Tears for Tiers: Wyden’s "Data Cap" Restrictions Would Hurt, not Help, Internet Users
As Democrats insist that income taxes on the 1% must go up in the name of fairness, one Democratic Senator wants to make sure that . . .
Tears for Tiers: Wyden’s "Data Cap" Restrictions Would Hurt, not Help, Internet Users
The “Common Law Property” Myth in the Libertarian Critique of IP Rights (Part 2)
In Part One, I addressed the argument by some libertarians that so-called “traditional property rights in land” are based in inductive, ground-up “common law court . . .
The Broken Reporting Causing the “Broken Patent System” Hokum
It’s almost impossible to read an article or blog posting today about patents that doesn’t complain that “the patent system is broken.” It’s especially prevalent . . .
The market realities that undermine the antitrust case against Google
As the Google antitrust discussion heats up on its way toward some culmination at the FTC, I thought it would be helpful to address some . . .
Section 5 of the FTC Act and monopolization cases: A brief primer
In the past two weeks, Members of Congress from both parties have penned scathing letters to the FTC warning of the consequences (both to consumers and the agency . . .
Dear DOJ: Take a Look at the Law Schools.
The U.S. Department of Justice sued eBay last week for agreeing not to poach employees from rival Intuit. According to the Department’s press release, “eBay’s agreement . . .
Forget remedies – FairSearch doesn’t even have a valid statement of harm in its Google antitrust criticism
After more than a year of complaining about Google and being met with responses from me (see also here, here, here, here, and here, among others) and many others that these complaints . . .
Teleforum on Software Patents on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 2pm
A nice way to take a break from Election Day stress about this fingernail-biting-close election is to listen to some panelists talk about something that . . .
Rethinking Intellectual Property Theory: A Review of Rob Merges’s Justifying Intellectual Property
My colleague, Eric Claeys, has posted to SSRN an interesting and important review of Robert Merges’s new book, Justifying Intellectual Property (Harvard University Press, 2012). . . .