Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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U.S. Copyright Office's Questions about Generative AI
Generating more questions than answers.
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Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
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Europe's Controversial Digital Copyright Directive Finalized
Considering the new liability risks for ISPs, search engines, and news aggregators under recent EU-wide mandatory rules.
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API Copyrights Revisited
Deliberating on the main arguments in recent sets of briefs filed in support of Google's U.S. Supreme Court petition.
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Questioning a New Intellectual Property Right for Press Publishers
Considering the implications of the "link tax" provision of the proposed EU Directive for the Digital Single Market for traditional press publishers.
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The EU's Controversial Digital Single Market Directive
Should copyright enforcement have precedence over the interests of users in information privacy and fundamental freedoms?
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Copyright Blocks a News-Monitoring Technology
An evolving technological landscape has made application of copyright law increasingly difficult.
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Will the Supreme Court Nix Reviews of Bad Patents?
Considering the longer-term implications of a soon-to-be-decided U.S. Supreme Court case.
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Disgorging Profits in Design Patent Cases
Does the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Apple v. Samsung case represent a quagmire?
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Supreme Court on Design Patent Damages in Samsung v. Apple
Considering influences leading to the recent U.S Supreme Court decision in a years-long case that Apple filed against Samsung over iPhone design infringement.
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Fair Use Prevails in Oracle v. Google
Two software giants continue with legal sparring after an initial judicial decision.
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Apple v. Samsung and the Upcoming Design Patent Wars?
Assessing an important recent design patent infringement court decision.
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New Exemptions to Anti-Circumvention Rules
Allowing some reverse engineering of technical measures for non-infringing purposes.
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Software Patents Are Falling Down
Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's new test for patentable subject matter.
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Anti-Circumvention Rules Limit Reverse Engineering
Considering some of the requested exceptions to technical protection mechanisms.
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Copyrightability of Java APIs Revisited
A recent case challenges the long-standing view that application program interfaces are not protectable under copyright law.
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Updates on the Intellectual Property Front
Recapping influential U.S. Supreme Court decisions rendered earlier this year.
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Watching TV on Internet-Connected Devices
The ABC vs. Aereo case has potentially far-reaching consequences.
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Mass Digitization as Fair Use
Considering the implications of the late-2013 ruling in favor of Google in the Authors Guild case.
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Is Software Patentable?
Assessing the shifting perspectives on patentability standards for software.12