Copyright, Unfair Comp, and Related Topics Bearing on the Protection of Works of Authorship 2016
The 2016 Statutory and Case Supplement brings together the major legislative, judicial, and industry developments since the 2013 publication of the Eleventh Edition of Brown and Denicola's casebook on Copyright. In addition to the relevant statutes and treaties, the 2016 Supplement includes the Supreme Court's recent opinions in ABC v. Aereo on the public performance right and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank on the patentability of computer programs, as well as the Federal Circuit's decision in Oracle v. Google on software copyright, the Eleventh Circuit's decision in Cambridge University Press v. Patton on fair use and electronic course reserves, and the Second Circuit's decision in Authors Guild v. Google on fair use and mass digitization. The 2016 Supplement also contains comprehensive Notes on other significant cases, academic commentary, and industry news.