Internet Law - Copyright Law

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided on 29 January 2008 in the
case of Productores de Música de España Promusicae vs. Telefónica de España
considering that the European law "does not require member states to lay
down an obligation to disclose personal data in the context of civil
proceedings". However, the decision allows the national courts to do that
if the national interpretation requires so: "As to those directives, their
provisions are relatively general, since they have to be applied to a large
number of different situations which may arise in any of the Member States."

Further information here:
http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number6.2/ecj-traffic-copyright 

The decision: http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/2008/C27506.html

See also: http://copyrightlaw.blog.com/2007/8/ (Aug. 6, 2007)

Take it Back! 100 Tips to Defeat Content Thieves
by Jessica Hupp

The Top 80 Charities for Open Source and Open Access Advocates
by Amy S Quinn (thank you Amy!)

February 18, Monday

  09:00  Welcome and Orientation (Coffee and Pastries)

  10:00  Exhaustion Doctrines in EU and US (Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Prof. Toshiko Takenaka)

• "Extraterritoriality and Exhaustion – The European/German Viewpoint" (Prof. Dr. Goddar), presentation in PowerPoint and as a Web page

• "Advanced Patent Law – Introduction" (Prof. Takenaka), presentation slides in PowerPoint and as a Web page

• LG Electronics, Inc. v. Bizcom Electronics, Inc., 453 F.3d 1364, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 16916, 79 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1443 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

• LG Electronics., Inc. v. Asustek Computer, Inc., 65 U.S.P.Q.2d 1589 (N.D. Cal. 2002) (required reading)

• Mark Janis, A Tale of the Apocryphal Axe: Repair, Reconstruction, and the Implied License in Intellectual Property Law, 58 Md. L. Rev. 423 (1999)

• Niels Hölder, Contributory Patent Infringement and Exhaustion in Case of Replacement Parts – Comment on a Recent Supreme Court Decision in Germany, 36 Int'l Rev. Intell. Prop. & Competition L. 889 (2005)

  11:30  Break

  11:40  License Essentials in EU and US and Introduction

             of Hypothetical Case Law for Discussion and Mock Trial (Agostino Clemente; Stephen Faciszewski)

  12:40  IP and Freedom of Expression (Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich)

  13:30  Lunch Break

  14:30  IP Licensing and Contractual Issues (Agostino Clemente; Francesca Maschio; Stephen Faciszewski; Dan Laster )                                                    

             Student discussions to prepare for negotiation

  17:30  End of Class

February 19, Tuesday      

  09:00  Brand Protection under Community Law (Stefano Sandri)

  10:00  The Chain of Rights in Audio-Visual Production (Agostino Clemente; Amy Louise Hamilton)

  11:30  Break

  11:40  IP Licensing and Competition Law in EU and US (Rita Coco; Stephen Faciszewski)

  13:30  Lunch Break

  14:30  Negotiation Exercise and Evaluation

  17:30  End of Class

February 20, Wednesday

  09:00  Patent Protection of Software in EU and US (Doug Stewart; Matthias Bosch)

  10:30  Break

  10:40  Copyright Protection of Software in EU and US (Dan Laster; Giovanni Maria Riccio)

  13:40  End of Class

             All Afternoon- Free Time

February 

21, Thursday

  09:00  IP Rights in the Persona? Bio-Patents, Right of Publicity, Data Property and Other Contested Issues (Prof. Giorgio Resta)

  10:00  Product Design and Trade Dress Protection in EU and US (Francesca Maschio; Signe Brunstad)

  11:30  Break

  11:40  Litigation Procedure in Italy, Germany and US (Jochen Pagenberg; Paul Meiklejohn; Mario Franzosi)

  13:30  Lunch Break

  14:30  Student Discussion to Prepare for Mock Trial (Domenico Di Pietro; Paul Meiklejohn; Doug Stewart; Jochen Pagenberg; Mario Franzosi) 

  18:00  End of Class

February 

22, Friday

  09:00  Scope of Patent Protection in US, Germany and Italy (Judge Randall R. Rader; Dr. Gabriella Muscolo; Dr. Klaus Grabinski)

  10:40  Infringement Remedies in Italy, Germany and US (Jochen Pagenberg; Mario Franzosi; Paul Meiklejohn)

  12:10  Lunch Break

  14:00  Mock Trial and Evaluation (Judge Randall R. Rader; Dr. Gabriella Muscolo; Dr. Klaus Grabinski) (open to the public)

  18:00  End of Program

  20:00  Graduation Dinner

New Directions in Copyright Law and Economics

Giovanni B. Ramello and Francesco Silva

Evaluating the Demsetzian Trend in Copyright Law

Brett M. Frischmann

What Can the Economics of Intellectual Property Learn from the Economics of Insurance?

Richard Watt

Theory of Deterrence and Individual Behavior. Can Lawsuits Control File Sharing on the Internet?

Ville Oksanen and Mikko Välimäki

Copyright Doctrines, Abstraction and Court Error

Dennis W.K. Khong

The Singer or the Song? Developments in Performers' Rights from the Perspective of a Cultural Economist

Ruth Towse

Property, Liability and Market Power: The Antitrust Side of Copyright

Antonio Nicita and Giovanni B. Ramello

Copyright Infringement, Product Quality and Producer's Profit

Dyuti Banerjee and Vivekananda Mukherjee

Last fall, Sweden’s government-appointed copyright analyst Cecilia Renfors released a report proposing to close down file sharers’ Internet connections, banning them from the online world. The responsibility to execute the ban is put on the Internet Service Providers. Internet Service Provides who refuse to cut their subscribers’ connections would be fined.

When the Swedish government sent the Renfors proposal out to agencies and organizations for consideration the criticism was harsh. The Swedish Courts of Appeal questions whether banning citizens from the Internet would indeed reduce online file sharing. Despite several other countries having already taken similar action, none have had good results to show for it.

Read more here:
http://sigfrid.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/decriminalize-file-sharing/