Copyright, Unfair Competition, and Related Topics Bearing on the Protection of Works of Authorship

The 2014 Statutory and Case Supplement brings together the major legislative, judicial, and industry developments since the 2013 publication of the 11th edition of Brown and Denicola's casebook on Copyright . In addition to relevant statutes and treaties, the 2014 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 and the district court decision in favor of the Google Books Project in Authors Guild v. Google. The Supplement also contains comprehensive Notes on other significant cases, academic commentary, and industry news.