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Articles by Cesar Fishman

Cesar Fishman is a 2L at American University - Washington College of Law. Cesar is interested in fair trade issues, consumer protection, criminal law, and antitrust issues. Cesar has been published numerous times, most notably in the Miami Herald and has had his fiction featured in McSweeney's. He also likes writing, playing music, cooking, reading, oxford commas, and black jellybeans.

Jay-Z Sued for Big Rippin’
May 29, 2011 – 12:23 AM | 3532One Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2011%2F05%2F29%2Fjay-z-sued-for-big-rippin%2FJay-Z+Sued+for+Big+Rippin%272011-05-29+04%3A23%3A17Cesar+Fishmanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D3532
Jay-Z Sued for Big Rippin’

Back when we were still worrying about the Y2K bug, the greatest rapper alive, Jay-Z, was busy making it rain with his newest single, “Big Pimpin.” What a lot of people didn’t know was that Timbaland, the producer of the track, sampled the beat that Jay-Z raps over from an old Egyptian movie, Fata Ahlami.

Sony and Universal Music Say, “BRILLIANT!”
February 3, 2011 – 9:00 AM | 21582 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2011%2F02%2F03%2Fsony-and-universal-music-say-%25e2%2580%259cbrilliant%25e2%2580%259d%2FSony+and+Universal+Music+Say%2C+%E2%80%9CBRILLIANT%21%E2%80%9D2011-02-03+14%3A00%3A39Cesar+Fishmanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D2158
Sony and Universal Music Say, “BRILLIANT!”

Who remembers when minivans only had one sliding door and then they came out with two sliding doors, one on each side? Well, I know I’m not the only one who had a soccer mom, …

Where Twitter Messed Up
November 19, 2010 – 4:17 PM | 16894 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F11%2F19%2Fwhere-twitter-messed-up%2FWhere+Twitter+Messed+Up2010-11-19+21%3A17%3A45Cesar+Fishmanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D1689
Where Twitter Messed Up

There are over 50 million, yes million, tweets a day on the social networking site Twitter. That means there are 50 million ideas, rants, thoughts, and ads being sent over Twitter’s web servers everyday. Twitter, …

Does Google Lie About Android’s “Openness?”
November 1, 2010 – 3:48 PM | 15142 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F11%2F01%2Fdoes-google-lie-about-androids-%25e2%2580%259copenness%25e2%2580%259d%2FDoes+Google+Lie+About+Android%27s+%E2%80%9COpenness%3F%E2%80%9D+2010-11-01+20%3A48%3A58Cesar+Fishmanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D1514
Does Google Lie About Android’s “Openness?”

There is much outspoken competition between what phone is best: iPhones, Blackberries, or any of the variety of Google Android phones. We hear a variety of advertisements claiming a variety of different things, how the …

Paging Lime Wire: The Copyright Battle Needs a Few More Definitions
October 26, 2010 – 9:59 AM | 14693 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F10%2F26%2Fpaging-lime-wire-the-copyright-battle-needs-a-few-more-definitions%2FPaging+Lime+Wire%3A+The+Copyright+Battle+Needs+a+Few+More+Definitions2010-10-26+14%3A59%3A10Cesar+Fishmanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D1469
Paging Lime Wire: The Copyright Battle Needs a Few More Definitions

Lime Wire, LLC, is the operator of a popular website that allows users to download free music from other members. This system, which I talked about in a previous post, allows users to browse a …

Amicus Brief for Those Who Love to P2P
September 13, 2010 – 2:46 PM | 1109One Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F09%2F13%2Famicus-brief-for-those-who-love-to-p2p%2FAmicus+Brief+for+Those+Who+Love+to+P2P2010-09-13+19%3A46%3A59Cesar+Fishmanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D1109
Amicus Brief for Those Who Love to P2P

So you may have heard of the term P2P. Or you may have not. Napster? Kazaa? Bearshare? Limewire? Remember when you were envious of your best friend’s Tupac selections and you jumped on the Internet …

Chinese Pirates Should Brace for the U.S. Government’s Squall
July 27, 2010 – 6:17 AM | 697No Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F07%2F27%2Fchinese-pirates-should-brace-for-the-u-s-governments-squall%2FChinese+Pirates+Should+Brace+for+the+U.S.+Government%27s+Squall+2010-07-27+11%3A17%3A02Cesar+Fishmanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D697
Chinese Pirates Should Brace for the U.S. Government’s Squall

There’s a variety of ways people view piracy.  First there’s the Halloween, eye-patch, red and white t-shirt version.  Then there’s the Johnny Depp version.  There’s also the version where you’re sitting at home and don’t …

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Piracy, Pornography and Conspiracy: How Judges Are Standing Up to Copyright Trolls

Piracy, Pornography and Conspiracy:  How Judges Are Standing Up to Copyright Trolls

In an attempt to secure large settlements from as many parties as possible, the adult entertainment industry has been joining individuals from the same district who illegally downloaded the same film in a single claim as co-conspirators. This enables them to discover Doe-defendants’ identities and get them to settle rather than be a party in a pornography suit. It worked for a while, but there is a problem, the defendants aren’t co-conspirators.

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The Federal Circuit Defers to the Lower Court, Invalidates Social Networking Patent

The Federal Circuit Defers to the Lower Court, Invalidates Social Networking Patent

Yesterday, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a jury verdict invalidating Leader Technologies, Inc.’s patent on an online networking system. A reversal may have put Facebook in jeopardy.

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Fake Coachella Merchandise Banned at the Festival

Fake Coachella Merchandise Banned at the Festival

This year’s Coachella music festival has its share of intellectual property issues. Attorneys for the festival have recently cracked down on counterfeit goods and asked a federal court judge to issue a preliminary injunction against certain vendors.

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