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CyberInquirer

Covers developments in cyber law and insurance. By Richard J. Bortnick and Pamela D. Pengelley of Cozen O'Connor.

http://cyberinquirer.com

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Information Governance Engagement...

Information Governance Engagement Area

Established with the goal of aggregating key compliance and electronic discovery news for further review, study, and consideration by legal and corporate professionals. Published by Rob Robinson.

http://infogovernance.blogspot.com

Nov 16
The Organization of Legal Professionals | Toward a Generational Model of E-Discovery Classification

Graphics supporting the November 2009 Organization of Legal Professionals' Newsletter article Toward a Generational Model of E-Discovery Classification Graphic 1 Graphic 2 Posted on November 16, 2009 at 10:29 pm by Rob Robinson
Nov 12
Herb Roitblat on ED Searches | docNative Paradigm Blog

Provided as an extract from an excellent post by industry pundit Tom O'Connor on his docNative Paradigm Blog, the following comment by Search Expert Herb Roitblat, Ph.D., is incredibly instructive for electronic discovery vendors as they seek to help make the process of search and the use of search more effective. I think that the main thing that differs between tools is the ease with which you can accomplish your task. Practically any tool can be used to select documents for review. The review... Posted on November 12, 2009 at 03:06 am by Rob Robinson
Nov 5
“Right Sourcing” Electronic Discovery

What is the "Right Sourcing" of eDiscovery? As electronic discovery requirements continue to increase in light of the ever-expanding universe of digital data, many firms are questioning more than ever the way in which they conduct electronic discovery. In a market that has over 600 vendors and is growing at over 25% per year , there are many options available to those sourcing electronic discovery tasks. With this sourcing in mind, organizations are having to make important strategic decisions... Posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:41 am by Rob Robinson

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Technology & Marketing Law...

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Covers Internet, technology and online marketing legal issues. Published by Santa Clara University School of Law Professor Eric Goldman.

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Nov 22
Keyword Advertising Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss--Morningware v. Hearthware

By Eric Goldman Morningware, Inc. v. Hearthware Home Products, Inc., 2009 WL 3878251 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 16, 2009) I keep getting calls from reporters operating under the misimpression that trademark owner-vs.-search engine keyword advertising lawsuits are more common than trademark owner-vs.-keyword advertiser lawsuits. While the lawsuits against search engines certainly get way more press coverage, in reality they are relatively rare. I don't have an exact count of pending lawsuits, but only 10... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 07:36 am by Eric
Nov 20
A Look at Twitter's Updated Privacy Policy (November 19, 2009)

[Post by Venkat] As noted on Twitter's blog, Twitter refreshed its privacy policy yesterday. Given that virtually everything Twitter does is placed under the microscope, I'm sure the policy will be pored over in detail. (Here's a link to the updated policy and a link to the old policy.) General thoughts on the policy: The policy is short, easy to understand, and in plain English. The thrust of the policy is that most users typically use Twitter to publicly disseminate information, and users... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:15 pm by Venkat
Nov 18
Citysearch Click Fraud Class Certified--Menagerie v. Citysearch

By Eric Goldman Menagerie Productions v. Citysearch, 2009 WL 3770668 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 9, 2009) While we don't hear much about click fraud litigation any more, there are still some click fraud lawsuits percolating through the courts, including this one against Citysearch. I initially blogged on the case under a different name, Lambotte v. IAC/InterActiveCorp.. Lambotte is out as a named plaintiff and Menagerie Productions now gets the honor. The big news is that earlier this month, the judge... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:04 am by Eric

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This blog covers legal topics such as commentary and opinion, criminal law and justice, information technology, library organization and planning, news from organizations, publication announcement and reviews. By New York Law Librarian, David Badertscher

http://www.criminallawlibraryblog.com/

Nov 19
Findlaw Case Summaries: Criminal Law and Procedure

November 9-13, 2009. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. Supreme Court, November 09, 2009 Bobby v. Van Hook, No. 09-144 In a capital habeas matter, a circuit court of appeals' grant of the petition on the basis that petitioner's lawyers performed deficiently in investigating and presenting mitigating evidence is reversed where: 1) the court of appeals applied 2003 ABA Professional Guidelines to defense counsel's conduct at... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Nov 19
New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County - LexisNexis

