Just in time for Rosh Hashanah.
The Dead Sea Scrolls, so ancient and fragile that direct light cannot shine on them, are now available to search and read online in a project launched today by the Israel Museum and Google Inc. From...
View ArticleBarnes and Noble gets a valuable piece of Borders
A Manhattan judge officially approved revised terms for Barnes and Noble to purchase Borders Group’s intellectual property. To protect the privacy rights of 48 millions customers, Barnes and Noble will...
View ArticleLaw Students Not Only Ones To Loathe The Bluebook
Judge Posner hates it too, apparently. He recently relayed his disgust for The Bluebook in a 12 page Yale Law Review article. Truly a recommended read of a judge’s opinion that anyone in this field...
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James Joyce’s Published Works Enter Public Domain in the EU
On December 31, 2011—70 years after James Joyce’s death in Zurich—the Irish writer’s published works passed into the public domain in the European Union. The end to copyright protection of a major...
View ArticleChinese Writers Claim Apple is a Book Pirate
“A group of prominent Chinese writers have demanded millions of dollars in compensation from technology giant Apple Inc. for allegedly selling unlicensed versions of their books in its online store.”...
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Government Seeks to Throw The Book at Apple and Major Publishers
Ipad or Kindle? This is a question many avid readers debate as they enter the modern world of reading. My memory of reading as a kid was sensory and tangible: flipping dog-eared, yellowing pages at...
View ArticleGood News for Authors in Google Litigation: Fair Use Decision Likely
In the latest development in the Authors Guild v. Google litigation, Judge Denny Chin, sitting by designation, denied Google’s motion to dismiss the copyright infringement claims against it in the...
View ArticleFor DC Comics, the Superman Copyright Will Stay to Defend Truth, Justice, and...
It’s not going to be up, up, and away with the Superman copyright, as a California court held that DC Comics will retain the copyright to the Man of Steel. A federal judge in the Central District of...
View ArticleKirtsaeng’s Economic Impact
The Supreme Court decided in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. that the first sale doctrine applies to book purchases made overseas. This means that it is legal to import large amounts of books...
View ArticleApple v. Amazon– The E-Book Conspiracy
As a Kindle carrying, subway riding, and requisite Apple aficionado New Yorker, it scares me to hear about my favorite brand conspiring to keep me away from my favorite pastime. The Department of...
View ArticleTo Protect a Trademark
Nelle Harper Lee, author of the seminal American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, filed an application on September 12th, 2012, to register the novel’s name as a standard character mark. The registration...
View Article“The Raging Bull” in the Supreme Court
On October 1st, the Supreme Court granted cert. to resolve a dispute concerning the copyrights of the Oscar-winning movie “Raging Bull.” The 1980 film “Raging Bull” tells the story of Jake LaMotta, an...
View ArticleTo Kill a Trademark Suit
On Wednesday, the operators of a museum honoring To Kill a Mockingbird asked a judge from the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to dismiss a trademark infringement claim filed by...
View ArticleGoogle’s “Snippets” Prevail
After nearly a decade of fighting for its innovative online library, Google has prevailed in summary judgment against the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers. Fordham’s very own...
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