Judge: EFF’s “Stupid Patent of the Month” clearly protected by Constitution

Enlarge (credit: GEMSA) A federal judge in California has ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation after the organization was recently sued over its “Stupid Patent of the Month” blog posts. As a result, the advocacy group is not required to remove a recent post simply because an Australian patent entity (often called “trolls”) […]

Supreme Court turns down EFF’s “Dancing Baby” fair use case

Enlarge / Prince performing on stage during the 1984 Purple Rain tour. (credit: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns) The Supreme Court has decided not to take up the case of Lenz v. Universal, a ten-year-old copyright lawsuit initiated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that helped determine the boundaries of “fair use.” Today’s order leaves standing an earlier ruling by the […]