Clinic News

The Clinic sponsored the Spyware: The Latest Cyber-Regulatory Challenge Conference. The conference dealt with issues regarding intellectual property rights implicated by spyware. It also addressed issues such as the regulation of spyware and the effects of spyware on users’ computers.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, will join colleagues at five institutions nationwide in a bold, new effort to improve the reliability and trustworthiness of electronic voting technology.

The National Science Foundation today (Monday, Aug. 15) announced that it will provide $7.5 million over five years for the new endeavor called A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable, and Transparent Elections (ACCURATE). UC Berkeley is expected to receive approximately $1.3 million of the funds.  read more »

ATTENTION: Reporters covering MGM v. Grokster

WHAT:
Three experts from the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Law (Boalt Hall) are responding today (Monday, June 27) to the U.S. Supreme Court’s just-released decision in MGM v. Grokster, an Internet file sharing battle between the entertainment industry and the technology industry. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.  read more »

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appears ruled that P2P providers Grokster and Morpheus are not liable for their users’ copyright infringements. Like the VCR in the Supreme Court’s famous Sony decision, the P2P software is “capable of substantial non-infringing uses,” and, unlike the Napster system, the providers have no control over their users.  read more »

For many Internet users, logging onto the Web and anonymously posting their thoughts in a chat room, Web log, or other interactive site is part of the allure of the World Wide Web.

But while the Web may appear to be an open and free area for comment, a controversial remark posted about a company or individual by a Web user can quickly draw Web users into a complex and protracted legal battle.  read more »

ATTENTION: News desk, business and technology reporters

WHAT
“The Law and Technology of Digital Rights Management.”
A three-day conference at the University of California, Berkeley will bring together leaders from the business industry, the non-profit sector, government and academia.  read more »

Students from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) are among the individuals and groups from across the world meeting in Barcelona, Spain this week, hoping to combat HIV/AIDS by sharing vital information and research.

The Boalt Hall contingent consists of two law students, a faculty member and an attorney from an affiliated clinical program. The group is among a select number of individuals and organizations allowed formally to present their work at the XIV International AIDS Conference.  read more »

Creating a web site parodying Barney the purple dinosaur could be a lot of fun — until you receive a “cease and desist” letter from a lawyer claiming you’re threatening harm to Barney and violating his copyright and trademark.

Parody is typically protected under the law, but many Internet users, faced with these kinds of legal challenges, don’t know whether to “cease” or “persist” with their web-based creations.  read more »

Clinic fellow Jennifer Urban was a guest on KQED Friday Forum, discussing the Eldred v. Ashcroft case. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Eldred on October 7.  read more »

ATTENTION: Business and Legal Affairs Reporters

WHAT:
A “Law and Technology Forum,” in which representatives from cutting edge, high-tech legal clinics and public interest programs will discuss pending legal cases, policy developments, and technological innovations that may threaten civil liberties and raise new challenges for consumer protection.  read more »