Patents, Copyrights, and other Intellectual Property Rights issues

Emily Ratajkowski is selling an NFT at Christie’s, where Beeple made $69 million. Her artwork is a copyright nightmare that trolls Richard Prince, ... (2021)

I have contrarian ideas on intellectual property. I've come to think that the natural home of ideas is in the commons, that they should not be "own... (2022)

Federal court judge says allowing artificial intelligence systems, as well as humans, to be inventors is ‘consistent with promoting innovation’ (2021)

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an administrative review system that has helped Google Inc., Apple Inc. and other companies invalidate hundreds of is... (2018)

It’s a question the law can struggle to answer, particularly when it comes to fiction "THE SAME basic plotlines form the basis for thousands of ... (2018)

A graphic novel laying out a 2000 year long history of musical borrowing from Plato to rap. The comic, by James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins and the lat... (2018)

While most people are focused on net neutrality, surveillance, and tax reform, a few legislators are quietly mulling over a different problem: copy... (2017)

EFF has been writing about the upcoming European Digital Single Market directive on copyright for a long time now. But it's time to put away the ke... (2018)

The Trump administration blocked Broadcom’s acquisition of Qualcomm, and I think it was the right move. Understanding why means understanding Qualc... (2018)

Finding a good patent attorney or patent broker will take a bit of research and due diligence on your part. (2018)

Drones could tell when people are tired and lower a coffee on an "unspooling string", IBM suggests. (2018)

By joining the Open Invention Network, Microsoft is offering its entire patent portfolio -- with the legacy exception of its Windows and desktop ap... (2018)

It’s hard to overstate just how important record album art was to music in the days before people downloaded everything. Visuals were a key part of... (2018)

Print-on-demand companies allow anyone to upload designs for T-shirts, mugs, and other items. But many images violate intellectual property rights.... (2020)

We started Smartcar a few years ago with a powerful mission: making it possible for developers to easily build apps for cars. We created a standard... (2019)

Music mogul Merck Mercuriadis is spending $1 billion to buy the rights to the most popular pop songs, from Taylor Swift and Timbaland to Bruno Mars. (2020)