back in court with a brand new legal theory for why it should be allowed to continue to operate. If it prevails, the implications could be nearly as far-reaching… Read more »
The Obama Administration has backed away from an unpopular plan to name a Johnson & Johnson executive and patent reform opponent as head of the US Patent Office. Read more »