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Tag Archives: Intellectual Property
Software IP and Games – which model applies?
At the moment, video games, because they are software, are covered by copyright. But traditionally, games were covered by patent. Hmm. I’ve argued before that software should be sui generis, governed by a hybrid model of patent and copyright: The … Continue reading
Alternatives to C-61, part II
Here’s the rest of that post: GOALS The goal of any legislation is to balance concerns of interested but competing parties, and to approach this balance, as much as possible, with a public interest bias. The concerns were these:
The “Deliverance” of C-61 Begins
Costin’s Analysis of C-61 begins: This bill is not a brave surge forward into the 21st century for Canada, embracing the Information Age and showing the world that we lead in promoting innovation and civil liberties, that we have the wisdom to strike balance where others are stricken with fear, and that we anticipate rather than kowtow.
This bill is instead sycophantic obsequiousness to groups that should be politically and legally notwithstood according to any definition of Canadian sovereignty or democracy. Continue reading
Selling your Everything II: More on non-competition clauses, IP assignments/waivers, and employment contracts
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post on the subject of over-reaching employment contracts. Click here for it. Anyway, I promised that I would have the next part up within days and well, it’s been kind of crazy. … Continue reading
Selling your everything: Non-comp clauses, IP, and employment contracts
I would like to write, today, about a murky subject I’ve been thinking about for a few weeks. The various forms the germ of this post has assumed over those weeks all stem from a particular type of clause – … Continue reading
Ford gets confused and shoots itself in the foot
So Ford Motor Company is a little bit confused. They are claiming some form of intellectual property in photographs of specific Ford Mustangs. Not in the abstract image of the iconic car, but in the photographs taken by enthusiastic owners … Continue reading
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Tagged black mustang club, copyright, ford, ford motor company, Intellectual Property, licensing, mustang, trademark
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The Hacker Crackdown – a podcast
Cory Doctorow has read aloud Bruce Sterling‘s book, The Hacker Crackdown. He has created a podcast of the whole thing. Follow the link below: Cory Doctorow’s announcement on Boing Boing of the podcast of The Hacker Crackdown. For those of … Continue reading
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