Intellectual Property

Copyright and Trademark

Copyrights and trademark are both types of intellectual property (IP). Copyright is a legal term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. A trademark provides protection to the owner of the mark by ensuring the exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services, or to authorize another to use it in return for payment.

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TAP Academics

Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Columbia University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark

Omri Ben-Shahar
University of Chicago
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark

Robert Brauneis
George Washington University Law School
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark

Peter DiCola
Northwestern University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark

Jeanne Fromer
New York University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Patents

Urs Gasser
Harvard University
Interoperability, Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence

Jane Ginsburg
Columbia University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Copyright and Trademark

Eric Goldman
Santa Clara University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising

Paul Goldstein
Stanford University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Patents

James Grimmelmann
Cornell University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Media and Content

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Pamela Samuelson Pushes Back on Stricter Copyright ISP Liability Rules

Berkeley law professor Pamela Samuelson’s recent article examines proposed reforms of the DMCA’s safe harbor rules that limit the liability of ISPs hosting user-generated content. Professor Samuelson urges Congress to “take a balanced approach” and “consider the interests of a wide range of stakeholders”.

TAP Staff Blogger

November 13, 2020

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Piracy and IP Enforcement

In the context of technology, “piracy” is a colloquial term for the illegal copying of copyrighted works. The related problem of counterfeiting is the illegal reproduction of patented or trademarked products.

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Google’s Supreme Court Faceoff with Oracle Was a Disaster for Google

There's a real chance the Supreme Court could focus on this issue [the copyright status of APIs] in its decision—perhaps sending the case back down to the lower courts for even more litigation. — James Grimmelmann, Professor of Law, Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School

James Grimmelmann
Ars Technica
October 8, 2020

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The Use of Technical Experts in Software Copyright Cases: Rectifying the Ninth Circuit’s “Nutty” Rule

The Ninth Circuit has ruled that experts may not testify to help juries understand whether one computer program is similar to another. Ninth Circuit cases fail to properly assess software copyright violations.

By: Peter Menell, Shyamkrishna Balganesh

June 21, 2020