This WEEK in LAW 193

This WEEK in LAW Episode 193

This Week In Law 193: For Whom the Bell Trolls

Policy talk at CES, privacy issues in the new year, TOS for life, and more.

Panel

• Denise Howell
• Evan Brown
• Stephen Nipper (@nipper)
  • Inventblog.com
  • "Stephen M. Nipper is a partner with the law firm of Buchanan Nipper LLC (www.bnip.com) in Boise, Idaho. Mr. Nipper received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, and his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law. Mr. Nipper’s practice covers a broad spectrum of intellectual property work. A significant portion of his work is handling US patent and trademark cases for foreign law firms and corporations. His main experience is in agriculture, the biological and chemical sciences, and mechanical arts. Mr. Nipper is the author of The Invent Blog®, a technology blog covering news, technology tips, and other information relevant to attorneys (particularly patent and trademark attorneys), independent inventors and small businesses."
• J. Matthew Buchanan (@jmattbuchanan)
  • http://jmattbuchanan.com/
  • "Matt is a Registered Patent Attorney and has more than ten years experience in patent and trademark practice. Matt earned a B.S. in Microbiology from The Ohio State University, an M.S. in Microbiology and Immunology from the Medical College of Ohio, and a J.D. from the University of Toledo. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Buchanan worked in various capacities in the medical device industry, gaining experience with the scientific and legal aspects of the regulatory approval processes in the United States and around the world. Prior to founding his own intellectual property firm in Perrysburg, OH, he worked in the medical device practice group of a large Washington, D.C. law firm where he focused on FDA regulatory law, and in a large Chicago intellectual property firm where he focused exclusively on patent law. Mr. Buchanan is admitted to practice in Michigan, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan."

Topics

• Patent Reform
  • Mark Cuban and Minecraft Creator Notch give $500k to EFF for software patent reform via The Next Web
  • Producers of ‘Minecraft: The Story of Mojang’ offer the film free of charge on The Pirate Bay via The Next Web
• Patent Troll Scanners (14:27)
  • Patent trolls want $1,000—for using scanners via ArsTechnica
• A Different Pinterest Copyright Issue (17:50)
  • Pinterest Sued Over Copyright Infringement From Failed Sharing Site Owners via The Inquisitr
• CES Innovation Policy Summit (23:50)
  • Wyden lays out tech policy roadmap for 2013 via The Hill
  • At CES, Companies Large and Small Bash Broken Patent System via Forbes
  • Internet Policy's Rock Star Addresses CES Lays out agenda to protect digital competition via AdWeek
• Privacy Legislation
  • Their Apps Track You. Will Congress Track Them? via The New York Times
  • A Rational Response to the Privacy ‘Crisis’ via The CATO Institute
• Watching the Watchers (46:56)
  • Andy Kessler: In the Privacy Wars, It's iSpy vs. gSpy via The Wall Street Journal
• Imagine the Singularity's TOS (49:26)
  • "Welcome to Life..." via @totally_fried
• Bit Trails (52:30)
  • Why Facebook Data Tends to Condemn You in Court via WIRED
• From The Department of "No Harm In Asking" (58:00)
  • Justice Department, Patent Office Asks Tech Companies To Stop Asking For Sales Bans via The Huffington Post
• Confidential Settlements (1:00:27)
  • Consumers blindsided by secret settlements in hi-tech patent lawsuits via The First Amendment Coalition
• Illegal Terms (1:04:15)
  • Annoying fine print may not even be legal via NBC News
• Primer on Patent Law (1:12:50)
• Not Like Hardware (1:15:51)
  • Let's Stop Using the Term “Soft IP” via Eric Goldman
• Amazon Gets to Have an "Appstore"
  • [Court rules Amazon's 'Appstore' isn't false advertising, but full trademark lawsuit goes on http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/2/3827852/amazon-app-store-not-false-advertising-in-apple-trademark-case] via The Verge
• Jurisdiction (1:24:10)
  • Accessing email server from Canada supported personal jurisdiction in the U.S. via InternetCases

Tip of the Week

• Kim Dotcom's Simple Guide To Ending Worldwide Piracy via Business Insider

Resource of the Week

• In General, How Does One Defend Against A Patent Lawsuit? via Forbes
• Gender-Neutral Equivalent Words via Shaun Fawcett's Writing Help Central

Sponsor

• LegalZoom.com

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