Starting in August, Rick will be the Vice-Chair of the ABA’s “Trademark and the Internet” committee, which is part of the Intellectual Property Law Section. We’re not sure what this is a promotion from exactly—probably something like...
Rick has officially been appointed to teach Copyright Law at Vanderbilt University Law School this fall. It’s not a permanent position; Rick’s just filling in until the school can find a permanent replacement. Still, as many of you know, Rick used to teach...
Aaron Sanders PLLC turns one today. Our young firm has come so far since June 20, 2011 – past walking and crawling, into driving and flying and taking the MegaBus, and trying cases and closing deals and settling matters and generally helping our clients...
But Not for the Reason You Think In the first part of this series, I asked whether pornographers are ruining it for everyone. Not all of the BitTorrent plaintiffs are pornographers, of course, but most estimates I’ve seen show that more of them are. A concern that a...
Unappreciated Joinder Is Playing a Decisive Role in BitTorrent Cases Last time, I said that the real action in these BitTorrent cases (including the one we’re discussing, In Re BitTorrent Adult Film) is “joinder,” where multiple parties are placed on the same...
Dissecting a Remarkable Ruling * The blog title is a reference to this Order of the Stick comic. (It’s safe for work, so long as you don’t read it out loud.) Last time we surveyed the forces that lead to this recent extraordinary magistrate’s opinion. It...
