Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2020, Volume 45, Number 1
Content
- 2020 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- AmGen: Markush Practice in 2020
- Broad Institute Crispr: Epo Patent Revocation Lessons for Claiming Priority to Provisional Applications
- Case Comments
- Contents
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2019-2020
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2019-2020
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article: Bubble, Bubble, Oil-no Trouble?
- MCLE Self-Study Article: Ethics of Social Media For Lawyers: Where Stunting For the Gram Meets Losing Your Bar Card
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Upcoming Events
- Copyright News
Copyright News
Jo Ardalan
One LLP
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF COPYRIGHT REVISITED IN THE INTERNET AGE
A judge in the Central District of California dismissed a copyright infringement claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after finding that downloading copyrighted material triggers the Section 106(1) reproduction right only at the location of the ultimate download.1 The decision is pending appeal and has attracted amici parties who have a heavily vested interest in ensuring that the laws of online copyright infringement continue to protect United States-based creators.2