http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com Copyright law from black to white and everything in between Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:44:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, the Supreme Court issued its eagerly awaited ruling in Golan v. Holder, holding that Congress acted within its authority in passing legislation that restored copyright in certain foreign works that were previously in the public domain in the United States.  The Court found that its earlier opinion in Eldred ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2012/01/23/eldred-conquers-golans-heightssupreme-court-upholds-copyright-restoration/ I have been an active member of the Copyright Society of the USA for years, and am currently a member of its Executive Committee. It's a terrific group for those interested in copyright issues, and maintains chapters throughout the country. I thought readers of this blog might like ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/07/22/appealing-youtube-the-experts-debate/ My partner, Larry Siskind, will be delivering his annual talk, "Nuts and Bolts of Trademark Law," at the San Francisco Bar Association on July 14, 2011 at noon. I've attended this presentation before, and it is both informative and entertaining. All that and an hour of CLE credit ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/07/08/trademarks-shouldnt-be-this-much-fun-but-they-are/ A couple of weeks ago, I reprised my talk on secondary liability and the DMCA for the State Bar of California's IP Section. I updated my original talk - initially delivered last fall to the ABA - to reflect the current status of the UMG v. Veoh and Viacom ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/07/05/second-roundwhos-on-second-a-look-at-secondary-liability-and-the-dmca/ Today the Librarian of Congress appointed Maria Pallante as the new Register of Copyrights.  Ms. Pallante has served as Acting Register since the previous Register, Marybeth Peters, resigned in December.  You can find the announcement of the appointment here. http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/06/01/mariamaria-pallante-appointed-register-of-copyrights/ I am pleased to announce that I have joined the team of The 1709 Blog, which is dedicated to "all things copyright, warts and all."  The blog takes its name from the year of passage of the Statute of Anne, the copyright act that started it all, to which I ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/05/25/sharing-the-lovenaomi-jane-gray-joins-the-1709-blog-team/ I drafted this piece in preparation for my ABA-sponsored speaking engagement in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2011.  If you're going to be in the DC area on that day, please consider joining us.  In addition to the Vernor case analyzed below, my panel will also address the Ninth Circuit's ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/05/24/vernor-v-autodesk-and-the-first-sale-doctrinegoing-going-gone/ It is with great sadness that I dedicate this post to the memory of my friend and former colleague, Schelle Simcox, who passed away last weekend after a courageous struggle with cancer. Schelle was formerly a law librarian in the San Francisco office of Paul Hastings, where I had ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/05/18/in-memoriam-schelle-simcox/ I will be a panelist at the upcoming First Annual Intellectual Property Litigation Committee Regional CLE Workshop on June 10, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The full-day program is sponsored by the ABA Section of Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Committee and will feature panels on copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent ... http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/05/16/buy-buy-license-naomi-jane-gray-to-join-panel-at-aba-cle-event/ The audio recording of this morning's oral argument in Sony v. Tenenbaum is now available through the First Circuit's RSS feed. Click on the link and scroll down to find the recording. Enjoy! http://www.shadesofgraylaw.com/2011/04/04/hearing-is-believingaudio-of-oral-argument-in-sony-v-tenenbaum-available/