• Supreme Court tackling patent law in several cases this term [Sartori and Aga, WLF; Richard Epstein; Kristen Osenga/Prawfs] New fee-shifting regime announced in Octane Fitness already bringing relief to litigants [Ars Technica on Lumen View/FindTheBest case]
• Copyright claims on intrinsically newsworthy material: curious claim concerning suicide note [Eugene Volokh] “Is it copyright infringement to post a lawyer’s cease-and-desist letter?” Australian university seems to think so [same]
• Fate of Prenda Law model spirals downward [Ars Technica, Volokh, EFF]
• Comedian Adam Carolla has “decided to make himself the focus of the Personal Audio suit against podcasters.” [Steven Malanga]
• Why, as a textbook author, Alex Tabarrok has concluded copyright law is out of control [Marginal Revolution]
• Remembering when patent examiners were celebrities (in the 19th Century) [Slate]
• Someone sends Jim Harper a dubious DMCA takedown notice, and this is his response [Cato]

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