The theme of year’s World IP Day celebration is sports. And although I’ve never been what you might call a major sports fan, it does occur to me that the business of athletics is about as IP-rich and environment as one might imagine. Covering all the bases, as it were, the world of professional sports is steeped in every kind ...
Remember when it was considered axiomatic to call the internet is the greatest gift to democracy in history? Not so much … ...
I recently attended a round-table discussion on the subject of artificial intelligence and copyright. The first of several engaging topics I thought warranted a post was the question of “machine learning,” which I put in quotes here with respect to one scholar who admonished against anthropomorphizing AI by using words for human activities to describe the actions of computers. I ...
I’ve been traveling and am, therefore, late to mention that the hotly-contested EU Copyright Directive passed last week. Not surprisingly, the usual critics have spared little hyperbole referring to the new legislation as the “end of the open internet” and a “disastrous decision.” Meanwhile, many of the copyright proponents I know view the directive as having had the teeth negotiated out of ...
Last October I reported that the Supreme Court granted cert in a case that might have led to a decision regarding complaints that cy pres awards in class action lawsuits wind up funding organizations anathema to the interests of the class. Specifically, I addressed the amicus brief filed on behalf of copyright owners outlining the ways in which, for instance, ...
