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
8
Feb
2018
The Supreme Court’s Docket Books and Three Strands of 19th Century Copyright Jurisprudence
This post brings together two separate but related topics – a relatively unknown resource about the Supreme Court, and light it shines... Read More
25
Jan
2018
Opinions of the US Supreme Court – Does Word Count Correlate to Citations?
As part of a symposium on forgotten cases in intellectual property with the Syracuse Law Review, I recently wrote a short history... Read More
26
Oct
2017
Another Season, Another Common-Law Copyright Opinion
To be clear, this is my opinion only, and the views expressed in this post, and indeed this blog, should not be... Read More
24
Oct
2017
Blogiversary, Mark 1: Looking Forward
It’s hard to believe that today marks the one-year anniversary of when I first posted to this blog in earnest (I started... Read More
10
Oct
2017
The Forgotten Origins of Copyright for Photographs
It’s fairly well-known that photographers like Matthew Brady used photographs in unique and important ways during the Civil War to document the... Read More