Roger Sollenberger, Wired; The Freewheeling, Copyright-Infringing World of Custom-Printed Tees
"So, how can this model evolve
without shortchanging IP owners or upending an industry with so much to
offer? Do we need a new DMCA—and one for trademarks? Will anything
change without new laws?"
Friday, March 20, 2020
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Business viewpoint: Prioritizing intellectual property protection in growing companies; Tulsa World, March 15, 2020
; Business viewpoint: Prioritizing intellectual property protection in growing companies
"Growth-phase companies, including startups, are often cash limited and must make difficult decisions when prioritizing expenditures.
"Growth-phase companies, including startups, are often cash limited and must make difficult decisions when prioritizing expenditures.
Money spent to obtain legal advice may be at the expense of other concerns such as product development and marketing.
Although
consultation with an intellectual property attorney can be an important
early step, it is often postponed in favor of more pressing needs.
However, ignoring intellectual property matters can result in missteps
that can have long-term negative consequences."
Led Zeppelin Scores Big Win in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case; Variety, March 9, 2020
Gene Maddaus, Variety; Led Zeppelin Scores Big Win in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case
"Led Zeppelin scored a major win on Monday in the copyright battle over “Stairway to Heaven,” as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict finding the song did not infringe on the 1968 song “Taurus.”
The ruling is also a significant win for the music industry, which has felt itself fighting a losing battle against frivolous copyright suits since the “Blurred Lines” trial in 2015. The court overturned the so-called “inverse ratio rule,” a precedent that has governed copyright cases in the 9th Circuit for the last 43 years."
"Led Zeppelin scored a major win on Monday in the copyright battle over “Stairway to Heaven,” as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict finding the song did not infringe on the 1968 song “Taurus.”
The ruling is also a significant win for the music industry, which has felt itself fighting a losing battle against frivolous copyright suits since the “Blurred Lines” trial in 2015. The court overturned the so-called “inverse ratio rule,” a precedent that has governed copyright cases in the 9th Circuit for the last 43 years."
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Open Educational Resources Are ‘Moving Up the Adoption Ladder’ Around the World; EdSurge, March 3, 2020
Rebecca Koenig, EdSurge; Open Educational Resources Are ‘Moving Up the Adoption Ladder’ Around the World
"Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world.
So says the new Educause Horizon report, which identifies technologies and trends that are changing higher education.
This year’s forecast was created by nearly five dozen higher education experts, a third of them from institutions outside of the U.S. OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to significantly influence postsecondary teaching and learning in the future...
At the October 2019 UNESCO General Conference meeting, multiple governments agreed to adopt a set of legal and technical standards for OER materials so that they can be better shared across borders."Column: COVID-19 could kill the for-profit science publishing model. That would be a good thing; Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2020
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times; Column: COVID-19 could kill the for-profit science publishing model. That would be a good thing
"The current crisis has demonstrated the value of open access to research, as well as the drawbacks of secrecy."
"The current crisis has demonstrated the value of open access to research, as well as the drawbacks of secrecy."
Why the Hulett Unloader Is One of History's Greatest Forgotten Machines; Popular Mechanics, March 3, 2020
Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics; Why the Hulett Unloader Is One of History's Greatest Forgotten Machines
"Hulett, a 2006 inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, received more than two dozen patents for various machines in his career. But his most important was Patent No. 652,313A in 1899, for a 92-foot-tall unloading apparatus that could scoop iron ore from a ship’s hold 10 tons at a time—an almost unfathomable number back then, even though more than 13 million tons of ore were shipped on the Great Lakes that year."
"Hulett, a 2006 inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, received more than two dozen patents for various machines in his career. But his most important was Patent No. 652,313A in 1899, for a 92-foot-tall unloading apparatus that could scoop iron ore from a ship’s hold 10 tons at a time—an almost unfathomable number back then, even though more than 13 million tons of ore were shipped on the Great Lakes that year."
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
A former Uber executive was ordered to pay Google $179 million. Then he filed for bankruptcy.; The Washington Post, March 4, 2020
Anthony Levandowski was accused of stealing trade secrets on self-driving technology
"Anthony Levandowski, who once ran Uber’s self-driving car unit, was ordered Wednesday to pay $179 million to rival Google, prompting the software engineer to file for bankruptcy protection.
The
enormous award, which was approved by a Superior Court judge in San
Francisco and was confidential but disclosed in a Securities and
Exchange Commission filing, casts new light on one of Silicon Valley’s
most heated dramas. It is also another blow to Levandowski, once a
rising star in the tech industry who now faces criminal charges for allegedly possessing trade secrets that belong to Google."
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