Tagged: intellectual property law

Apple v. Samsung and a “CSI effect”?

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Much has been written about the recent patent infringement case between Apple and Samsung. (Or should I say cases?)  But, I’ll give a quick overview.  Apple sues Samsung for a variety of patent infringements relating to the design and the user interface (e.g., the icons and how to interact with them).  Samsung counter sues arguing […]

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Lodsys, “Patent trolls,” and Free Culture, or, Was the Web really ever emancipatory?

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So, I know I’m using emancipation very loosely here. Saying emancipation begs the question:  Emancipation from what?  I’m trying to cheekily hark back to early ideas of the Internet as a space that can emancipate us from mass culture by making us all producers and consumers of cultural products.  Nowadays, most of us accept that the cultural production […]

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