Writing
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My CELS Comments on “Standards of Proof in Civil Litigation: An Experiment from Patent Law”
Comments on “Standards of Proof in Civil Litigation: An Experiment from Patent Law” by David L. Schwartz (Chicago-Kent College of Law) and Christopher B. Seaman (Washington and Lee University School of Law)…
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An Open Letter to Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP)
Dear Sirs, I write to express my profound dismay that Chicago is considering regulating Uber out of existence. Uber is an middleman that connects limo drivers to customers in a way that…
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The Future of Orphan Works Reform
I am pleased to be attending the In Re Books conference at New York Law School. The conference is dedicated to the future of the book. My presentation is available here: The…
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HathiTrust and the Future of Orphan Works
The U.S. Copyright Office is taking another look at the problem of orphan works under U.S. copyright law. As the Copyright Office notice explains that the Copyright Office is “interested in what…
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HathiTrust Wins on Fair Use, and just about everything else
Landmark Fair Use Win Yesterday, District Judge Harold Baer, Jr., handed down his decision in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, a case that spins out of the long-running Google Books dispute. The decision is…
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Google Book Search: Digital Humanities still needs answers
Google has settled with the publishers, but not the Authors Guild. This is good news for the Digital Humanities because it means that we may still get a substantive ruling on the…
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Google Book, Settled and Unsettled.
According to Reuters, Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have reached a settlement in the long-running Google Book Search Litigation. Details remain sketchy. The settlement does not affect Google’s current…
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I have just added a page to this website devoted to the history of fair use. As I note in my article The Pre-History of Fair Use 76 Brooklyn Law Review 1371-1412…
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Global Research Network on Copyright Flexibilities in National Legal Reform Meeting in DC
I am in DC today at the Global Research Network on Copyright Flexibilities in National Legal Reform Meeting. Copyright reform is under active discussion at the national level in numerous countries. The…
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Brands, Competition, and the Law
On October 19, the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies is co-hosting a conference on Brands, Competition, and the Law along with University College London. This is the follow-up to a very successful…