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Did you hear? Kozmo.com is back . Sort of . A few months after DC tore down the last vestiges of the short-lived VC darling, the Kozmo web...

I've been arguing (privately, at least) that the Copyright Act preempts the hot news doctrine for a while now. (Making that argument dur...

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Announcing a one-day symposium and CLE program on Friday April 9, 2010 hosted by the Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvar...

Something for the Family Guy Fans Out There. PrawfsBlawg has this assessment of a recent court decision in a copyright infringement case ...

All Google, All the Time. Alexander Macgillivray, Deputy General Counsel for Products and Intellectual Property at Google, returned to @ber...

I Couldn't Pass Up the Headline. The AmLaw Daily has this post today about the on-going legal battle between Tolkien's heirs and N...

IP Law 101 for the Sports Fan. AmLaw Daily has this article about a recently filed trademark/copyright infringement case involving basebal...

Around the Center. The latest from the Berkman Center: John Palfrey has a post titled "ONI Releases Green Dam Software Analysis....

More on the Salinger Case. THR, Esq. has the latest .

Seems Like Bad Precedent. Where's the deterrence factor for prosecutorial misconduct if the judge can just shoehorn the evidence in lat...

Big Day for Music Cases. The Insider reports that the Lemonhead's lead singer, Evan Dando, has sued GM over use of "It's a Sh...

Does Austrailian Copyright Law Not Have a Statute of Limitations Provision? Certainly they should have figured out the supposed similarity ...

I Always Knew Cap'n Crunch Was Shady. ABA Journal is reporting that a judge has tossed out a deceptive advertising complaint against C...

I'm Feeling Special. First we get a First Lady, now we get a Supreme Court Justice .

The Wind Done Gone 2.0? The Media Law Prof Blog reports on a recent case filed by J.D. Salinger to halt publication of a "sequel...

More Grist for the Anti-tethered Appliance Mill? Apple once again provides ammunition for JZ's fears .

That's One Way to Find a Job... Read all about how one guy from Italy got hired by Amazon through Second Life.

Time to Add "Rap Artist" to the List... of alternate career paths for lawyers. The ABA Journal has the details .

Yawn. Did anyone expect the MPAA's position to be different?

Courts About to Reign In Privacy Services? The Legal Satyricon has this report on a recent decision out of California finding that a priva...

Somebody's Been Watching Pump Up the Volume Again. Wired has this report about the (claimed) scope of the FCC's inspection author...

It's Been a While... Since I've seen Lessig this loquacious.

Maybe I'm Just Facebook Illiterate... but how would one even accomplish this from a technological standpoint? Create a page called ...

WalMart + Apple = ? On the one hand, I could see this increasing Apple's market share. But would it be at the cost of the "cool ...

Danger Mouse Pushing the Envelope Again. EFF has this report on Danger Mouse's upcoming "release." And where have I been th...

Increasing Pressures on Patent Regime. Intellectual Property Watch has this report on efforts at the UN to balance intellectual property ...

The Redskins-Cowboys Rivalry Can Live On. How Appealing has the latest (last?) on the challenge to the Redskins' trademarks filed by s...

Google Waiving the Red Flag. CNet reports that Google has revised its AdWords policy to begin allowing some trademarks to appear in some A...

Maybe One Day I'll Be Able to Afford Solar Power. Between this product and Veranda Solar's expandable panels , affordable, city-fr...

The Revenge of Eldred ? Court strikes down law restoring foreign copyrights.

Kabuki Theater in Washington. Wendy has a wrap-up of this week's DMCA hearings.

We're All Criminals Now? Wired is reporting on a recent case upholding an Ohio man's felony hacking conviction as a result of his ...

Is this Really Unique to Twitter? Shouldn't the headline read "Potential Confidentiality Perils of Employees with Big Mouths...

Oops. Ars Technica has an interesting report on the recent leak of the archive of a mailing list used by the American Psychological Associ...

More from the "Nothing on the Internet is Private" Files. Wired has a report on a recent case out of New Jersey that finds two ...

All Your Facebooks Are Belong to Us? CNet is reporting on a new tool to allow hackers to control large numbers of Facebook accounts using ...

Is Anyone Actually Surprised by Scalia's Reaction? He's never struck me as a subscriber to the "what's good for the goose ...

Feeling Old. JZ weighs in on Cato's debate celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Lessig's Code .

But Where Will I Go to Find Erotic Massages? Sam has a new post up at the CMLP blog about the recent move by the South Carolina AG to crac...

Just What I (Don't) Need... An application that encourages shopping. At least it looks like it will save you money. Tech Crunch has th...

More Headaches for Trademark Owners. Eric Goldman reports that Google will begin selling trademarks as keywords in 190 additional countri...

Like Squeezing Blood from a Stone? PoynterOnline points to a discussion about a new project spearheaded by Murdoch to come up with a work...

Get Your Copyright On. The Economist is hosting a week-long debate about copyright law. HLS/ Berkman 's own Terry Fisher is participa...

Today's Funny. From Non Sequitur .

Much Ado About a Dot. I couldn't possibly let this one go without a post. Reuters is reporting that uber-trendy Sprinkles Cupcakes ...

I Bet NutraSweet is Wishing it had Splenda's Lawyers. The WSJ Law Blog is reporting on a recent decision issued by the Eastern Distric...

Life Imitates Ad . Following up on this post , it seems like Coke Zero has gotten itself in a real trademark litigation . According to Law...

&lt/Radio Silence&gt I just had to share this one . According to Reuters, "Robert Burck -- for 10 years a fixture in Times S...

From the IP is Everywhere Files. Phosita points to this patent application comprising a "method and instrument for proposing marri...

Second Life Gets its Own IPL Committee. The IPL section of the American Bar Association has annouced the creation of a new committee "...

Interesting Philosophical Approach. CNN reports in " Author suspicious of similar character on TV ." From the article: "I s...

Let's Hope Apple Had an Indemnity Clause. Salon.com is reporting that " Eminem sues Apple for copyright infringement ." From ...