On Thursday, February 18, the federal court considering the proposed Google Books settlement held an all-day fairness hearing. In addition to the authors, publishers, and Google arguing in favor of the settlement, the court heard from the Department of Justice and twenty-six supporters and opponents of the settlement. Over the course of the day, the "opt-out" nature of the settlement emerged as perhaps _the_ critical issue facing the court.
Last summer, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society hosted several presentations on the Google Book Search Settlement. With today’s fairness hearing on this case, TAP is providing links into the podcasts from the Berkman Center.
On Thursday, a federal district court in New York will conduct the fairness hearing in the Google Book Search class-action case. All of the filings are in --hundreds of them-- and we are now fully ready to hear from Judge Denny Chin. What should we be looking for?
Secondary markets for buying and selling patents are an important yet understudied phenomenon.
Do patent markets promote efficiency in the development of new technologies? Or, do they set the stage for patent hold-ups?
To investigate these questions, the University of Michigan held a one-day research symposium with industry leaders and innovation scholars. Review the conference materials.
This week, TAP features the work of Professor Glenn Ellison.
Professor Joshua Wright explores the limits of antitrust in the context of patent holdup.
Harvard Business School professor on the changing world of venture capital.