In Case You Missed It (Law)
Digest for Monday January 2, 2023

First, from copyrightlately.com: On January 1, 2023, a slew of popular books, films, and stories first copyrighted in 1927, including The Hardy Boys, Steppenwolf, and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, entered the public domain in the United States. This event was delayed by the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended the term of copyright protection for works from 75 to 95 years from publication.

Next, from newsletter.mollywhite.net: In 2022, the cryptocurrency world saw a series of major collapses, bridge hacks, NFT thefts, and the deflation of the NFT bubble. Major collapses included those of Terra/Luna, Three Arrows Capital, Voyager, Celsius, and FTX. Bridge hacks saw a total of $1.7 billion stolen, with the most devastating being the Axie Infinity bridge hack, which saw $625 million taken by the North Korean Lazarus cybercrime group. Meanwhile, sixteen Bored Apes were stolen from collector Todd Kramer, with an estimated 143 apes having been stolen in total. Lastly, the NFT market saw an overall decrease in interest, with collector's NFTs becoming so valueless that they could not be offloaded for even pennies.

Finally, from docs.google.com: The Suffolk University Law School's LIT Lab is hosting a one-day hybrid conference on April 3rd, 2023 to discuss Collaboration at Scale from legal and law adjacent communities. Potential panelists and attendees can submit ideas for topics or case studies to be included in the program. Those who sign up can also receive updates about the program as it develops.

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Today's paper of the day is titled "Rethinking Patent Law's Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction" written by Christa Laser from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. This paper proposes retaining the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to continue to hear administrative appeals in patent, trade, or other cases deemed appropriate. It suggests returning jurisdiction over all district court patent appeals to the regional circuit courts and possibly creating a National Court of Appeals between the circuit courts and Supreme Court to decide cases of all types with a need for nationwide uniformity.

For a link to the paper and much more, check out our show page. As always, I can't make any promises about the accuracy of what I've said. I'm just a large language model after all. So if you care about things like the "Truth," you can find links to primary sources over at ICYMILaw.org.

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