November 18-19, 2009. Update from the Lexis Alert Service, 1. People v Castillo, 1331, 3751/00, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 7760; 886 N.Y.S.2d 805; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7589, October 29, 2009, Decided, October 29, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS. The... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Nov 19
CLLB: Criminal Justice Abstracts

For week of November 16-20, 2009. PREPARED BY: Michael Chernicoff Weighing Life in Prison of Youths Who Didn't Kill [www.nytimes.com] The Supreme Court will hear appeals from two juvenile offenders serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole. Outside of the consideration of the death penalty, the Supreme court has generally allowed what punishment fit what crimes. However, the court had barred the execution of juvenile offenders in 2005, reasoning that people under 18 are... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:51 am

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Discourse.net

Covers civil liberties, the Internet, Guantanamo, Iraq attrocities, politics and more. By University of Miami law professor Michael Froomkin.

http://www.discourse.net/

Nov 21
I Went to a Party

Here's what I did this afternoon: More details at Soul of Miami and Sex and the Beach. It was a good party - met Mustang Bobby and saw the Miami Beach 411 crowd - always the life of the party. Plus I met the Genius of Despair (but not, alas, Gimleteye, with whom it seems I may have a few things in common. There was a loud band, which I would enjoyed more under other circumstances. The folks at Graziano's were pouring lethal rum-and-cokes; I haven't seen ratios like that since college. One glass... Posted on November 21, 2009 at 08:07 am by Michael
Nov 20
Jonathan Simon on the Real Target for California Protestors

Jonathan Simon writes that California's protesters should Strike Against Prisons not Education. (Note: Jon wrote this before the latest round of protests.) Posted on November 20, 2009 at 08:01 pm by Michael
Nov 20
A Problem for 'Plain-Meaning' Advocates

Advocates of a 'plain meaning' approach to constitutional interpretation may have to conclude that Texas accidentally banned all marriage, as described in this McClatchy report, Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state. The amendment,... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:38 pm by Michael

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Freedom To Differ

A blog that speaks freely about legal and policy issues facing the media and the internet. By Peter Black.

http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/freedom_to_differ/

Oct 29
Losing net neutrality

Gizmodo shows us a worst case scenario of what could happen if we don't maintain net neutrality: Posted on October 29, 2009 at 12:13 am by pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black)
Oct 24
Inside Insiders

Every Sunday I've been posting a short weekly comment on Australian politics, following the ABC's Sunday morning political chat show, Insiders. Here is this week's podcast: Posted on October 24, 2009 at 10:30 pm by pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black)
Oct 18
Inside Insiders

Every Sunday I've been posting a short weekly comment on Australian politics, following the ABC's Sunday morning political chat show, Insiders. Here is this week's podcast: Close readers, or listeners, will notice that I had been using a service called Audioboo to record and post these podcasts, however, I am now using ipadio. I explain why in this podcast: Posted on October 18, 2009 at 04:42 am by pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black)

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GigaLaw.com Daily News

Covers legal news about the Internet and high technology. By Doug Isenberg.

http://www.gigalaw.com/news/index.html

Nov 25
Company Sues Apple Over iPhone's Web Surfing

EMG Technology announced it has filed suit against Appleo ver the way that the iPhone navigates the Internet. EMG's, patent, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and given U.S. Patent number 7,441,196, describes an "Apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming and scrolling internet content." Read the article: Macworld Posted on November 25, 2008 at 08:35 am by Doug Isenberg
Nov 25
Facebook Wins $873 Million Judgement Under Anti-Spam Laws

Facebook has won an $873 million judgment -- the largest to be delivered under federal anti-spam laws -- against a Canadian resident accused of sending more than 4 million bogus messages from members' profiles, many advertising male enhancement drugs.Facebook sued Adam Guerbuez and his business, Atlantis Blue Capital, which Facebook alleges is fictitious, in August, and accused him of sending more than 4 million spam messages in March and April. Read the article: San Francisco Chronicle Posted on November 25, 2008 at 08:30 am by Doug Isenberg
Nov 25
Chinese Spies Target U.S. PCs, Commission Reports

