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Print Your Own Guns and More! – Legal Aspects of 3-D Printers
When shopping online, I often think how convenient it would be if I could get my purchases instantly, rather than having to wait for days while the items are shipped. This is the unmistakably a trade...
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Tesla Motors Will Release Its Patents – Should Other Companies Do the Same?
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Product Officer of electric car producer Tesla Motors, recently announced that Tesla will release its patented technology to the public. Accompanying the...
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Monkey Selfie Costs Photographer a Small Fortune
Monkey selfies are all fun and games until a photographer loses his paycheck for the year. In 2011, David Slater spent over 7,000 pounds (or $11,763) to travel to Indonesia to take pictures of crested...
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Artists vs. Online Retailers: The reality of online copyright infringement
The term “sharing” has become a normal part of our 21st century lives, allowing us to engage with people around the world. By sharing, small time artists can promote their works on deviantART,...
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EU Seeks to Extend “Right to Be Forgotten”
It’s rare for legal decisions in European Courts to affect Americans. However, the fight over the “right to be forgotten” could be the exception. Last year, EU courts created a “right to be forgotten,”...
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Forever 21 Was Caught Pirating Software from Adobe
Everyone knows that stealing is wrong. If you walk out of a store without paying for merchandise, you shouldn’t be surprised when an alarm sounds. Forever 21, a retail-clothing store, would agree with...
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Fan Made Power Rangers Film Shows the Limit of Copyright Law
Anybody remember the Power Rangers? Power Rangers was one of the biggest children’s shows during the 1990s. The popular franchise was about a group of teens who protected the earth from alien...
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A Murder Victim’s Facebook is Off-Limits Before Trial
In the age of technology, social media has become the new frontier for evidence gathering in criminal cases. Especially amongst the younger population, the majority of communication is not simply...
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Court Rules that Batmobile is DC Comics’ Copyrighted Character
The 9th Circuit has ruled that the Batmobile is entitled to copyright protection. The defendant in the case, Mark Towle, produced replicas of the Batmobile through his business, Gotham Garage. Mr....
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National Cannabis Bar Association Supports a Growing Number of Marijuana Lawyers
Marijuana is now legal under state law in Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Washington D.C., and, most recently, Oregon. It is also legal for medical use in 23 other states. Businesses that enter the...
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The Price For Privacy
Privacy has been a growing concern for everyone online. A recent Pew Research study found that 93% of the adults they surveyed said that being in control of who can get information about them is...
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Managing Your Digital Life After Your Death
A majority of American adults don’t have a simple will. Perhaps you think it’s not necessary, too complicated, too time consuming, or too expensive. Or, you mistakenly believe that your spouse and/or...
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140-Character Copyright: Are Tweets Subject to Copyright Protection?
Approximately 6,000 tweets are tweeted to Twitter every second. If you thought that sentence was confusing, that’s nothing compared to hashing out whether these tweets are protected by copyright law....
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This Evidence Will Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds
Self-destructing messages were once the realm of James Bond, Mission Impossible and Inspector Gadget. However, ephemeral messaging is now extremely common. Phone apps such as Snapchat, Cyber Dust,...
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3D Printing Pharmaceuticals: The Changing Legal Landscape
3D printing, perhaps more than any other invention since the internet,has the potential to completely change the face of business. It could change how things are made and how they are bought. 3D...
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Net Neutrality Is Society’s Net Gain
Just last week, the Federal Appeals Court voted 2-1 to uphold the FCC’s strict new net neutrality rules in the face of a challenge from several internet service providers (ISPs) unhappy with the...
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Pokѐmon Go Privacy Problems: The Legalities of Mobile App Data Collection
Pokémon Go is the most popular mobile game in U.S. history. In the 24 hours after its release last week, it surpassed the daily active users numbers of every other mobile game that has ever...
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Pokémon Go and the Dangers That Come With It
It looks like Pokémon is back at it again. Pokémon Go, the latest product in the Pokémon franchise, has caught on like wildfire. This new app, developed by Niantic, brings a fresh perspective to...
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Plagiarism-Who Owns the Rights to Written Material
The 2016 primary presidential campaign is over. In the midst of this, a controversy has arisen in the Republican National Convention speech given by Melania Trump, wife of Republican nominee Donald...
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Pokémon Go Away: Property Owners Suing Pokémon GO
The phenomenon that is Pokémon GO has swept the nation and the world. However, as this blog has addressed in the past, the way the game works has the potential to draw many different kinds of legal...
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