Within the past few years it seems many things have been making mobile platforms (banking, medicine, etc.). While game apps have been popular over the years since the inception of the smart phone, it seems traditional games are also going mobile as Nintendo announced a partnership with DeNA to develop games for smart devices.
I think this example continues to demonstrate how much of an impact smart devices have had in “disrupting” innovation. I think it will continue to be increasingly important for entrepreneurs to consider what their mobile strategy will be when developing any business plan.
Julia, I definitely agree that mobility has become one of the biggest steps technology has taken in recent years. For many devices, increased mobility has brought increased reliance on new technology, such as the cloud. As alluded to by Justice Scalia in Aero, it is difficult for the court to develop rules that address all of this new technology in the copyright context (or even other contexts, such as Fourth Amendment privacy concerns). Congress is in a much better position create device-specific law that protects the rights of Copyright holders than the Court. Legislatures aren’t bound by stare decisis norms, they are not cabined by a limited amount of time to review a given case, and they are a superior information environment to courts.