Joost Blom, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, has published Star Wars Storm Troopers, the Next Episode: Lucasfilm in the United Kingdom Supreme Court at 24 Intellectual Property Journal 15 (December 2011). Here is the abstract. George Lucas's production MORE >>

Olympia Snowe, a moderate Republican who's represented Maine in the Senate since 1994, announced today that she won't seek reelection in November, citing polarization in Washington as the reason. Her retirement, coming from a state where Democrats hold a registration edge, is a blow to the GOP and puts the seat in play. MORE >>

Eriq Gardner The underlying work is in the public domain, but Warners is reminding everyone about its 1939 film. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Business Warner Bros. The Wizard of Oz MORE >>

[Editor Charles says: A version of this post originally appeared in MTP Monthly]. In his excellent critique of the SOPA astroturf campaign, “ Lobbyists 1, Internet 0: An Alternative Take on SOPA ,” David Rodnitzky of PPC Associates really puts a nail in the coffin of Google’s campaign.  Califano, Jr., MORE >>

Twitter announced that it will begin censoring tweets specific to individual country’s freedom of expression policies. While before, the only way Twitter was able to censor tweets was globally, the social networking site now says it can tailor its censorship of tweets to users from specific countries. Twitter claims it has not yet used its [.]. MORE >>