Textbooks For An “Intellectual Property For Engineers” Course
I have been exploring teaching a one unit course in the undergraduate Engineering School called something like “IP for Engineers.” As part of researching this course, I flagged several books for closer review. Here are some mini-reviews of the books…
EFF Pub Trivia Night Recap
Last Thursday, I participated in the 7th Annual EFF Pub Trivia Night at Bluxome Street Winery in SOMA. My photo album. The EFF’s Kurt Opsahl was our Master of Ceremonies (in a smoking jacket, no less) and main question-writer. Several…
IP Expert Brian Love to Become Co-Director of SCU Law’s High Tech Law Institute (Cross-Post)
[Apologies for cross-posting this press release, but it’s topical.] SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 19, 2014 — Santa Clara University School of Law Assistant Professor Brian Love has been named co-director of the university’s highly regarded High Tech Law Institute. Love joined the…
My Wife Has Lung Cancer. Read Her Story
[Introductory note: I don’t normally cross-post from my personal blog, but this post is so important to me that I wanted to share it here as well.] Nothing in life prepared me for the moment when the doctor told me…
How Well Do You Know IP Trivia? Let’s Find Out
Last week, the High Tech Law Institute hosted WIPIP, a conference where IP professors and fellows present their academic works-in-progress for peer feedback. As part of the festivities, we had an IP trivia night–which I believe is the first IP…
Check Out the New Blog Design!
By Eric Goldman Over the weekend, we converted the blog from Movable Type to WordPress. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new page layout, I encourage you to do so. You can see the difference by…
Some Exciting Changes to the Blog–PLEASE READ
I don’t often make purely administrative posts, so let me start by thanking you for reading the blog. Whether you’re a long-time reader or a relative newcomer, it means a lot to me that you’re willing to share a portion…
CFP: Fourth Internet Law Work-in-Progress Symposium, NYC, March 8, 2014
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************** Fourth Internet Law Work-in-Progress Symposium March 8, 2014, New York Law School ******************************************************** The Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School and the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University…
Call for Papers: WIPIP, Santa Clara University, Feb. 7-8, 2014
By Eric Goldman The High Tech Law Institute invites you submit a paper proposal for the Eleventh Annual Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium (WIPIP), to be held February 7-8, 2014, at Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California. The…
Another Federal Court Rejects Service of Process via Facebook – Joe Hand Promotions v. Shepard
[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] Joe Hand Promotions v. Shepard, 4:12cv1728 SNLJ (E.D. Miss. Aug. 12, 2013) Earlier this month, I blogged about a federal court’s rejection of service of process via Facebook. (See “Federal Court Doesn’t ‘Like” Service of Process…