Hastings is proud to announce the launch of the Privacy and Technology Project (Project) and the launch of the Project‘s writings on the HSTLJ blog. The Project engages in a variety of initiatives, including applied research projects and events. As part of our activities, the Project will … Read more
Current Issue: Spring 2011
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All »Pew Survey highlights users changing concerns about privacy online
Recently, the Pew Internet and American Life Project released a report detailing consumer use of … Read more
Indirect Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights By Corporations and Investors
Indirect Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights By Corporations and Investors
Competitive pressures and rent-seeking behaviors have motivated companies and investors to develop indirect techniques for beneficially exploiting third-party intellectual property rights (IPRs) that qualitatively depart from the direct exploitation tools honed during the past thirty years of the … Read More
Competitive pressures and rent-seeking behaviors have motivated companies and investors to develop … Read more
Practical Considerations In The Indirect Deployment Of Intellectual Property Rights By Corporations And Investors
Practical Considerations In The Indirect Deployment Of Intellectual Property Rights By Corporations And Investors
Competitive pressures and rent-seeking behaviors have motivated companies and investors to develop indirect techniques for beneficially exploiting third-party intellectual property rights (IPRs) that qualitatively depart from the direct exploitation tools honed during the past thirty years … Read More
Competitive pressures and rent-seeking behaviors have motivated companies and investors to … Read more
Bitcoin: An Innovative Alternative Digital Currency
Bitcoin: An Innovative Alternative Digital Currency
Bitcoin is a digital, decentralized, partially anonymous currency, not backed by any government or other legal entity, and not redeemable for gold or other commodity. It relies on peer-to-peer networking and cryptography to maintain its integrity. Compared to most currencies or online payment … Read More
Bitcoin is a digital, decentralized, partially anonymous currency, not backed by any government or … Read more
Beyond Confusion – Survey Evidence of Consumer Demand and the Entire Market Value Rule
Beyond Confusion – Survey Evidence of Consumer Demand and the Entire Market Value Rule
The doctrine of apportionment serves to limit recovery for patent infringement to the economic value contributed by the infringed patent. However, the entire market value rule allows plaintiffs to base their recovery on the entire value of a product, if an infringing feature of the product is the … Read More
The doctrine of apportionment serves to limit recovery for patent infringement to the economic value … Read more
Customers, Co-workers and Competition: Employee Covenants in California after Edwards v. Arthur Andersen
Customers, Co-workers and Competition: Employee Covenants in California after Edwards v. Arthur Andersen
California law is well settled that most contractual provisions prohibiting competing with or soliciting customers of a former employer are unenforceable under California Business and Professions Code 16600, unless the activity involves misappropriation of trade secrets or confidential information. … Read More
California law is well settled that most contractual provisions prohibiting competing with or … Read more
European Commission Proposed Data Protection Law
On January 25, 2012, the European Commission released a proposed General Data Protection Legislation (“Proposed Regulation”) for comprehensive reform of existing European Union (“EU”) data protection rules. Through the Proposed Regulation, the European Commission seeks to “strengthen … Read more