Intellectual Property

Zach Carter

Obama Administration Softens 'Shameful' Fight Against Cheap Drugs For Poor Countries

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Ip, Pepfar, United Nations, Generic Drugs, Mitch Daniels, Hiv, Who, Obama, Barack Obama, Developing Nations, Doctors Without Borders, World Health Assembly, Video, Intellectual Property, World Health Organization, AIDS/HIV, U.N., World Intellectual Property Organization, Generics, Prescription Drugs, Aids, Wipo, Un, Patents. Trade Deals, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A change of heart from the Obama administration may pave the way to a groundbreaking global deal to provide lifesaving medications to de...

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Ron Dicker

'Linsanity' Trademark Fight Ends

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Linsanity, Miami Heat, Merchandising, Jeremy Lin Knicks, Intellectual Property, Jeremy Lin Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Trademark, Nba Playoffs, Jeremy Lin, Licensing, New York Knicks, Knicks, Nba, Business News

Linsanity isn't what it was, but it's all Jeremy Lin's now. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected the remaining applicants for the Linsanity t...

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Zach Carter

Issa Leaks Secret Document To Pressure Obama On Trade Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Big Pharma, Tpp, Ip, Acta, Economy, Darrell Issa, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Jobs, Buy America, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Barack Obama, Buy American, Sopa, Stop Online Piracy Act, Intellectual Property, Video, Trade, Trans-Pacific, Patents, Patent Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has taken the unprecedented step of leaking a secret U.S. trade document, in ...

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Internet Freedom Is a Human Right

Sen. Chris Coons | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Syria, Internet Freedom, Chris Smith, Iran, Intellectual Property, Mark Kirk, Bob Casey, Internet Censorship, Hillary Clinton, Congress, Internet Security, China, State Department, Senate, Internet Freedom Act, Politics News
Sen. Chris Coons

Internet freedom -- the freedom to exchange thought, opinion, expression, and association to meet political, social, education, or religious objectives -- should not be restricted for law-abiding citizens in the United States or anywhere in the world.

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When Security and Privacy Wrestle, Who Is the Winner?

Theresa Payton | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Cispa Bill, Online Security, Cispa Legislation, Web Security, Acta, Sopa, Pipa, Cispa, Internet Security, Intellectual Property, Women in Tech, Technology News
Theresa Payton

There is a fight going on between security and privacy and it is your personal data and communications at stake.

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The Long and Winding Road To A Bad Call On 'Piracy'

Art Brodsky | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Megaupload, Warner Bros, Pipa, Kim Dotcom, Paramount, Sopa, Piracy, Intellectual Property, Online Piracy, Entertainment News
Art Brodsky

It's time for the industry to start listening to what they have been told by their audience -- that there have to be new, better and more convenient ways to get access to content.

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Texas Senate Race Takes Negative Turn With New Campaign Ad

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Video, Intellectual Property, 2012 Elections, David Dewhurst for Senate, Ted Cruz, Elections 2012, Texas Senate Race, Ted Cruz for Senate, David Dewhurst, Politics News

A Senate race in Texas took a negative turn this week when Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R) released a statewide television ad attacking his opponent, atto...

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Government Gamers

Brian LaSorsa | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property, Piracy, Pipa, Jessica Nigri, Pirate Bay, Operation Game Over, Megaupload, Sopa, Cispa, Video Games, College News
Brian LaSorsa

The Department of Homeland Security had awarded a contract worth more than $177,000 to the California-based Obscure Technologies to create a tool that will allow the government to extract information from gaming consoles.

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Electronically Transmitted Source Code Not Stolen Goods Under the National Stolen Property Act

Brad Reid | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Theft, Source Code, National Stolen Property Act, Economic Espionage Act, Business News
Brad Reid

It is clear that Congress must act to address the electronic transmission of stolen property if the intellectual property theft statutes are to be meaningful in our digital environment.

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Can Patent Pools Get More AIDS Drugs to Patients?

David de Ferranti | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property, Patents, HIV/AIDS, HIV Drugs, AIDS Drugs, Aids Drug Patents, Arvs, Antiretroviral Drugs, Impact News
David de Ferranti

Although many of the ARVs in widespread use in low- and middle-income countries now are already off-patent, the new and better drugs that are still needed would be subject to patent protection.

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How Can Africa Compete With China?

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Corruption, Nollywood, Intellectual Property, Africa, Trade, International Development, Free Trade, Food, Manufacturing, China, Development, Africa-China-Relations, Africa Trade, World News
Marcelo Giugale

Africans have lots of opportunities to trade that they have not yet exploited -- opportunities that are outside of China's reach. The first of this "low-hanging fruits" is food.

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Is Fifty Shades of Grey a New Frontier in Fan Fiction?

Alma Katsu | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Fifty Shades of Grey, Twilight, Intellectual Property, Book Publishing, Books News
Alma Katsu

With the recent sale of movie rights to the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, the debate over fan fiction has heated up.

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I Hope Yahoo Crushes Facebook in Its Patent Suit

Mark Cuban | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Patent Law, Yahoo Facebook Lawsuit, Facebook Lawsuit, Facebook Yahoo Patents, Yahoo Facebook Patents, Yahoo Patents, Facebook, Intellectual Property, Yahoo, Yahoo Sues Facebook, Technology News
Mark Cuban

When I read that Yahoo was suing Facebook my immediate reaction was disdain. As I thought more about it, I came to realize that this case could be the watershed moment that causes enough people to recognize just how horrific our patent law is.

