Sep 28, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
Eric Goldman blogged about a case where a person purchased a copyright to an unflattering photograph of himself with the intention of using copyright law to make the photograph disappear from the internet. Eric writes “Due to the decisive appellate ruling and...
Sep 22, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
There is a common misconception that an inventor or author can protect their intellectual property by mailing a copy of it to themselves. These are sometimes called a “Poor Man’s Patent” or “Poor Man’s Copyright”. I will address...
Sep 22, 2015 | Business Litigation, Collection & Creditor Rights, Commercial Litigation, Construction
Read the article here. In order to streamline the bidding process and avoid problematic bidding rules in the Public Contracts Code, the California Legislature created an exception in the Education Code that allows school districts to get creative, and instead of...