Articles and Commentary
John Villasenor, “Eyes in the Sky: The Domestic Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems” Testimony before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, May 17, 2013
John Villasenor, “No-Fly Zone: How “drone” safety rules can also help protect privacy” Slate, May 2, 2013
John Villasenor, “Six ‘Megatrends’ That Will Shape the Future of Digital Media” Forbes, May 1, 2013
John Villasenor, “Google Glass and the Demise of Ownership” Slate, April 23, 2013
John Villasenor, “Observations from Above: Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Privacy” Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Spring, 2013
John Villasenor, “Is It Illegal to Resell “Used” Digital Music?” Slate, April 3, 2013
John Villasenor, “The ‘First Sale Doctrine’ and Its Impact on the Music Biz” Billboard, April 1, 2013
John Villasenor, “Supreme Court Finds The Use Of A Drug-Sniffing Dog To Investigate A Home Unconstitutional” Forbes, March 27, 2013
John Villasenor, “March 16, 2013: The United States Transitions To A ‘First-Inventor-To-File’ Patent System” Forbes, March 11, 2013
John Villasenor, “Eye-Tracking Smartphones Have Arrived. What About the Privacy Implications?” Slate, March 5, 2013
John Villasenor, “The Satellite Question: Why SiriusXM Should Pay Higher Performance Royalties to Artists” Billboard, February 22, 2013
John Villasenor, “Seven Copyright Principles For the Digital Era” The Brookings Institution, February 5, 2013
John Villasenor, “Will It Be Legal To Download ‘Pirated’ Music And Movies From Servers In Antigua?” Forbes, February 4, 2013
John Villasenor, “The Two Classes of Cyber Threats” Slate, January 29, 2013
John Villasenor, “In Defense of Equal Tuition for All Majors” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 7, 2013
John Villasenor, “Online Games And Crowdsourced Creativity: The Next Frontier In Intellectual Property” Forbes, December 31, 2012
John Villasenor, “How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive Under the “First-Inventor-to-File” Patent System” Forbes, December 7, 2012
John Villasenor, “Intellectual Property Awareness At Universities: Why Ignorance Is Not Bliss” Forbes, November 27, 2012
Vivek Mohan and John Villasenor, “Decrypting the Fifth Amendment: The Limits of Self-Incrimination in the Digital Era” University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Heightened Scrutiny, vol. 15, October 2012
John Villasenor, “Are We All Copyright Infringers?” Forbes, October 28, 2012
John Villasenor, “A Supreme Court Case Over Textbooks Could Make Copyright Law Even More Restrictive” Slate, October 23, 2012
John Villasenor, “Can Copyrighted Works Purchased Abroad Be Resold In the United States?” Forbes, October 21, 2012
John Villasenor, “With Israel’s Destruction of Drone, the Region’s Dynamics Have Changed Significantly” Slate, October 7, 2012
John Villasenor, “Pandora’s Box: New legislation might finally fix the messy Internet radio royalty system” Slate, September 24, 2012
John Villasenor, “Will “Drones” Outflank the Fourth Amendment?” Forbes, September 20, 2012
John Villasenor, “Can a Company Trademark the Colors on its Web Site?” Forbes, September 15, 2012
John Villasenor, “Digital Music Broadcast Royalties: The Case for a Level Playing Field,” The Brookings Institution, August, 2012
John Villasenor, “Why Artists Should Always Get Paid By Broadcasters Who Play Their Songs,” Forbes, July 2, 2012
John Villasenor, “The Flame Cyber Espionage Attack: Five Questions We Should Ask,” Forbes, June 4, 2012
John Villasenor, “Researchers Discover Hacker-Ready Computer Chips,” Scientific American, May 29, 2012
Ryan Calo and John Villasenor, “Ten Myths about Drones,” The Huffington Post, May 22, 2012.
