Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Thomas McNulty | April 23, 2019
The directive will require major changes for online content sharing services. Under existing law, services are immune from liability for copyright infringement resulting from user-posted content so long as they act promptly to remove material when an objection is raised.
By Caroline Spiezio | March 5, 2019
Comedian Miel Bredouw tweeted a series of emails from Barstool Sports' general counsel Mark Marin. The GC offered her a $50 gift card to retract a DMCA takedown notice against the sports blog, which republished a video she created in December.
By Scott Graham | March 4, 2019
Applying and paying is not enough to clear the way for an infringement suit, the U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled in a blow to owners. The copyright register must also sign off, which can take weeks.
By Caroline Spiezio | March 4, 2019
Google's legal department head Kent Walker urged EU lawmakers to amend controversial aspects of its pending copyright directive before an upcoming final vote.
By Scott Graham | February 8, 2019
Record labels are defending their copyrights from two class actions by musician on the grounds they're works made for hire. Orrick partner Paul Fakler says an about-face by Congress 20 years ago should have put that theory to rest.
By Caroline Spiezio | September 24, 2018
Netflix's new content litigation director knows her way around Hollywood.
By Dan Clark | September 14, 2018
The EU's attempt to create copyright laws for the internet age has companies and technologists panicking. Here's what law departments should take away.
By Scott Graham | May 23, 2018
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California ruled that Cisco's copyright suit combined with GC Mark Chandler's blog posts were enough to get by summary judgment.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Marshall Phelps | April 11, 2018
Everybody knows that strong patents help decide the winners and losers of business competition. But there's another, little-known way for companies to acquire the patents they need: they can simply buy them.
By Caroline Spiezio | April 5, 2018
"There is growing concern that without an approach that ensures that customers own key patents to their new solutions, tech companies will use the knowledge to enter their customer's market and compete against them—perhaps even using the IP that customers helped create," CLO Brad Smith wrote in a blog post.
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