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'Everything Is A Remix' Explains The Social Evolution Of Ideas

The Huffington Post | Amber Genuske | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Everything Is a Remix Part Four, Intellectual Property, Video, Everything Is a Remix, Kirby Ferguson Everything Is a Remix Part 4 Social Evolution, Social Evolution, Kirby Ferguson Social Evolution, Kirby Ferguson, Culture News

Buzzwords like intellectual property, patents, copyright laws and loss aversion are thrown around often when it comes to sampling and copying, well, a...

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Kitchen Sink Laundry Lists and Broken Clocks

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Corruption, Income Inequality, Rule of Law, Overheating, Democracy, Tibet, China Currency, China Human Rights, Uighurs, Land Grab, Intellectual Property, Trade Deficit, Unemployment, Inflation, Falun Gong, China Economy, China, Housing Bubble, World News
John Wagner Givens

Corruption perceptions indices suggest that China is not especially corrupt for its level of development and actually does better than many more developed countries, including Russia, Argentina, and Mexico.

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Are Property Rights and Human Rights in Competition?

Brad Reid | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Human Rights, Twitter, Copyright, Censorship, Health Care, Business News
Brad Reid

Twitter's recent announcement concerning compliance with national censorship requirements adds a popular dimension to the information access debate.

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SOPA's Dead, What Now?

Ivan J. Parron | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Media, Intellectual Property, Pipa, Entertainment Industry, Internet Censorship, Sopa, Entertainment News
Ivan J. Parron

There are potential alternatives to the draconian SOPA and PIPA, ones that protect intellectual property rights while also protecting the vitality of the Internet and the rights of its users.

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SOPA Protests: In Internet-DRIVEN Activism, It's the Customers and Users Who Matter

Colin Delany | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Google, Wikipedia, Congress, Online Advocacy, Copyright, Activism, Lobbying, Pipa, Intellectual Property, Lolcats, Sopa, Video, Politics News
Colin Delany

Here's an angle that just occurred to me about yesterday's widespread online protests against the "Stop Online Piracy Act": normally we talk about dig...

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Author Of SOPA Is A Copyright Violator

VICE | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Lamar Smith Copyright Violator, Stop Online Piracy Act, Intellectual Property, Lamar Smith, Lamar Smith Sopa, Internet Freedom, Online Piracy, Copyright Law, Sopa, Politics News

US Congressman and poor-toupee-color-chooser Lamar Smith is the guy who authored the Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA, as I'm sure you know, is the shady ...

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What You Need to Know About the Stop Online Piracy Act in 2012

Alexander Howard | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Internet Freedom, Sopa, Internet, Stop Online Privacy Act, Protect IP, Protect Ip Act, Intellectual Property, Congress and Sopa, Sopa Information 2012, Internet Censorship, Video, Politics News
Alexander Howard

Whether the broadcast networks choose to cover it or not will matter less next year than it would have even a decade ago. The Internet will drive awareness of these bills in 2012 in a way that simply wasn't possible before this moment in history.

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The Reciprocal Market Access Act and IP Protection -- Too Long Overdue!

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Senator Brown, Congressman Jones, Intellectual Property, Senator Hagan, Congresswoman Slaughter, Trade, China, Politics News
Leo Hindery, Jr.

Right now, three fundamental premises underpin America's overall global economic and trade policy. Each is deeply flawed, especially as it relates to our single most important trade relationship, which is that with China.

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Protecting Free Speech Online

Chris Dodd | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Jobs, Floyd Abrams, Hillary Clinton, Intellectual Property, First Amendment, Piracy, Entertainment News
Chris Dodd

Does freedom of speech require the freedom to steal? That's what some are arguing, comparing our efforts to protect American jobs from international criminal enterprises who profit from the theft of intellectual property online to the censorship policies of repressive regimes.

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SOPA and Protect IP: What Legal Nightmares Are Made of

Christina Gagnier | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Dns, Intellectual Property, Congress, Protect IP, Free Speech, Internet Censorship, Sopa, Technology News
Christina Gagnier

While it may seem "sexy" to address hot issues like online piracy (whether it's the money in politics talking or not), what the legal system will have to deal with in its aftermath is anything but.

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Secretary of State Clinton: Protecting Creative Content Can Coexist With Internet Freedom

Chris Dodd | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Television, Intellectual Property, Creative Community, Jobs, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Innovation, Film, Technology, Content Theft, Iipa, Entertainment News
Chris Dodd

We value and respect the Internet, and we ask that those who use the Internet respect our content and our workers.

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Joshua Hersh

Palestinian UNESCO Bid Sets Up Clash Between Hollywood And Israel Lobbies

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Palestine, Google, Palestine Unesco, Ip, Palestinian Statehood, Unesco, Israel Lobby, Microsoft, Mpaa, Intellectual Property Law, Video, Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organization, Chinese Piracy, Wipo, Dvd Piracy, Israel, Palestine Statehood, China, Unesco Palestine, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Pro-Israel interests on Capitol Hill may be about to run afoul of the nearly equally powerful lobbyists of Hollywood and Silicon Valley,...

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