Type: Research Paper Year: 2003 Clinic Director Deirdre Mulligan put forth an article entitled “Enforcing Privacy Rights Symposium 2002: Introduction,” which was published in the Hastings Law Journal. The article discusses the 2002 Enforcing Privacy Rights Symposium, which discussed privacy concerns in the post-9/11 world. After the 2001 terrorist attacks, privacy concerns were shifted to […]
Enforcing Privacy Rights Symposium 2002
ACM Digital Rights Management Workshop
Type: Research Paper Year: 2002 The Clinic presented its work on the public interest in digital rights management standards, Implementing Copyright Limitations in Rights Expression Languages, to a leading technical conference, ACM’s 2002 Digital Rights Management Workshop. Click to download pdf
Oasis Rights Language Technical Committee
Type: Clinical Project, Research Paper Year: 2002 The Clinic called for the Oasis Rights Language Technical Committee to respect the limits on copyright protection in its development of a rights expression language. The document, “Supporting limits on copyright exclusivity in a rights expression language standard,” was submitted by the Clinic and the Electronic Privacy Information […]
Neglecting the National Memory: How Copyright Extensions Compromise the Development of Digital Archives
Type: Research Paper Year: 2002 Clinic Director Deirdre Mulligan co-authored a law review article with Jason Schultz entitled “Neglecting the National Memory: How Copyright Extensions Compromise the Development of Digital Archives.” The article discusses Eldred v. Ashcroft, an important copyright case which challenged the Copyright Term Extension Act. Copyright term extensions have not allowed digital […]
Oasis Rights Language Technical Committee
Type: Clinical Project, Research Paper Year: 2002 The Clinic called for the Oasis Rights Language Technical Committee to respect the limits on copyright protection in its development of a rights expression language. The document, “Supporting limits on copyright exclusivity in a rights expression language standard,” was submitted by the Clinic and the Electronic Privacy Information […]
Clinic files Amicus Brief in Bilski case on behalf of consumer groups; asks court to protect consumers and set serious limits on what patents can cover
Type: Brief Year: 2008 The Samuelson Clinic filed an amicus brief today asking a federal court to set serious limits on patents that threaten human thought, consumer welfare, and access to information. The brief was filed in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals case of In re Bilski on behalf of three consumer groups, […]
Memorandum Addressing the Need for a Treatment Agenda
Type: Report Year: 2002 Clinic intern Nicole Ozer contributed to a memo which employed a human rights model as a tool for policy development. The memo also provided practical advice on importing and distributing affordable ARVs in compliance with international intellectual property agreements such as the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) to advocate that […]
Neglecting the National Memory: How Copyright Extensions Compromise the Development of Digital Archives
Type: Research Paper Year: 2002 Clinic Director Deirdre Mulligan co-authored a law review article with Jason Schultz entitled “Neglecting the National Memory: How Copyright Extensions Compromise the Development of Digital Archives.†The article discusses Eldred v. Ashcroft, an important copyright case which challenged the Copyright Term Extension Act. Copyright term extensions have not allowed digital […]
Yahoo! v. LICRA Amicus Brief
Type: Brief Year: 2001 Students assisted a client — and a broader group of public interest clients-in crafting an amicus curiae brief in the widely reported Yahoo! case. Yahoo! sought to enjoin the enforcement of a French court’s order requiring them to prevent French citizens from gaining access to Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo!’s US based […]
Report of the Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices
Type: Report Year: 2003 Clinic Director Deirdre Mulligan served as vice-chair in the Bipartisan California Commission, which put forth “Report of the Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices” in 2003. The report makes recommendations regarding online “express advocacy,” Web site costs, and treatment of “fan sites,” in addition to discussing whether current regulatory laws […]