John Villasenor, “The Strangely Tilted Playing Field of Music Copyright Royalties,” Forbes, May 22, 2012
John Villasenor, “Patent Reform: Five Things Technology Companies Need to Know,” Forbes, May 14, 2012
John Villasenor, “Why the Government Can’t Remain the Cybersecurity Czar,” Slate, May 1, 2012
John Villasenor, “5 Ways to Leverage Trade Secrets,” Fast Company, April 25, 2012
Benjamin Wittes and John Villasenor, “Regulating Domestic Drones on a Deadline,” The Washington Post, April 19, 2012
John Villasenor, “What is a Drone, Anyway?” Scientific American, April 12, 2012
John Villasenor, “Eye Tracking Computers Will Read Your Thoughts,” Slate, March 27, 2012
John Villasenor, “The Drone Threat — In the US,” The Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2012
John Villasenor, “Why Companies Should File for Patents Now,” Fast Company, March 20, 2012
John Villasenor, “Untangling The Real Meaning Of ‘First-To-File’ Patents,” Fast Company, March 6, 2012
John Villasenor, “Patent Reform: A Guide For Tech Companies,” Fast Company, March 6, 2012
John Villasenor, “Can the Government Force Suspects To Decrypt Incriminating Files?” Slate, March 5, 2012
John Villasenor, “High-Altitude Surveillance Drones: Coming to a Sky Near You,” Scientific American, February 24, 2012
John Villasenor, “Who Owns Your Personal History?” Fast Company, February 1, 2012
John Villasenor, Why the Supreme Court GPS Decision Won’t Stop Warrantless Digital Surveillance,” Scientific American, January 25, 2012
John Villasenor, In the Mobile Ecosystem, Privacy is an Endangered Right,” The Globe and Mail, January 24, 2012
John Villasenor, Here Come the Drones,” Scientific American, January 10, 2012
John Villasenor, Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Governments,” The Brookings Institution, December 14, 2011
John Villasenor, The Drone Threat to Privacy,” Scientific American, November 14, 2011
John Villasenor, “The Drone Threat to National Security,” Scientific American, November 11, 2011
John Villasenor, “Supreme Court Considers GPS Cases and the Future of Privacy,” Scientific American, November 08, 2011
John Villasenor, “How Universities Can Protect Their Next Bright Idea Under the America Invents Act,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 06, 2011
John Villasenor, “Armchair Kamikaze: What the Latest Generation of Small Armed Drones Means for Antiterrorism,” The Brookings Institution, October 6, 2011
John Villasenor, “Online Teaching’s Disconnect,” The Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2011
John Villasenor, “Securing an Infrastructure Too Complex to Understand,” The Brookings Institution, September 23, 2011
John Villasenor, “The Comprehensive Patent Reform of 2011: Navigating the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act,” The Brookings Institution, Policy Brief #184, September 8, 2011
John D. Villasenor, Cody Monk, and Christopher Bronk, “Shadowy Figures: Tracking Illicit Financial Transactions,” The Brookings Institution and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, August 29, 2011
John Villasenor, “Denial of Service: Is Wireless Access Always a Right?” The Brookings Institution, August 15,2011
John Villasenor, “Addressing Export Control in the Age of Cloud Computing,” The Brookings Institution, July 25, 2011
John Villasenor, “Cyber-Physical Attacks and Drone Strikes: The Next Homeland Security Threat,” The Brookings Institution, July 5, 2011
John Villasenor, “Balancing Disclosure, Protection of Trade Secrets, and Patentability in Light of Patent Reform,” The Brookings Institution, June 27, 2011
John Villasenor, “Intellectual Property Litigation and Reverse Obsolescence: Out with the New and In with the Old,” The Brookings Institution, June 9, 2011
John Villasenor, “Ensuring Hardware Cybersecurity,” The Brookings Institution, Issues in Technology Innovation No. 9, May 2011
John Villasenor, “The Hacker in Your Hardware,” Scientific American, pages 82-87, August 2010