Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2021, Volume 46, Number 1
Content
- 2021 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- "a preposition is not something to end a sentence with."
- Contents
- Copyright News
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2019-2021
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2019-2021
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- McLe Self-Study Article
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- Section 101 Has Reached Detroit
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- Trade Secret Report
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Ninth Circuit Report
Ninth Circuit Report
Anne-Marie Dao
Troutman Sanders LLP
It is Spring once again—and with this Spring comes the hope of an end to the pandemic! I hope everyone has been staying safe. While I had hoped to give an update on Google v. Oracle, it seems that the oral argument, which was to occur March 24, 2020 was delayed until October 7, 2020. So, we still await the Supreme Court’s opinion on (1) whether copyright protection extends to a software interface; and (2) whether, as the jury found, the petitioner’s use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes fair use.
Today’s Ninth Circuit Report will instead discuss a CCPA data breach lawsuit: Rahman v. Marriott International, Inc.1