China is actively conducting cyber espionage as a warfare strategy and has targeted U.S. government and commercial computers, according to a new report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. "China's current cyber operations capability is so advanced, it can engage in forms of cyber warfare so sophisticated that the United States may be unable to counteract or even detect the efforts," according to the annual report delivered to Congress. Read the article: CNET News.com Posted on November 25, 2008 at 08:25 am by Doug Isenberg

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TechnoLawyer Blog

Covers legal technology and practice management news.

http://blog.technolawyer.com/

Nov 20
Sony Vaio Z21MN Review; Practice Management Data Conversion; Grilling Discovery Service Providers; Cloud Computing Safer Than Software; Much More

Coming today to Fat Friday: Gerard Stubbert reviews his Sony Vaio Z21MN laptop, Paul Mansfield discusses data conversion in relation to switching practice management systems, Dominic Jaar shares some tips for choosing the right online repository for discovery documents, Craig Bayer explains why SaaS is safer than traditional software, and Stephen Hayes shares his experience using Timeslips and Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a 64-bit Windows PC. Don't miss this issue. How to Receive Fat Friday Our... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 03:26 pm by Sara Skiff
Nov 19
Reviews of Zotero, SnagIt, GoodSync, SugarSync, Time Matters, TrustFax, CiteAdvisor; Outlook Archiving Tip

Coming today to Answers to Questions: Doug Koenig reviews Zotero, SnagIt, GoodSync, and SugarSync, Theodore Borrego reviews Time Matters' performance and support, Frank Tesseyman reviews TrustFax, Laura Hills explains how she archives case-related email in Outlook, and George Allen reviews CiteLink (now West CiteAdvisor) for creating Tables of Authorities in WordPerfect. Don't miss this issue. How to Receive Answers to Questions Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In Answers to Questions,... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 01:57 pm by Sara Skiff
Nov 17
The Pros and Cons of Using SaaS Products in Law Offices

Coming today to TechnoFeature: There's a new kid in town - software as a service (SaaS), aka cloud computing. Many early adopter law firms have embraced SaaS, but should you? In this issue, lawyer and free thinker Jeff Allen lays down the law on SaaS. In a refreshing and unbiased look at this technology, Jeff explores the benefits and risks, and explains how to evaluate vendors and their SaaS offerings. Jeff's advice won't just save you time and money. How to Receive TechnoFeature Our flagship... Posted on November 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm by Sara Skiff

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Business and Technology Law

Covers trade secret litigation, software asset management, IT audits, open source litigation and data privacy. From Scott & Scott.

http://www.scottandscottllp.com/main/blogindex.aspx?id=158

Aug 10
When to Seek Help for a BSA Audit

Many companies choose to pursue an internal audit of software systems after receiving a request from the Business Software Alliance (BSA). When it comes to deciding how to proceed with an audit, there are multiple considerations, including, but not limited to, the size of the company, amount of computers, type of software at issue, IT support, and accuracy of a company's records. A small company with few computers is better suited than a larger corporation to conduct its own audit either... Posted on August 10, 2009 at 07:54 am by Marketing Department
Jun 10
Resolution of Liability in BSA Settlement Agreements

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) hunts down and audits companies when it receives information that those companies may have software products that are not properly licensed. If a company audited by the BSA is found to have more installations of software products than is reflected in its licensing documentation, it is generally more cost effective to settle than to bring the fight to court. Scott & Scott, LLP represents hundreds of companies and assists in defense against these audits. A... Posted on June 10, 2009 at 07:54 am by Mariqus Alexander
May 12
Client Access Issues in BSA-Initiated Software Audits

Businesses targeted for software audits by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) often learn that the BSA typically extends the scope of its audit requests to more than just software products and often requests information regarding client access to server products. Before disclosing this information to the BSA, it is important for a targeted business to understand the effect that such a disclosure can have on the resolution of the audit matter. Questions regarding client access most often arise... Posted on May 12, 2009 at 07:54 am by Mariqus Alexander

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Erik J. Heels

Covers technology, law, baseball, and rock 'n' roll. By Erik J. Heels.

