David Nimmer

Irell & Manella LLP

1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90067

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Pooh-Poohing Copyright Law’s 'Inalienable' Termination Rights

Journal of the Copyright Society, Vol. 57, p. 799, 2010
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2011
Peter S. Menell and David Nimmer
UC Berkeley School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
Downloads 803 (65,558)
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copyright, termination of transfers, inalienability, intellectual property

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Pre-Existing Confusion in Copyright's Work-for-Hire Doctrine

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Dec 2002
David Nimmer, Peter S. Menell and Diane McGimsey
Irell & Manella LLP, UC Berkeley School of Law and United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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Copyright, Intellectual Property, Inalienability

3.

Unwinding Sony

California Law Review, Vol. 95, p. 941, 2007
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 19 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2014
Peter S. Menell and David Nimmer
UC Berkeley School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
Downloads 485 (124,193)
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Copyrights, Indirect Liability, Contributory Liability, Statutory Interpretation, Patents, Supreme Court

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Sound Recordings, Works for Hire, and the Termination-of-Transfers Time Bomb

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jun 2010
Peter S. Menell and David Nimmer
UC Berkeley School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
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Copyright, Termination of Transfers, Work Made for Hire

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Is Copyright Property? The Debate in Jewish Law

Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2011, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 10-12
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 May 2010 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2010
Neil Weinstock Netanel and David Nimmer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
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copyright, halakha, Jewish law

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Legal Realism in Action: Indirect Copyright Liability's Continuing Tort Framework and Sony's De Facto Demise

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 55, p. 143, 2007
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2012
Peter S. Menell and David Nimmer
UC Berkeley School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
Downloads 414 (149,797)
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Copyright, Contributory Liability, Indirect Liability

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Cable Television and the Aereo Case – Then and Now

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2403019
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Feb 2020
Peter S. Menell and David Nimmer
UC Berkeley School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
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copyright, public performance right, transmit clause, statutory interpretation, technological change

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Judicial Resistance to Copyright Law's Inalienable Right to Terminate Transfers

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1355678
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Mar 2009
Peter S. Menell and David Nimmer
UC Berkeley School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
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Software Copyright's Oracle from the Cloud

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Sep 2013
Lothar Determann and David Nimmer
Baker & McKenzie LLP and Irell & Manella LLP
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computer software, copyright protection, cloud interoperability

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Aereo, Disruptive Technology, and Statutory Interpretation

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2459312
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 27 Jun 2014
Peter S. Menell and David Nimmer
UC Berkeley School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
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Copyright, Public Performance Right, Statutory Interpretation, Broadcasting, Cable Television, Textualism

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Google v. Oracle Amicus Merits Stage Brief: Vindicating IP’s Channeling Principle and Restoring Jurisdictional Balance to Software Copyright Protection

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 20-07
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2020
UC Berkeley School of Law, Irell & Manella LLP and Columbia University - Law School
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Computer Software, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Patent, Functional, API, Merger, Idea-Expression

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copyright, authorship, performance, license, fraud

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Rabbi Banet’s Charming Snake

Ḥakirah, the Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought, pp. 69-108, 2009, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 09-32
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2009
David Nimmer
Irell & Manella LLP
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Copyright, Law and Religion, Jewish Law

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Mashups and Fair Use: The Bold Misadventures of the Seussian Starship Enterprise

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 20-38
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2020
UC Berkeley School of Law, Columbia University - Law School and Irell & Manella LLP
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Copyright, Fair Use, Derivative Work, Mashup, Transformative

15.

In the Shadow of the Emperor: The Hatam Sofer’s Copyright Rulings

The Torah u-Madda Journal, 2009, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 09-33
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2010
David Nimmer
Irell & Manella LLP
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Copyright, Law and Religion, Jewish Law

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Computer Software, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Patent, Federal Circuit, Appellate Jurisdiction, Functional

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Why the Ninth Circuit's Antonick v. Electronic Arts Case Is an Ideal Vehicle for Addressing the Circuit Split Over Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Software Copyright Cases

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Oct 2017
Peter S. Menell, David Nimmer and Kevin Green
UC Berkeley School of Law, Irell & Manella LLP and Hagens, Berman, Sobol & Shapiro LLP
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Copyright, Computer Software, Expert Testimony, Evidence, Oracle v. Google, Cisco v. Arista Networks

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Distinguishing Mayor McCheese from Hexadecimal Assembly Code for Madden Football: The Need to Correct the 9th Circuit's ‘Nutty’ Rule barring Expert Testimony in Software Copyright Cases

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 27 Oct 2017
Peter S. Menell, David Nimmer and Kevin Green
UC Berkeley School of Law, Irell & Manella LLP and Hagens, Berman, Sobol & Shapiro LLP
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Copyright, Computer Software, Expert Testimony, Evidence

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MGM v. Grokster – Amicus Brief of Professors Peter S. Menell, David Nimmer, Robert P. Merges, and Justin Hughes

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Aug 2019
UC Berkeley School of Law, Irell & Manella LLP, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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copyright, indirect liability, Sony, Grokster, statutory interpretation, file-sharing

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Forum on Attorney’s Fees in Copyright Cases: Are We Running Through the Jungle Now or Is the Old Man Still Stuck Down the Road?

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 1, p. 65, 1997, William & Mary Law School Research Paper No. 09-88
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Paul Marcus and David Nimmer
William & Mary Law School and Irell & Manella LLP
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copyright, infringement, attorney, fee, Fogerty, court

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Ignoring the Public Part I: On the Absurd Complexity of the Digital Audio Transmission Right

UCLA Entertainment Law Review, Vol. 7, Pp. 189-265, 2000
Posted: 02 Dec 2000
David Nimmer
Irell & Manella LLP

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A Riff on Fair Use in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 148, Pp. 673-742, 2000
Posted: 24 Apr 2000
David Nimmer
Irell & Manella LLP

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Puzzles of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA, Vol. 46, Pp. 401-465, 1999
Posted: 25 Feb 2000
David Nimmer
Irell & Manella LLP

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Adams and Bits: Of Jewish Kings and Copyrights

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 71, Pp. 219-245, 1998 and Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Vol. 46, Pp. 293-321, 1998
Posted: 05 Jan 2000
David Nimmer
Irell & Manella LLP

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Forum on Attorney's Fees in Copyright Infringement Cases: Are We Running Through the Jungle or is the Old Man Still Stuck Down the Road?

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 1 (1997).
Posted: 15 Sep 1997
David Nimmer and Paul Marcus
Irell & Manella LLP and William & Mary Law School

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