Second Circuit Rejects $18 Million Freelance Author Settlement



Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — Laura McQuade, Bloomberg Law Intellectual Property Law Report editor, talks with Josh Block on Bloomberg Law’s “Intellectual Property Review,” about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejecting the $18 million settlement between freelance authors and publishers of various electronic databases. Also a review of IP developments including a patent infringement case against some of the best known cookie brands, the latest woes of copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven, and a patent application, from a former Microsoft executive, for a device that would prevent Hurricanes.