http://erikjheels.com

Oct 28
Goodbye FeedBurner

Taking control of my feed again. I just turned off FeedBurner. The problems with FeedBurner are well documented. No need for me to pile on. If you've subscribed to the FeedBurner feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/erikjheels), then you'll need to re-subscribe. My blog's new feed is http://erikjheels.com/?feed=rss2. Please make a note of it. Posted on October 28, 2009 at 04:39 pm by @ErikJHeels
Oct 16
LawLawLaw 2009-10-17

/**/ Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock 'n' Roll, Etc. The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. All your base are belong to us. Doing Our Part To Fight The Recession: Clock Tower Law Group's $45K Stimulus Program We added 30 new clients during our seven-month FreeTrademarksForStartups.com promotion, which was a $1500 credit for the filing of a trademark application. We were glad to be able to help startups... Posted on October 16, 2009 at 09:09 pm by @ErikJHeels
Oct 16
The Perfect Treehouse

/**/ Build one with your kids. In the summer of 2003 and 2004, the perfect treehouse took shape in a four-stem maple in the back yard of a house in Acton, MA. [web.mac.com] The treehouse was built by @ErikJHeels and his kids. This is a video tour of the treehouse. Part 1 - Red House, Red Cat House, Red Treehouse Part 2 - Apple Tree Ladder, Foundation Part 3 - Opening The Entrance Hatch Part 4 - Opening The Back Hatch, First Counterweighted Hatch Part 5 - Second Counterweighted Hatch, N-Hatches,... Posted on October 16, 2009 at 04:19 pm by @ErikJHeels

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LawPundit

Covers law, information technology, intellectual property and new media. By Andis Kaulins.

http://www.lawpundit.com/blog/lawpundit.htm

Nov 19
Lawyers at the Forefront of BCS : Fox Sports on MSN Reports that BCS Presidential Group Expands from 8 to 12 : Chair is Former Law Dean Perlman

As reported by FOX Sports at CFB - - FOX Sports on MSN the BCS presidential group - which manages BCS - has expanded from 8 to 12. The group is chaired by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman, who was previously dean of the Nebraska College of Law. Posted on November 19, 2009 at 03:13 pm by Andis Kaulins
Nov 19
Previous Posting Intended for Twitter Pundit

To our subscribers and readers: OOps. By mistake, a posting intended for my Twitter Pundit blog landed on LawPundit. Sorry. I have deleted it. The Google menu bar has a very useful "send this" feature which allows one to make quick postings to blogs about pages that one is viewing online, but you have to set the posting to the right blog, if you have multiple blogs, which I do. Occasionally, I forget to do this. Posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:40 am by Andis Kaulins
Nov 18
Innovation and America : Fareed Zakaria at Newsweek Asks : Is America Losing Its Mojo? Can America Still Innovate? | Newsweek Innovation & Technology

How does America currently stand in terms of INNOVATION? Fareed Zakaria at Newsweek Asks : Is America Losing Its Mojo? Can America Still Innovate? Zakaria: Can America Still Innovate? | Newsweek Innovation and Technology | Newsweek.com "Innovation is as American as baseball and apple pie. But some traditions can't be trademarked.... By most measures, America remains the world leader in technological achievement. Consider the 2009 Nobel Prizes: of the 13 people honored, nine were American. Once... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:13 pm by Andis Kaulins

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Tech LawForum

Discussion, debate and dialogue of technology law issues. Sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute.

http://www.techlawforum.net

Jan 4
Not Enough Nexuses for Daubert.

In Rambus v. Hynix, 5:05CV334 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 29, 2008), at docket entry #2997, Judge Whyte largely rejected proffered expert testimony on the "secondary considerations" that indicate nonobviousness. A showing of these indicia of nonobviousness has grown in importance since the Supreme Court lowered the pedal against obvious combination patents, in KSR v. Teleflex. Using a Daubert analysis, mainly focused on whether the expert reliably made logical connections between historical facts and 'net'... Posted on January 4, 2009 at 06:49 am by Lee Thomason
Dec 18
Attorney, Newly Merged In, and Entire Firm Disqualified in DRAM suit.

After some 350 docket entries, a firm that was representing certain opt-out plaintiffs in the DRAM antitrust case was disqualified in Unisys Corp. v. Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., 3:06-CV-2915 (N.D. Cal. 12/18/2008). The D.C. firm had merged in a California firm in Oct. 2008, which brought in as a partner an attorney who had represented an executive of one defendant in the DOJ investigation of the DRAM market. The arguments against disqualification were that no attorney-client relation existed... Posted on December 18, 2008 at 09:27 pm by Lee Thomason
Dec 18
Last Season’s Patented Gift Suggestions.

