"How do I get a copyright?" is a question I hear a lot from authors and artists. The answer is simple: you get it automatically, when you...

Those of you following developments in software patents already know that the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling in...

According to The Wall Street Journal, ESPN and Univision have been sending take-down notices for short clips or compilations of World...

I recently talked to a couple of inventors who were ready to file a patent application, and in both cases I thought it was too early...

The Fifth Amendment protects an individual's right against self-incrimination. Whether or not forcing someone to decrypt a hard drive...

For this blog's inaugural post, let's talk about today's Supreme Court decision in Riley v. Calfornia. At issue there was whether...