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Intellectual Property

Feb. 9, 2012

9th Circuit extends IP protections to Web hosts

The charged debate over Internet 'freedom' and copyright law is alive and well in the courts. By Robert G. Badal and Emily S. Chung of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP


By Robert G. Badal and Emily S. Churg


With the popular website Wikipedia going dark for a day and angry callers flooding congressional offices in protest to the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act, these two bills now appear to be stymied in the U.S. House and Senate. But the highly charged debate over Internet "freedom" and the rights of copyright holders remains alive and well in the courts.


On Dec. 20, 2011, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...

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