The Legal Puzzle of the Rubik’s Cube
I have a friend who competes in Rubik’s Cube championships. He can solve those puzzles with his hands (and feet!) in seconds, and you can watch his dizzying feats on…
Do We Really Care About the Copyrightability of Single Words?
Most copyright scholars will tell you that single words are non-copyrightable. The rationale for this is obvious: permitting copyrightability of such utterances would lead to bizarre forms of monopoly where…
What to Learn from Martin Shkreli: The Media is Not Comfortable Discussing Patent Law
Turing Pharmaceuticals recently raised the price of their drug, Daraprim, dramatically from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill. Daraprim is mainly used to treat toxoplasmosis, a complication that only…
Attending Copyright Society’s Copyright and Collaborative Works Event
The Copyright Society of the USA’s New York chapter held a lunch event titled “Copyright and Collaborative Works” at the Princeton Club in Manhattan. The Copyright Society holds events throughout…
Looking Back to Move Forward: The USPTO’s New Policy Initiative
Earlier this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced an initiative to enhance the quality of patents. This new initiative comes on the heels of previous quality initiatives…
Come to a Live Markman Hearing in a Current Case in SDNY
On September 30, 2015, in recognition and celebration of the Southern District of New York Court’s 225th Anniversary, the Fordham IP Institute and NYIPLA will host a Markman Claim Construction hearing…
A Not So Happy Birthday
The companies that have been collecting royalties on the “Happy Birthday” song for the past 80 years will be singing a different tune this year. According to federal judge George…
Celebrity Rights and Retail Appropriation
In the age of Instagram, Tumblr and other social networking sites models like Cara Delevingne are the perfect representation of a new age where models have learned how to brand…
Amazing Case: The Dangerous Precedent of the Injunction Against Amazing Grace
On September 4, just hours after legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin submitted her complaint, a federal judge granted an emergency temporary injunction to enjoin Allen Elliot’s Amazing Grace documentary from…
Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society’s Mid-Atlantic student writing competition
Re-posted from http://tushnet.blogspot.com/2015/09/journal-of-patent-trademark-office.html As the oldest publishing intellectual property law journal in America, the Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) provides a forum dedicated to the discussion of legal…