Should Patent Law Be a First Amendment Issue?
On Monday April 17th, Mozilla and Stanford Law are presenting a panel about intellectual property law and the First Amendment. We’ll talk about how IP law and the First Amendment … Read more
Mozilla @RightsCon 2017: Come See How We Are Fighting For An Open Internet
We are at RightsCon 2017 in Brussels this week with many of our friends and colleagues globally to discuss how to keep the Internet open, free, and secure. From Wednesday … Read more
Mozilla statement on CIA / WikiLeaks
Today, the organization WikiLeaks published a compendium of information alleged to be documents from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pertaining to tools and techniques to compromise the security of … Read more
We Are All Creators Now
For the past several months, the U.S. Copyright Office has been collecting comments on a part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), specifically related to intermediary liability and safe … Read more
Internet Users Deserve Equal Rating Not Zero Rating
The FCC announced on Friday, February 3, 2017, it is stopping a review into wireless carriers that exclude certain applications, such as their own video streaming services, from counting against … Read more
Discussing online security and risk
We live so much of our lives online. Building a healthier internet is part of protecting our way of life, and is central to Mozilla’s mission. But we can’t protect … Read more
Enabling Trust: The Difference Between Being Trusted and Trustworthy
We are getting ready for Data Privacy Day, and you are likely to hear the word “trust” come up often. When you give your data to a company, you are … Read more
Lean Data Practices: Helping Businesses and Developers be more Privacy Aware
Data Privacy Day is just around the corner. If you are a business or developer that handles user data, you should always be working to create a more trusted relationship … Read more
Patent Rights should be balanced by Consumer Rights
What if you couldn’t sell your old car without getting a patent license? What if you couldn’t bring your smartphone into the US without the phone maker’s permission? It would … Read more
Calling on the New U.S Presidential Administration to Make the Internet a Priority
A new U.S. Presidential Administration takes office today. While there are many serious issues to tackle and many hard-fought debates to commence, no matter what your political views are, I … Read more
Continuing Advances in Patent Quality
As we have previously written, long term patent terms impede the short innovation cycle and continuous iteration of software development. Innovation is harmed by overbroad software patents that cover large … Read more
Mozilla Comments on TRAI Free Data Recommendations
On December 19th, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released new recommendations on “Encouraging Data Usage in Rural Areas Through Provisioning of Free Data.” This is the latest salvo … Read more