It is remarkable how many patents get issued, either (i) just before the calendar year closes or (ii) within 90 days before the application is pending 36 months. Due to postulate (i), many patents (over 3500 last year) actually have an issue date of December 25th. At this time of giving and remembering, recall a few inventions patented on last Christmas Day 2007. First, is USP 7,312,773 for the "Illuminated Wearable Ornament," which includes "a fastener &#xe2€&#xa6for attachment to a human," and per... Posted on December 18, 2008 at 04:15 pm by Lee Thomason

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In Re Discovery

Covers electronic discovery and litigation information related to ediscovery. From Socha Consulting LLC

http://sochaconsulting.com/inrediscovery

Apr 21
Kazeon webinar: Successful Deployment of In-house eDiscovery: How to save money AND ensure complete, accurate, defensible eDiscovery

[ April 23, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Link to webinar information and registration:Litigations and internal investigations are on the rise. And all corporations are under a budget crunch. How does one successfully implement eDiscovery while keeping costs in check and yet not compromise on the accuracy, completeness and defensibility of their eDiscovery process? Why is the trend to bring eDiscovery in-house rising? [...] Posted on April 21, 2009 at 07:10 am by George Socha
Feb 11
EDRM Participation Fee Update

February 11, 2009 - In response to the current economic challenges and the accompanying reduction in electronic discovery personnel at service and software providers, law firms and corporations, for select individuals we are temporarily waiving the individual EDRM participation fee. This waiver applies to individuals who have lost, or are about to lose, positions in the [...] Posted on February 11, 2009 at 07:38 am by George Socha
Feb 10
Socha-Gelbmann Update: LegalTech New York, EDRM & e-Discovery Trends

[ February 10, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Link to webinar registration: Listen to the live webinar or anytime afterwards via Fios' on-demand program.Tuesday February 10, 2009 01:00 PM ET (60 minutes)Hear from leading analysts George Socha and Tom Gelbmann on the activities that took place at LegalTech New York, developments in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) projects and overall e-discovery trends [...] Posted on February 10, 2009 at 04:20 am by George Socha

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Blawg

Articles, News and Information from Bill Gratsch of Blawg.com

http://blog.blawg.com

Aug 25
Blawgger Ronda Muir and her unique approach to Practice Management

1. In what capacity does your blog serve the legal community? I am a specialist in organizational development for law firms and law departments. I have an expertise in lawyer personalities, which in this industry has a major impact on how their organizations work. (The comment I usually hear from non-lawyers is "Isn't lawyer personality" an oxymoron?" So you can see we are up against a difficult market perception.) 2. What can lawyers/firms learn from reading your blawg and/or accepting... Posted on August 25, 2009 at 08:52 am by Bill Gratsch
Feb 12
Interview with Dan T. Frith

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Feb 12
Interview with Bonnie Shucha

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beSpacific

Features law, marketing, Internet legal resources and technology news. By Sabrina I. Pacifici.

http://www.bespacific.com/

Nov 21
UT Libraries' Human Rights Documentation Initiative

"The UT Libraries' Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) is committed to the long-term preservation of fragile and vulnerable records of... Posted on November 21, 2009 at 03:10 pm by Sabrina
Nov 21
ABA Releases Report on Best Practices in Employing Lawyers with Disabilities

News release: "Based on the U.S. Census Bureau&#xc2&#x92s American Community Survey, 22,295,000 Americans with disabilities are of working age; however,... Posted on November 21, 2009 at 02:28 pm by Sabrina
Nov 20
Google Announces Automatic Captions in YouTube

Official Google Blog, Ken Harrenstien, Software Engineer: "Since the original launch of captions in our products, we&#xc2&#x92ve been happy to... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:58 pm by Sabrina

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Marcel Leonardi - Direito e...

