By Ryan Smith and Thomas F. Zuber of Zuber & Taillieu
The Ninth Circuit recently upheld the validity of conditional software licenses which avoid the pitfalls of the first sale doctrine. In Apple, Inc., v. Psystar, Corp., No. 10-15113, 2011 U.S. App. WL 4470623, (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2011), the Ninth Circuit upheld a permanent injunction against Psystar due to its… More...
This bill was introduced by Rep. William D. Delahunt (Ma.) on April 25, 2007, with five co-sponsors. Its title is “(t)o amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design.” It is the counterpart bill of S. 1957 that was introduced on the Senate floor by Sen. Charles More...
This bill was introduced on the floor by Sen. Ron Wyden (Or) on May 10, 2007, with five co-sponsors, and bears the the title, “A bill to nullify the determinations of the Copyright Royalty Judges with respect to webcasting, to modify the basis for making such a determination, and for other More...
This bill seeks to amend Section 122 of Title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow satellite carriers and cable operators to re-transmit the signals of local television broadcast stations to their adjacent markets, and for other purposes. The highlight of this More...
This proposed legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Steve Chabot (Oh.) on July 12, 2007. On that same day, it was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. It extends for a sixty-day period beginning on July 15, 2007 the rates and terms determined by the More...
This Act was introduced in the senate by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Ca.), and co-sponsored by three others, on January 11, 2007, and is a bill “to harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses under sections 112 and 114 of title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.” This Act More...
This proposed legislation has the title, “To provide support to combat illegal downloading on college and university campuses,” and may be cited as the “Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007.” It was sponsored by Rep. Ric Keller (Fl.) on March 26, 2007, and referred on More...
This Act was introduced by Rep. Rick Boucher (Va.), and co-sponsored by five others, on February 27, 2007, and is a bill “to amend title 17, United States Code, to promote innovation, to encourage the introduction of new technology, to enhance library preservation efforts, and to protect the fair More...
