Stanford Center For Internet And Society

Intellectual property law and technology issues, in particular copyright law and policy in the digital environment.

Author: "In the heart of the Silicon Valley, legal doctrine is emerging that will determine the course of civil rights and technological innovation for decades to come. The Center for Internet and Society (CIS), housed at Stanford Law School and a part of the Law, Science and Technology Program, is at the apex of this evolving area of law." This is a group blog with a long list of contributors.

Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • International Law • Stanford University

Recent Posts from Stanford Center for Internet and Society

BT Wins Again: Second Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and $175,000 Fee Award
After years of litigation based on spurious allegations of copyright infringement, BT was vindicated again this week when the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the case on summary judgment and the award…
War Correspondence: The Digital Revolution's Dangerous Turn
An article in Sunday's New York Times by Chris Nicholson brings home an important lesson about digital life under The Law of Disruption. When social contracts are formed, the medium is often the message. The…
Nokia v. iPhone: Business as Usual, Alas
If you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em. Earlier this week, Nokia filed suit in the U.S. to force Apple to pay royalties on Nokia patents involving cell phone technology, patents the company claims Apple is…
FCC's proposed neutrality rules: Nothing to see here, folks
My analysis of the FCC’s proposed neutrality rules appears this morning on CNET. No surprise, I think the FCC’s plan is a bad idea, and I think, more to the point, that the FCC is…
For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
Great article on my Texas Instruments dispute in the IEEE Spectrum magazine, with a picture of one of my clients: For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up.
Legal Challenges In An Age Of Robotics
I'm moderating an upcoming panel on law and robotics, co-sponsored by the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the Stanford Program in Law Science and Technology's Center for Computers and Law…
Identity Theft: Not Dead Yet
Julia Angwin’s column in The Wall Street Journal argues that identity theft is nothing but a “fear campaign.” Not exactly. I also have some strong words about the overuse and abuse of the term “identity…
Hearsay Culture shows #98 and #99 -- Profs. Jacqui Lipton and Elizabeth Townsend-Gard -- posted, and #100 coming up!
I am pleased to post two more new Hearsay Culture shows. The first is Show # 98, October 14, my interview with Prof. Jacqui Lipton of Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Jacqui is…
FTC to Bloggers: Drop that Sample!
The Federal Trade Commission has announced plans to regulate the behavior of bloggers. Unfortunately, not their terrible grammar, short attention spans or inexplicably short fuses. Instead, the FTC announced updates to its 1980 policy regarding…
Voting with the remote
Jacob Weisberg in Newsweek: "Any news organization that took its responsibilities seriously would take pains to cover presidential criticism fairly. It would regard doing so as itself a test of integrity. At Fox, by contrast,…