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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A Trove of Historic Jazz Recordings Has Found a Home in Harlem, But You Can’t Hear Them

Pamela Samuelson
Source: ABA Journal
May 1, 2011

Regulators Ignoring Internet’s Real Effects, Lessig Says, and Free Exchange Suffers

Lawrence Lessig
Source: ABA Journal
April 12, 2011

Parent, Evanston School Officials Spar Over Youtube Video

Randal Picker
Source: Chicago Tribune
February 11, 2011

No Court Order Against Playstation Hackers for Now

Source: The Register
January 14, 2011

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Gideon Parchomovsky
University of Pennsylvania
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Patents, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet

Peter DiCola
Northwestern University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark

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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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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.

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