Ideas

Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker piece about the distinction between the ethics of plagiarism and sources of creativity — issues of… Read More »Thoughts on “Plagiarism”

In a bit of news that’s depressing to me personally, my former law firm, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, is… Read More »M&A by Law Firms

Once in a while, and perhaps more often than academics sometimes concede, the court gets it right. Take Compaq Computer… Read More »Just Right

Sometimes, though, a little copyright goes a long way. Take Grosso v. Miramax (pdf link to the court’s opinion), where… Read More »Too Little Copyright

The conventional “copyfight” wisdom is that excessive emphasis on copyright’s property-like character can lead to quashing, instead of promoting, innovation… Read More »Too Much Copyright