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The April 2012 Update on 6th Circuit Copyright Litigation Is Out!
Thursday, May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
5 Predictions for Augmented Reality Law in 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 By
This could finally be the year that the public begins to see augmented reality as a serious, important technology. Lance Ulanoff, the editor-in-chief at Mashable, certainly thinks so. He listed AR as the first of “5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2012.” “Trust me,” he wrote, “by 2013, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone who[...]
AR & the Law – My Presentation at the Mobile AR Event
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 By
On October 11, I had the great honor of presenting at the Mobile AR Event, held in San Diego during the CTIA Enterprise & Applications Conference. It was a privilege to share the stage with representatives from such AR pioneers as daqri, Layar, GoldRun, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Metaio, Second Site, and others. My subject, appropriately enough,[...]
Augmented Reality Tattoos and Copyright Law
Sunday, May 8, 2011 By
Two completely unrelated stories broke in the past week that, when considered together, raise interesting questions for the augmented reality industry. (Just the sort of serendipity for which the blogosphere is designed!) The first was the news that the artist behind Mike Tyson’s facial tattoo had filed a copyright infringement suit against Warner Brothers for[...]
Projection Mapping, AR, and Architectural Copyrights
Thursday, April 28, 2011 By
I have to admit: it took me awhile to “get” projection mapping. If you haven’t heard about it, “projection mapping” was defined by Mashable as ” a relatively new technology that animates stationary objects with 3D video.” I had seen references to this “new technology” in a few different places recently, and it appears to[...]
Forget Facial Recognition–Body Recognition May Be the Real Privacy Concern
Sunday, April 24, 2011 By
“Take a picture; it’ll last longer.” Many times has that bit of sarcasm been directed at people who stare just a little too long. But suppose the guy is staring because he’s taking your picture? That creepy scenario may play itself out sooner than we think. While many commentators are (rightly) concerned about the ramifications[...]
The Coming Conundra: Real Laws In an Augmented Reality
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 By
(c) 2010 Brian D. Wassom. This article was originally published in the Winter 2011 issue of SideBAR, the newsletter of the Federal Bar Association’s Litigation Section. Over the past decade, there has been no shortage of articles, CLEs, and speeches in legal circles about the implications of “virtual reality.” Many an academic hand has been[...]
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