Writing
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Updated Copyright Trolling and Pornography Data for 2014
Copyright Lawsuits Filed in U.S. Federal Courts 2001 – 2014 This graphs is from my forthcoming article, Copyright Trolling, An Empirical Study. The graph illustrates the effect of two separate waves…
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Patent troll statistics, a correction
In a post on Friday I mentioned that in 2012, businesses and individuals targeted by patent aggregators and patent holding companies accounted for fifty-six percent of all patent defendants. That number should actually be 37.8% of…
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Some measured thoughts on patent trolls
This post expands on the remarks I made today at the Chicago Tech Roundtable meeting on Patent Trolls and Chicago’s Tech Community. The meeting was attended by a number of elected officials…
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Garcia v. Google amicus briefs with very brief summaries
Due to the level of interest in Garcia v. Google, the Ninth Circuit has a dedicated page providing information and key court documents to the public. I have listed the Amicus briefs…
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ABC v. Aereo Supreme Court Law Professor Amicus Brief
This amicus brief was written by David Post and James Grimmelmann on behalf of 36 law professors in the pending case of ABC v Aereo, now before the Supreme Court (oral argument…
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New Jersey’s anti-Tesla laws and the car dealership racket
Over 70 economists and law professors have signed a letter opposing New Jersey’s direct automobile distribution ban. Why should you care? This ban is aimed at keeping the Tesla electric car out of New…
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I have revised my paper Copyright Trolling, An Empirical Study (March 21, 2014) (forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review) (http://ssrn.com/abstract=2404950) to include data for all US district courts from 2001 to 2013. The following are…
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A graph of John Doe suits as a percentage of all copyright cases filed
A preview of the data. For more details see Copyright Trolling, An Empirical Study (this is still the version posted last week, a new version with additional data will be out soon).
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Aereo, Copyright, Technological neutrality, function v. effect
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc., is a case scheduled for oral argument before the Supreme Court next month. The case gives us an interesting opportunity to reassess the oft-stated aim…