Pinning Your Company's Hopes on Pinterest
September 28, 2012
By sharing images and encouraging others to re-pin them, Pinterest users may inadvertently engage in copyright or trademark infringement, violate licensing agreements, or run afoul of FTC rules for commercial endorsements.
Content Distribution Online
September 27, 2012
The speed and convenience of content distribution through the Internet has long posed a threat to traditional distribution channels and challenged courts to balance the benefits of freedom of access for the public with protection of the rights of intellectual property owners. Those issues were on display when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against a streaming video service.
Marketing and Pinterest
September 27, 2012
Heralded as the next big thing in social media, Pinterest presents new legal risks for companies engaged in social media marketing. Here's what you need to know.
Media & Communications: Become the Newsroom
September 27, 2012
Firms and lawyers have the opportunity to drive and shape editorial content as never before. But few of them fully understand the opportunity, or possess the necessary internal capacity to produce high-quality editorial content.
Bit Parts
September 27, 2012
Alleging "Online" Distribution Not Enough to Establish Simultaneous International "Publication" <br>Expert Report on Value of "Bogart" Ruled Reliable
The Law Library
September 27, 2012
During the last 20 years, enormous changes have occurred in the information industry. This has affected not only libraries, including private law libraries, but also law librarians and IT staff.
Anonymous v. Fraudulent Internet Speech
September 27, 2012
Anonymous Internet speech, like traditional Internet speech, is protected. The anonymity and potentially unlimited mass audience of Internet speech, however, poses difficulties for the application of traditional doctrines governing speech. The balancing must take into account the possible value of widespread, instantaneous public information.
Eighth Circuit Ends Thomas-Rasset File-Sharing Fight
September 27, 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has reinstated statutory damages of more than $220,000 against a woman who illegally file-shared two dozen songs, finding the damages to be constitutional.