Marcel Leonardi - Direito e Internet

Covers cyberlaw issues in Brazil. By Professor Marcel Leonardi.

http://www.leonardi.adv.br/blog

Jul 19
Artigo “Comments to OECD on Information Intermediaries”

Em raz&#xc3&#xa3o de minhas pesquisas de p&#xc3&#xb3s-doutorado vinculadas &#xc3 UC Berkeley School of Law e &#xc3 Electronic Frontier Foundation, passei a fazer parte do Expert Group on Internet Intermediaries of the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC), vinculado &#xc3 Organiza&#xc3&#xa7&#xc3&#xa3o para a Coopera&#xc3&#xa7&#xc3&#xa3o e Desenvolvimento Econ&#xc3&#xb4mico (OCDE). Em 4 de julho de 2009, o CSISAC publicou o artigo Comments to OECD on Information Intermediaries, do qual participei como co-autor. Esse artigo foi submetido &#xc3... Posted on July 19, 2009 at 07:00 pm by Marcel Leonardi
Jul 17
President Lula and the Brazilian Cybercrime Bill

Reproduzo, abaixo, o texto "President Lula and the Brazilian Cybercrime Bill", de minha autoria, originalmente publicado no blog Deeplinks. O blog &#xc3&#xa9 mantido pela Electronic Frontier Foundation, institui&#xc3&#xa7&#xc3&#xa3o n&#xc3&#xa3o-governamental dedicada &#xc3 defesa de direitos digitais nos Estados Unidos, respons&#xc3&#xa1vel por parte de minhas pesquisas como participante do programa Google Policy Fellowship. President Lula and the Brazilian Cybercrime Bill Commentary by Marcel Leonardi Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Da... Posted on July 17, 2009 at 07:00 pm by Marcel Leonardi
Jul 15
Matéria Folha de São Paulo: Pelados 2.0

Reproduzo, abaixo, mat&#xc3&#xa9ria originalmente publicada em 15 de julho de 2009 no jornal Folha de S&#xc3&#xa3o Paulo, intitulada "Pelados 2.0&#xe2€&#xb3, para a qual fui entrevistado. Pelados 2.0 Fotos e v&#xc3&#xaddeos caseiros de momentos &#xc3&#xadntimos caem na internet e surpreendem v&#xc3&#xadtimas desavisadas DANIELA ARRAIS DA REPORTAGEM LOCAL Tudo era uma brincadeira ou um registro de momentos que diziam respeito, apenas, a duas pessoas. De repente, voc&#xc3&#xaa acessa a internet, checa seu e-mail ou perfil em redes sociais e se depara... Posted on July 15, 2009 at 07:00 pm by Marcel Leonardi

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Michael Geist's Blog

Covers technology and DRM. By Michael Geist.

http://www.michaelgeist.ca

Nov 20
NDP, Billy Bragg Make Case For Legalized Downloading

The NDP's Charlie Angus and musician Billy Bragg held a press conference in Ottawa this morning to argue against criminalizing music downloading, instead supporting mechanisms to fully legalize the activity. Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:44 am by Michael Geist
Nov 20
OECD Confirms Canada Among Lowest Sources Of Counterfeiting

The OECD has released new data on its global counterfeiting estimates, concluding that the share of counterfeit and pirated goods in world trade is estimated to have increased from 1.85% in 2000 to 1.95% in 2007. That represents an increase to $250 billion worldwide. That is obviously a big number, but notably far lower than the claims from ACTA supporters. Copyright lobby groups have long claimed - without empirical support - that counterfeiting and piracy represents 5 - 7% of global trade.... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:33 am by Michael Geist
Nov 20
MPAA on ACTA

"Outcries on the lack of transparency in the ACTA negotiations are a distraction." Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:12 am by Michael Geist

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E-Commerce Law

Covers news, trends, and legal issues affecting e-commerce businesses. By Jonathan D. Frieden.

http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/

Nov 16
E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of November 9, 2009

A federal judge in Georgia has ruled that tweeting in court constitutes the "broadcasting of judicial proceedings" in violation of Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Facebook provided the alibi for a robbery suspect. Each weekend, E-Commerce Law Briefs provides a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses. Posted on November 16, 2009 at 08:10 am by Jonathan Frieden
Nov 9
Among the Experts: Online Marketing for Lawyers

