Author: David Bonilla, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Networking remains the name of the hiring-game. As the summer rapidly approaches and IP-minded Cardozo students continue their attempts to secure IP-related summer employment, Cardozo’s Intellectual Property Law…
Author: Gill Benedek, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law We live in tumultuous times. Or so Professor David Nimmer, a prolific copyright law scholar, proposed during the Annual Burns Senior Lecture in Intellectual Property on January 17th 2013, at…
Author: Sam Castree, III, J.D Candidate, Class of 2013, Chicago-Kent College of Law Online media distribution has become big business in recent years. For example, Apple sold 10 billion songs on its iTunes platform between April 2003 and February 2010, an average of…
Author: Elsa Mitsoglou, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Dr. Elena Cooper has been the Orton Fellow in Intellectual Property Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge since 2009. She is also a researcher at the Faculty of Law…
Author: Adam Hirst, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law The Cardozo Intellectual Property Society hosted Mr. Bernard Knight, the current General Counsel of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for a discussion of his role as the chief attorney…
Author: Marc Pellegrino, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law The line is increasingly blurred between what content is or is not endorsed by a particular entity online. Social marketing outlets like Facebook and Twitter allow bloggers,…
Author: Al Roundtree, J.D Candidate, Class of 2013, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law “What a prosperous looking bunch of lawyers,” was keynote speaker Scott Borchetta’s opening remark to the assembled group of entertainment lawyers, music industry professionals, and law students…
Author: Russell Hasan, Esq., Member of the Bar of the State of New York, J.D. UConn Law 2011 Some academics have raised concerns that copyright law might be in conflict with First Amendment free speech law. Some scholars fear that…
Author: Ryan Brewer, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law The Cardozo IP & Information Law Program kicked off its fall 2012 IP Speaker Series with a presentation by Professor Peter Swire. Professor Swire teaches at…
Author: Paul G. Anderson, Associate, Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP Copyright, compared to other forms of intellectual property, is acutely and uniquely attuned to the film and television industry. Somewhat distinctive of these industries are the numerous, low–threshold…
Author: Paul G. Anderson, Associate, Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP An action for declaratory judgment provides a party with the unique opportunity to obtain a preventative, binding ruling on “a case of actual controversy.” Crucially, if a declaratory…
Author: Melissa Rachel Heller, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Tennis Channel and Comcast have been engaged in a bitter dispute over the provider’s refusal to carry Tennis Channel since July 2010. Tennis Channel claimed…
