I mentioned earlier about the $4 Million default judgment entered against the PornVisit.com site for the unauthorized streaming of some porn movies. That’s real money. Well, it happened again. This time, Corbin Fisher and Titan Media secured a summary judgment victory against GLBT Ltd. for copyright infringement. For those of you who are unfamiliar with… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Oracle Forced To Drop Software Patents To Pursue Software Copyrights
Posted in Interesting Cases, Oracle v. Google, Software ProtectionRecall that Oracle sued Google for both copyright infringement and patent infringement based, allegedly, on Google’s use of the JAVA technology in the Android phone operating system. At the time that suit was filed, I’m certain the thinking was that those Oracle software patents would be the strongest part of the case. That’s what everyone… Continue Reading
Copyright Versus Patent: Let’s Get It On!
Posted in Fair Use, Infringement Defenses, Interesting Cases, Software ProtectionIf you follow my blog at all, you know that I often comment on the emerging use of copyright law over patent law to protect software. In fact, I will tell anyone who’ll listen that I think software copyrights should be the preferred mechanism for protecting your software over patents. But even I could not… Continue Reading
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