BNA INSIGHTS: Courts, Congress, and Agencies Adjust IP Law to Meet the Domestic and Global Challenges of the New Decade

The patent community was in rapt anticipation throughout the first half of 2010, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bilski decision…

Senator Leahy, Congressional Aides Provide Clues to IP Legislation Agenda in 112th Congress

With a new Congress in town and intellectual property concerns on stakeholders’ minds, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and aides to other congressmen active in IP legislation provided a preview of the issues most…

President Obama Signs into Law Copyright Cleanup Act and Telework Enhancement Act

President Obama signed into law Dec. 9 two bills—the Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act of 2010 (S. 3689) and the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (H.R. 1722)…

Supreme Court Splits 4-4, Lets Stand 9th Circuit Refusal to Apply First Sale Rule to Gray Goods (Update of Earlier Report)

With the recusal of the newest justice, Elena Kagan, the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked Dec. 13 over the question of whether the Copyright Act’s first sale doctrine applies to genuine goods produced for an overseas market and imported as gray-market goods without the authorization of the manufacturer…

Google Announces Takedowns in 24 Hours, Changes to Halt Piracy and Infringement

Google Inc. announced Dec. 2 on its public policy blog that it will be making changes over the next few months to develop new ways to better address copyright infringement and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s notice and…

BNA INSIGHTS: From Torrent Trackers to Anonymous Ion Cannons: Recent Evolutions in Peer-to-Peer Technology

There is a war online. Two very different ideologies are battling for control of information. On one side are those looking to regulate how information is distributed; on the other are…

Feds Expand Internet Anti-Counterfeiting Effort in Seizure Actions Against 82 Domains

Federal law enforcement Nov. 29 expanded its efforts to restrict the illegal online sale and distribution of counterfeit goods through the execution of seizure orders against 82 domain names of commercial websites that…

Bill Making Technical Copyright Law Changes Goes to the President

A bill (S. 3689) aimed at clarifying and improving federal copyright laws was passed by the Senate Nov. 19, clearing it for President Obama’s signature.

Online Counterfeits Act Clears Senate Judiciary Committee, Now Goes to Full Senate

By a unanimous 19-0 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed Nov. 18 to send the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (S. 3804) to the…

Canadian Website Operator Must Defend Righthaven Copyright Action in Nevada Federal Court

Operators of a Canadian website, on which an anonymous user posted a copyrighted news article that is the subject of one of a rapidly expanding number of recent lawsuits filed by Righthaven LLC, must defend the case in Nevada, the U.S. District Court for the…

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