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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What Apple and Red Shoes Have in Common: Using Broad Design to Block Competition

Christopher Sprigman
Source: Wired
September 10, 2012

Why Johnny Can't Stream: How Video Copyright Went Insane

James Grimmelmann
Source: Ars technica
August 30, 2012

Analysis: Ruling Could Compromise U.S. Administrative Judges' Autonomy

John Duffy
Source: Chicago Tribune
August 16, 2012

Megaupload and the Twilight of Copyright

Paul Goldstein
Source: Fortune
July 11, 2012

Reforming Copyright Is Possible

Pamela Samuelson
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
July 9, 2012

Nasty Elmo Is Gone, and the Other Ones Are Just Tickled

Paul Goldstein
Source: The New York Times
June 25, 2012

A Universal Digital Library Is Within Reach

Pamela Samuelson
Source: The Los Angeles Times
May 1, 2012

IP Lawyers Meet Tupac's Hologram

M. Ryan Calo
Source: Daily Business Review
April 25, 2012

Tupac’s Resurrection and Questions Over Raising the Dead

M. Ryan Calo
Source: Yahoo! News
April 19, 2012

ISPs to Take on Illegal Downloading, Politely

Doug Lichtman
Source: American Public Media’s Marketplace
March 19, 2012

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Peter DiCola
Northwestern University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark

Tim Wu
Columbia University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Wireless, Net Neutrality

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Top Internet Law Developments of 2019

Section 230 and user-generated content are among the issues highlighted in law professor Eric Goldman’s recap of 2019’s Internet law issues.

Eric Goldman

January 16, 2020

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Fact Sheets

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.

Deterring Cybercrime: Focus on Intermediaries

Cybercriminals rely on intermediary firms such as banks, and shippers to sell products and collect payments. Governments, intellectual property owners, and technology companies can police cybercriminals by policing these intermediaries, but this raises due process and fairness concerns.

By: Chris Hoofnagle, Aniket Kesari, Damon McCoy