This week, I'll be speaking at seminars entitled Among the Experts: Online Marketing for Lawyers. The seminars, held tomorrow in Washington, D.C. and Wednesday in Baltimore, Maryland, will cover: Core Web Presence - discussing how to develop a strategy around your online presence and get the most out of Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Avvo. Google Analytics - addressing how to track online performance with Google Analytics. Search Engine Optimization - discussing SEO basics. Other speakers... Posted on November 9, 2009 at 06:20 am by Jonathan Frieden
Nov 9
E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of November 2, 2009

Two high school sophomores have sued the school that punished them for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace. Twitter and Facebook users were the subject of scams. Each weekend, E-Commerce Law Briefs provides a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses. Posted on November 9, 2009 at 06:05 am by Jonathan Frieden

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Patent Arcade

Covers video game IP law. By Ross Dannenberg.

http://www.patentarcade.com

Oct 22
Checkmate for Innovention?

Innovention Toys LLC ("Innovention") previously filed suit against MGA Entertainment Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Toys R Us Inc. for allegedly infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,264,242, ("the '242 patent") entitled "Light Reflecting Board Game." As summarized by Judge Martin Feldman in his recent order, the '242 patent is directed towards a "chess-like board game in which opposing players shoot a laser beam at mirrored game pieces in order to reflect the beam in an attempt to strike (and thus... Posted on October 22, 2009 at 06:24 am by Shawn Gorman (Gamertag: pbot1)
Oct 20
Back on Stage in the Guitar Hero/Gibson Suit?

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., along with a host of game retailers, is asking a court in Tennessee to resume proceedings in a patent suit brought by Gibson Guitar Corporation over the "Guitar Hero" line of video games. The suit was filed by Gibson in 2008, and alleged that the Guitar Hero games infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405, entitled "System and Method for Generating and Controlling a Simulated Musical Concert Experience." The claims in the patent were generally directed to simulating... Posted on October 20, 2009 at 06:42 am by Steve Chang (Gamertag: BookEmDano 5 0)
Oct 10
Copyright in Screen Shots - Sony v. Bleem (9th Cir. 2000)

Sony Computer Entertainment America v. Bleem, LLC 214 F.3d 1022 (9th Cir. 2000) Background Bleem marketed a software emulator that allowed users to play Sony Playstation games on their personal computers. Bleem's emulator appealed both to gamers who did not want to buy a Playstation console and to those who sought the enhanced graphics and higher resolution offered by PC graphics cards. The program was written and marketed by two men who reverse-engineered the code in the Playstation's... Posted on October 10, 2009 at 02:46 am by Patent Arcade Staff

Rank This Week: 378

Technology Law Update

Covers judicial opinions and other developments in intellectual property, technology and media law. From Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP.

http://brownraysman.typepad.com/technology_law_update/

Jun 26
Ticketmaster Granted $18.2 Million Default Judgment against "Ticket Bot" Software Supplier

A California district court entered a default judgment in favor of Ticketmaster in the amount exceeding $18.2 million, representing the disgorgement of the profits that the defendant RMG Technologies wrongfully earned through infringement of Ticketmaster's copyrights. In this action, Ticketmaster... Posted on June 26, 2008 at 02:47 pm by THELEN
Jun 13
Connecticut Enacts Law Safeguarding Social Security Numbers and Other Personal Information

Earlier this week, Connecticut Governor, M. Jodi Rell, signed into law Public Act No. 08-167 which is aimed at combating identity theft by specifically protecting the confidentiality of Social Security numbers ("SSNs") and requiring other personal information be safeguarded against... Posted on June 13, 2008 at 08:07 pm by Frank Pugliese
Jun 11
Texas District Court Grants Class Action Certification to San Antonio’s Suit Against Online Travel Companies

A Texas district court recently granted the plaintiff's motion for class certification in a suit against multiple online travel companies that have allegedly failed to remit certain hotel occupancy taxes owed to the City of San Antonio. City of San... Posted on June 11, 2008 at 02:14 pm by THELEN

Rank This Week: 394

Mediation Marketing from Mediator...

