Intellectual Property Law
New Matter FALL 2019, Volume 44, Number 3
Content
- 2019 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- 44th Annual Intellectual Property Institute
- Bypassing Highway [35 U.S.C. Section] 101: Congress in Search of an Alternative Route to Patent Eligibility
- Case Comments
- Cla Ip Section Staff
- Contents
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2018-2019
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2018-2019
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- Report of the Delegation of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association to Washington, D.C.
- Rule Changes Affecting Trademark Practitioners
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- Tips and Pitfalls of Udrp Proceedings
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Copyright News
Copyright News
Jo Ardalan
One LLP
Say hello to my little friend: copyright infringement as a predicate act for civil rico liability
The RICO statute defines "racketeering activity" as including any act "indictable under. ..[18 U.S.C.] Section 2319, relating to criminal infringement of a copyright."1 Section 2319 criminalizes willful copyright infringement as described in 17 U.S.C. 506(a).2 Although the statute expressly identifies willful copyright infringement as a predicate act sufficient to support liability, some courts have hesitated to read the statute expansively.