March 2022 Roundup of Copyright News
In the month of March, the U.S. Copyright Office published several final rules related to the copyright small claims court while various U.S. courts weighed in on several closely watched […]
A SMART New Approach to Combatting Piracy
On March 18, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the SMART (Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies) Copyright Act of 2022, S. 3880. The bill makes amendments to […]
Copyright Small Claims Court Rulemakings Status Update
The U.S. Copyright Office Will Issue Some Major Final Rules On How The New Small Claims Court Will Operate. As we recounted in our CASE Act one-year anniversary blog post, […]
Supreme Court (Finally) Renders a Copyright Decision That’s Not for the Birds
Court Decision in Unicolors v. H&M a Boon for Individual Creators as Court Closes Administrative Loophole Used by Infringers It was about this time last year that we all were […]
February 2022 Roundup of Copyright News
February was another busy month for the copyright community—there were several Congressional hearings and a landmark decision coming from the U.S. Supreme Court in Unicolors v. H&M. Here are a […]
What Do We Know About President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Views on Copyright?
Today, February 25, President Joe Biden announced his nominee for the Supreme Court—Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would replace Justice Stephen Breyer who plans on retiring after a little over […]
January 2022 Roundup of Copyright News
Starting this month and throughout 2022 we will be summarizing the previous month’s activities and events in the world of copyright. Judging by the activities in January, 2022 is on […]
States Should Follow New York’s Rejection of Mandatory eBook Licensing
Around the end of December 2021, rightsholders were collectively holding their breaths over several bills which proposed to force publishers into a compulsory regime for the licensing of electronic formats […]
Copyright Office Activities in 2021: A Year In Review
Last year was one the busiest years in recent history for the U.S. Copyright Office. In addition to numerous personnel changes—including a new Register of Copyrights in late 2020 and […]
Copyright Cases in 2021: A Year In Review
2021 was a roller coaster of highs and lows in copyright litigation. A much-anticipated Supreme Court decision left many scratching their heads, while the Second and Ninth Circuits brought a […]