Intellectual Property Law

Professor Pamela Samuelsona is the lead drafter of amicus brief, joined by more than 60 law professors, supporting the Warhol Foundation’s petition for rehearing in light of the Google v Oracle decision

Professor Tejas Narechania says Apple v Epic Games is going to tell us a lot about how we structure industries and the technology industry going forward

Mark Cohen, senior fellow and director of the Asia IP Project at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, says local protectionism is often apparent in Chinese court rulings

Megan Graham, Clinical Supervising Attorney at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, discusses concerns that Cellebrite’s cellphone data extraction software – used by law enforcement agencies the world over – has severe cybersecurity flaws that could make it vulnerable to hacking 

The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology hosted a webinar to analyze Google’s Supreme Court advocate and amici curiae  in Google v. Oracle

Professor Peter Menell writes innovators, the software industry, and consumers should be grateful that copyright protection for the functional specifications of computer software is finally dead, now that the Supreme Court decision has come down in Google v Oracle

Professor Peter Menell discusses the Supreme Court decision in Google v Oracle and says the ruling doesn’t necessarily mean software developed in a similar manner will always be protected under fair use

Professor Pamela Samuelson explains why the Supreme Court decision in Google v Oracle is so important in today’s interoperable world

Professor Catherine Crump, Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, discusses the clinic’s work to stop the federal Bureau of Prisons from reading emails incarcerated persons send to their attorneys

Professor Pamela Samuelson says she expects more theatre than substance at today Big Tech hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce