24
Sep
2018
Remembering the Washingtonian Case
This coming term, the Supreme Court will hear Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, regarding whether a party has standing to sue... Read More
8
Aug
2018
Taking Common-Law Copyright for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Seriously
For those unfamiliar with common-law copyright and sound recordings, it might be helpful to read my post Of Sheep and Goats summarizing the... Read More
17
Jul
2018
Video Post: A 1992 Hearing on Copyright in Legal Compilations
One interesting thing about case reporters is that even though the text of reported cases themselves been denied copyright protection by the... Read More
9
Jul
2018
Robert Fulton’s 1811 Steamboat Patent – Lost and Found
Robert Fulton is generally remembered as the inventor of the steamboat. There is some controversy over his debts to previous inventors, but... Read More
3
Jul
2018
All the Forgotten IP Cases, Where Do they All Come From…
Two years ago last month, I was reading the trial court opinion from White-Smith v. Apollo from 1905 (the player piano case),... Read More
6
Jun
2018
Video Post: Waldo Moore on the History of the Copyright Office
Below is a video recorded at the U.S. Copyright Office in early 1987, at an event for staff, where Waldo Moore, who... Read More