“Patent trolls” (now often called by nicer names like “non-practicing entities” or “patent assertion entities”), which seek to make money by buying up patents and asserting that companies have infringed them, have been giving members of IP-heavy industries headaches for a while now. Patent protection is intended to benefit the economy and society [...]
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Justice Ginsburg’s thoughts on how the Constitution and Opera are related. MGM settles lawsuit over ‘Raging Bull’ sequel. Illinois becomes the third state to pass a social media privacy law, prohibiting employers from demanding employees’ passwords. Honeywell strikes licensing deal [...]
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It seems for now that the record labels have the upper hand. They have the upper hand on content pirates and artists.
In 2008, Swedish prosecutors filed charges against four individuals that predominately ran the Pirate Bay: Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and financier Carl Lundström. The defendants were [...]
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The July 16, 2012, deadline for NFL teams to sign long-term contracts with players designated as franchise players came and went. That deadline marked the date on which the terms of the franchise tag are automatically instituted.
What does the franchise tag mean for players and organizations? Where did it come from? Why [...]
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While the majority of childhood bullying once took place within the bounds of the schoolyard, the Internet now provides a platform for students to toss insults for the entire school (and, in some cases, the entire world) to see. Thanks to the ease of social networking, cyberbullying has become a common extracurricular activity for [...]
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