14
Sep
2017
Mini-Post: 1947 Copyright Office Report on Editing Music
It’s been too long since I made a proper post – I’ve been busy putting together a piece I’m calling An Empirical... Read More
23
Aug
2017
Performance Rights at Common Law in 1880s San Francisco
As I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog, and will mention many more times, I currently have an article going through... Read More
25
Jul
2017
Property in Copyright – Examining The Ingersoll Copyright Bill of 1844
I’m not pushing a normative argument with this post, I just think it’s useful to understand how some of the debates over... Read More
12
Jul
2017
Patent Case Files From the Archives: New England Edition
This fall, I recommended that the Boston Public Library look into scanning the case files (pleadings, evidence, etc) of major case files... Read More
29
Jun
2017
Tam, The First Amendment, and Copyright
Last week the Supreme Court decided the case about the Constitutionality of the clause of federal trademark law excluding from registration disparaging,... Read More
20
Jun
2017
The Promise and Perils of Protecting Sound Recordings with Common Law Copyright
It’s been too long since an update…and I had a couple of interesting old things to share. However, then the Northern District... Read More
