Intellectual Property Law

Upcoming Article on Tort Liability for Insecure Software

Posted on September 18, 2007
A law review article I recently finished titled “Tort Liability for Vendors of Insecure Software: Has the Time Finally Come?” has been accepted for publication in Volume 67, Issue 2 of the Maryland Law Review (Winter 2008). The current draft of the article is now available for downloading here...

Victims of Data Security Breaches Left High and Dry

Posted on September 18, 2007
As the number of data security breaches continues to increase, and the number of persons who have their personal information exposed reach over 100 million, you would think these victims would have some remedy for the time and effort they have to go through to get their lives back in order...

Fair Use Has Value

Posted on September 18, 2007
For many years (probably since fair use began), copyright owners have viewed fair use as some sort of government sponsored piracy of their creative efforts. But since a copyright has never been viewed as a monopoly, and the rights granted are constrained by the constitutional grant, fair use has always been viewed as part [...

Record Companies Seek to Offset Losses by Increasing Control Over Artists

Posted on August 16, 2007
A recent story on News.com indicates that record companies are investing in merchandising, artist management, touring and other companies to boost their slumping revenues from CD sales. Universal Music and Warner Music Group have announced investments in companies specializing in artist management and Web networking...

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History of Computer/IT Law (2001-20??)

Posted on July 18, 2007
Fifth Epoch (2001-20??) The dot com bust had an enormous impact on the computer industry, as well as those lawyers who serviced that industry. Funding for start-ups disappeared, initial public offerings dried up, and a large percentage of the Internet industry found itself struggling to survive...

History of Computer/IT Law (1993-2001)

Posted on July 18, 2007
Fourth Epoch (1993-2001) By the early 1990s, the Internet was old-hat to computer professionals, but virtually unknown to the general public. The system began in 1969 as the ARPANet. It was ?designed to enable computers operated by the military, defense contractors, and universities conducting defense-related research to communicate with one another by redundant channels [...

History of Computer/IT Law (1982-1993)

Posted on July 18, 2007
Third Epoch (1982-1993) Toward the end of the 1970s, advances in semiconductor technology permitted the development of the first inexpensive, relatively small computers ? ushering in the personal computer era. Most of the early companies have been long forgotten ? such companies as IMSAI, Cromemco and Osborne...

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