The bipartisan Innovation Act is the best bill yet when it comes to fighting patent trolls. This post is the fifth of a series explaining the bill’s various provisions. While the Innovation Act won't fix every problem with the patent system, it includes a powerful set of proposed reforms...

Another day, another silly trademark claim – but even silly claims can have real consequences for folks who don’t have the resources to fend them off. That’s why EFF today filed an amicus brief in the case of Fortres Grand v. Warner Brothers. This case involves a dispute over...

The bipartisan Innovation Act is the best bill yet when it comes to fighting patent trolls. This post is the fourth of a series explaining the bill’s various provisions. While the Innovation Act won't fix every problem with the patent system, it includes a powerful set of proposed reforms...

After years of litigation, and a complete defeat in a New York district court, Viacom’s lawsuit against YouTube is back before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. You’d think by now that Viacom, having lost battle after battle in this war against a version of YouTube that even Viacom...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and one of the NSA’s biggest defenders, released what she calls an NSA “reform” bill today.
Don’t be fooled: the bill codifies some of the NSA’s worst practices, would be a huge setback for everyone’s privacy, and...

US lawmakers may soon introduce legislation to give the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a “fast-track” through Congress. Senate Finance committee leaders Sen. Max Baucus and Sen. Orrin Hatch have renewed their call to pass such fast-track legislation and hand over Congress' constitutional power to set the terms of...

Ayer, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) realizó la primera audiencia pública donde examinó directamente los programas de vigilancia masiva realizados por las Oficinas de Seguridad de los Estados Unidos (NSA) desde la óptica de los estándares interamericanos de derechos humanos.

Ante la evidencia pública de...