November ← 2011 ← Innovation Law Blog

The End of the Internet?

Nov

2011

Tension between the interests of copyright holders and the accessibility and openness of the Internet is not a new phenomenon – Napster anyone? However, a potentially game-changing new development in online intellectual property and copyright law is currently making its way through the United Stages legislature. The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, was introduced ...

Who Gets Burned When the Dragon Stirs? – Ramifications of Stricter Patent Protection in China

alexkitz

Nov

2011

Jameson Berkow in The National Post recently voiced a concern not unfamiliar to those who have seen the cover of any Economist magazine in the past eight years – the dangers of China’s evolving economy, in particular their approach to patent protection. The article argues that, “China … has intentionally maintained a lax intellectual property ...

Apple Manages to Frustrates Developers…Again!

Sarit Pandya

Nov

2011

Apple has launched a new requirement, which will require sandboxing of all Mac App Store applications, starting next March. This move again will frustrate developers, although Apple claims its main motivation for such a move is to provide safety. Apple has had a unique relationship with many app developers in the past, providing a superb ...

Microsoft Defends Patent-Licensing Strategy

Henry Ren

Nov

2011

Amidst the flurry of patent cases among the lot of mobile technology companies, it is difficult to keep track of who is bringing whom to court. In light of the sheer number of cases and their ever growing international scope, even the use of flow charts cannot fully rescue our collectively boggled minds from the ...