It isn’t often that a government entity implements a low-cost and user-friendly solution to real-world problems. However, that is exactly what the U.S. Copyright Office just did. Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act), directing the Copyright Office to establish the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). We supported [...]
In general, mobile device users in the United States download their apps through app stores that come preinstalled on their devices’ operating systems. For most Americans, that means they are shopping on the Apple App Store on iOS, or the Google Play store on Android. Operating systems and app stores [...]
We realize it’s way more fun to talk and write about all the cool stuff happening in the mobile app economy than to look at piracy problems facing the industry. Unfortunately, app piracy is still a thing—and it’s probably growing—which means Congress is looking to do something about it. The [...]
Every year on April 26 we observe World Intellectual Property Day, which is a time for intellectual property owners to reflect on the value of patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets to the continued success and innovation in the entertainment, technology, and services sectors. This year, however, most of the [...]
Last week, the U.S. Copyright Office held the final hearings to decide whether there should be exemptions from the no-circumvention or no-hacking to access digital copyrighted works rule in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The Copyright Office does this every three years, and each time there is a predictable [...]
By Debbie Rose|2016-12-21T00:14:20-05:00June 1st, 2015|Blog|
