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IRS Has More Powers Than Ever Before, Monitors Facebook, EBay (5/13/2013)
Newsmax.com
White House Picks Berkeley Law Grad as First Chief Privacy Officer (5/7/2013)
By Declan McCullagh, CNET
What is the Price of Free Content? Chris Hoofnagle Studies the Consumer Implications (4/30/2013)
By TAP Staff Blogger, TAP
Industry List Of Potential US GIs Released Ahead Of WIPO Meeting (4/27/2013)
By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch
Professor Pamela Samuelson inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences (4/25/2013)
By Seif Abdelghaffar, The Daily Californian
ALI to Commence Restatement Project (4/13/2013)
The Bureau of National Affairs
Whose MP3s Are They, Anyway? (4/11/2013)
By Caitlin Kenney, NPR
The modern privacy function: balancing strategy with the operational (4/8/2013)
By Deirdre Mulligan & Kenneth Bamberger, Privacy Perspectives
IRS High-Tech Tools Track Your Digital Footprints (4/5/2013)
By Richard Satran, U.S. News & World Report
Fear and Loathing with the Digital Wallet (4/3/2013)
By Chris Metinko, MainStreet
Report of the BCLT Privacy conference in Palo Alto (4/2/2013)
A Setback for Resellers of Digital Products (4/1/2013)
By Ben Sisario, The New York Times
Health Privacy, Data Breaches in Sights Of California AG, Technology Assistant Says (3/25/2013)
By Joyce E. Cutler, Privacy & Security Law Report
Trade Agreements Offer Opportunity To Promote Privacy, Speakers Say (3/25/2013)
By Joyce E. Cutler, Privacy & Security Law Report
Is It Legal To Sell Your Old MP3s? (3/20/2013)
By Caitlin Kenney, NPR
bMail: Berkeley’s B-minus idea (3/19/2013)
By Chris Jay Hoofnagle
Mobile wallet technology raises privacy, security concerns (3/18/2013)
By Lindsay Wise, The Sacramento Bee
Court To Sentence AT&T Hacker Andrew Auernheimer (3/18/2013)
By Martin Kaste, NPR
How the America Invents Act Will Change Patenting Forever (3/15/2013)
By Nathan Hurst, Wired.com
BCLT Ranked #1 IP Law Program by U.S. News & World Report (3/13/2013)
U.S. News & World Report
Cal's Berkeley Law tops Stanford Law for most-wanted IP law grads (3/13/2013)
By Lemery Reyes, Silicon Valley Business Journal
Operationalizing privacy: how empowered is your privacy office? (2/27/2013)
By Deirdre Mulligan, Privacy Perspectives
Nuclear deterrence for patents: let's create a network of defensive patents (2/21/2013)
By Jennifer Urban, Wired.com
Proponents of cellphone unlocking ask the White House for help (2/18/2013)
By Jon Healy, LA Times
ost Book Club: Justifying IP -- Putting the Horse Before Descartes (1/30/2013)
By Rob Merges, PrawfsBlawg
Google Explains How It Handles Police Requests For Users' Data (1/28/2013)
By Martin Kaste, NPR
Aaron Swartz: Opening Access to Knowledge (1/25/2013)
By Pamela Samuelson, SFGate
Instagram Says Users' Photos Won't Appear in Ads (12/18/2012)
By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
New Council for Identity Protection to Examine Online Identity Issues (12/14/2012)
Digital ID News
US Majority Says ‘Do Not Mail’ (12/14/2012)
By Susan Gluss, Futurity
How can I protect my privacy online? (12/13/2012)
By Jack Schofield, The Guardian
Why the Supreme Court Should Grant Certiorari in Retractable Technologies (12/5/2012)
By Peter Menell and Jonas Anderson, Patently-O
That Junk Mail We Hate? The USPS Literally Can't Get Enough (12/4/2012)
By Brian O'Connell, The Street
Hacker Locates John McAfee Through Smartphone Tracks (12/4/2012)
The Washington Post
Your Online Attention, Bought in an Instant (11/17/2012)
By Natasha Singer, The New York Times
More Companies Are Tracking Online Data, Study Finds (11/12/2012)
By Natasha Singer, The New York Times
Microsoft, Motorola Set to Square Off in Court Over Patent Payments (11/10/2012)
By Janet I. Tu, The Seattle Times
Report: Advertisers Undermining Do Not Track Plans (10/9/2012)
By Stewart Mitchell, PC Pro
Study Finds Broad Wariness Over Online Tracking (10/8/2012)
By Somini Sengupta, The New York Times
Study: Americans Don't Know What Ad Tracking Is, But They Sure Don't Like It (10/8/2012)
By Jeff Bercovici, Forbes
The Patent, Used as a Sword (10/7/2012)
By Charles Duhigg and Steve Lohr, The New York Times
Cell Phone Location Data Raises Protection/Privacy Issues (10/1/2012)
By Eve Troeh, Marketplace Tech
Facebook Can ID Faces, but Using Them Grows Tricky (9/21/2012)
By Somini Sengupta and Kevin O'Brien, The New York Times
Google's Digital Library Plan Hits Another Snag (9/18/2012)
By Laura Sydell, NPR
Will Apple Attack Google Directly in Anti-Android Campaign? (9/4/2012)
By Lisa Shuchman, Corporate Counsel
Online Tracking and Consumer “Choice” (8/30/2012)
By Jay Stanley, Free Future
Apple-Samsung Verdict May Hurt Consumers (8/27/2012)
By James Temple, San Francisco Chronicle
Apple vs Samsung: How Verdict Can Alter the Dynamics of Smartphone Industry (8/27/2012)
By Brian X. Chen, The Times of India
Samsung Case Puts Apple Closer to Google Fight (8/27/2012)
By Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times
Could a 'Defensive Patent License' Fix the U.S. Patent System? (8/27/2012)
By Meghin Delaney, Corporate Counsel
Consumers Likely to Feel Impact of Apple Defeat of Samsung (8/26/2012)
By Scott Martin, USA Today
A Verdict That Alters an Industry (8/24/2012)
By Brian X. Chen, The New York Times
Jury Awards $1 Billion to Apple in Samsung Patent Case (8/24/2012)
By Nick Wingfield, New York Times
Apple Gets More than $1 Billion in Suit (8/24/2012)
SFGate
Apple Beats Samsung: First Reactions (8/24/2012)
By Brian X. Chen, The New York Times
Behavioural Tracking: You’re Being Stalked Across the Web (8/7/2012)
By Chris Sorenson, Macleans
Surveillance Tools at Issue in Lawsuit (7/15/2012)
By Chad Bray, The Wall Street Journal
How Google Products Go from Creepy to Cool (7/13/2012)
By Elinor Mills, CNET News
Consumers Say No to Mobile Ad Tactics (7/13/2012)
By Stewart Mitchell
Study Shows Americans Expect Mobile Phone Data Privacy (7/12/2012)
By Dieter Bohn, The Verge
Mobile Phone Users Sorely Mistaken About How Much Privacy They Have (7/12/2012)
By Casey Johnston, Ars Technica
Reforming Copyright Is Possible (7/9/2012)
By Pamela Samuelson, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Researchers Find Web Tracking Up, Privacy Down (7/5/2012)
By Ed Bott, ZDNet
Berkeley Law's First Web Privacy Census Is Out and It's Troubling (6/27/2012)
By Violet Blue, cnet.com
UC Berkeley Web Census Shows That Internet Users Are Constantly Tracked (6/26/2012)
By Sohan Shah, The Daily Californian
Web Privacy Census Shows Tracking Pervasive (6/26/2012)
by James Temple, San Francisco Chronicle
Expert: More Transparency Needed To See True Scope of Identity Theft (6/23/2012)
By Lee Rood, The Des Moines Register
Should We Fear Children Accessing Facebook? (6/21/2012)
By Jason Schultz, DMLcentral
Berkeley Law Professors Propose 'Tactical Disarmament' Agreement for Patent Suits (6/13/2012)
The Verge
Few Privacy Regulations Inhibit Facebook (6/13/2012)
Technology Review
"Defensive Patent License" Created to Protect Innovators from Trolls (6/12/2012)
By Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Patent Granted to Encourage Purchase of Digital Textbooks (6/11/2012)
By Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica
Facebook May Let Kids Under 13 Join With Parent's Help (6/5/2012)
By Roger Yu, USA TODAY
Web Privacy Measurement: Genesis of a Community (6/4/2012)
33 Bits of Entropy
White House Summit on Botnet Combat Held (5/31/2012)
Marketplace.org
How Does Fair Use Fit Into The Critique Of Copyright? (5/18/2012)
Techdirt
Email, Companies and Social Norms (5/7/2012)
ACLU
Dispatch investigation | Credit scars (5/6/2012)
The Columbus Dispatch
More CORI Reforms Go Into Effect In Mass (5/4/2012)
wbur.org
Revived Google Books case chugs onwards (5/3/2012)
paidContent
U.S. expert Samuelson: "ACTA should concern us all" (5/3/2012)
derStandard.at
A Dirty Debut (5/3/2012)
By Emily Yoffe, Slate
Adapt laws to allay mobile payments privacy fears - Berkeley researchers (5/3/2012)
Finextra
A Universal Digital Library is Within Reach (5/1/2012)
By Pamela Samuelson, Los Angeles Times
The New Pay Phone and What It Knows About You (4/30/2012)
By Somini Sengupta, The New York Times
Suits Against IP Firms Raise "Fair Use" Questions (4/30/2012)
InsideCounsel
'Useful Overstatement': Europe's Privacy Chief, Welcoming Trans-Atlantic Policy Thaw, Runs Into U.S. Resistance to 'Right to Be Forgotten' (4/30/2012)
By Louis Trager, Washington Internet Daily
Law School Symposium Seeks Path for Digitization of Orphan Works (4/27/2012)
By Carol Oberdorfer, Bloomberg BNA
European Regulator Warns Silicon Valley About Privacy (4/26/2012)
The New York Times
Berkeley Research: Americans' Hostility to Data Gathering in Mobile Payments Said to Call for Ban on Personal-Information Requests (4/26/2012)
By Louis Trager, Washington Internet Daily
What Do Authors Fear from "Orphan Works" Licensing Proposals? (4/26/2012)
By Edward Hasbrouck, The Practical Nomad
Why You Should Care About and Defend Your Privacy (4/25/2012)
By Alan Henry, Lifehacker
Balancing Act: Cyber-Spying Becomes a Business Tool (4/24/2012)
By Cindy Krischer Goodman, The Kansas City Star
International Battle: Copyright Libertarians Apply ACTA Lessons Toward Tying Up USTR's Efforts for Trans-Pacific Partnership (4/24/2012)
By Louis Trager, Washington Internet Daily
Keeping It Simple, or How to Solve the Berne Problem, Part 2 (4/20/2012)
By Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications @ Duke
How to Solve the Berne Problem, Part 1 (4/18/2012)
By Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications @ Duke
Twitter Pledges to Limit Use of Patents in Lawsuits (4/17/2012)
Los Angeles Times
CEOs of Oracle, Google square off in court over Java (4/17/2012)
Los Angeles Times
Legal Hackathon Challenges Lawyers To Think Like Hackers (4/17/2012)
Huffington Post