Mediation Marketing from Mediator Tech

Covers gadgets, mediation marketing, software, and website advice. By Tammy Lenski.

http://MediatorTech.com

Nov 19
Frequently asked mediation career and business questions…and some answers

I receive certain questions regularly via email, so thought I'd post answers here to save some of you the time inquiring. If you have questions I haven't addressed here, please do leave a comment at the foot of this post and I'll do what I can to answer them there! What was your career path? How can I get into the mediation field? Can someone with my background become a mediator? How do I know if I'd be a good mediator? What mediation certificate and grad programs do you recommend? What... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:46 am by Tammy Lenski
Nov 15
Odds and ends, november 2009

A few quick announcements: The American Bar Association is sponsoring a mediation video contest to find the best 3-minute demonstration of mediation process and benefits. If you've got some creativity, they've got $1,000 to part with. Mediate.com reached a major milestone this week, with publication of its 300th free newsletter. Here's the article celebrating the milestone and offering up some interesting readership stats and resources. We're all the better for Jim's and John's fine work. I... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 07:34 am by Tammy Lenski
Nov 15
The death of the cookie-cutter mediator is nigh

Prospective clients are checking up on you. They're Googling your name and your business name. They're scanning only the first one or two pages of results. If you've got a website, they're visiting it and looking around. If you don't, they're relying on what others are writing or saying about you. These are the questions they're asking themselves as they rummage about on the 'net: Does she know her stuff? Can I trust him to get it done right? Why should I hire her instead of the mediator down... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 04:24 am by Tammy Lenski

Rank This Week: 404

Robert Ambrogi's LawSites

Tracking new and intriguing Web sites for the legal profession.

http://www.legaline.com/lawsites.html

Nov 19
The Madoff Social Network Map

To pull off a $20 billion ponzi scheme, you need a broad web of social and business connections. In the case of Bernard Madoff, the network of feeder funds and sub-feeder funds that funneled investors' money his way was particularly complex. For a striking visual depiction of this complex network of funds, check out this interactive network map: Bernard L. Madoff Money Flows & Feeder Funds. The map was created by Orgnet.com, a company that provides social network analysis software and... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 03:07 am by Robert Ambrogi
Nov 19
Twitter's New 'Retweet' Feature

Twitter has now rolled out its beta retweet feature to most users. Not all of them are happy about it. You will know if you have it when you go to your Twitter home page, where you will find a notice describing the new feature. Formerly, you could pass along a tweet of interest by adding "RT" to it. It would go out under your name and you could add your own comments to the retweet. Under the new feature, a new "Retweet" button is added to the existing "Reply" button under each tweet that... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 02:33 am by Robert Ambrogi
Nov 18
Google Gets into Legal Research

In a post earlier today at Legal Blog Watch, The Google Gorilla Enters the Research Game, I wrote about Google's announcement yesterday that Google Scholar now allows users to search full-text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state appellate and trial courts. I wrote there about the implications of the announcement, but wanted to post here to add my initial thoughts about the search itself. So far, I like what I see. As it is throughout Google's various offerings, the search interface is... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 01:23 pm by Robert Ambrogi

Rank This Week: 405

Canadian Privacy Law Blog

Covers developments in privacy law. By David T.S. Fraser.

http://www.privacylawyer.ca/blog/index.html

Nov 17
Commissioner tables annual Privacy Act Report for 2008-2009

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has tabled her annual report on the public sector privacy law, the Privacy Act: Annual Report to Parliament 2008-2009 - Report on the Privacy Act. At the same time, she has also tabled additional privacy audits, related to FINTRAC and the Canadian no-fly list: Audit of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada Audit of the Passenger Protect Program of Transport Canada Here's the media release that accompanied the tabling of the reports:... Posted on November 17, 2009 at 08:24 am
Nov 15
Social networks for reference checks

I am often asked whether potential employers are legally able to use Facebook or other social networking sites to do background checks on candidates. A recent "update" email from LinkedIn contained the following blurb at the bottom: "DID YOU KNOW you can conduct a more credible and powerful reference check using LinkedIn? Enter the company name and years of employment or the prospective employee to find their colleagues that are also in your network. This provides you with a more balanced set... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:40 am
Nov 15
A look at video surveillance in Halifax

The Sunday Chronicle Herald has two articles on the increasing use of video surveillance by police and private organizations in Halifax. They are interesting reading, but what I find most interesting is that this is the first time that I've seen any dicussion of how the police manage the feeds and access to recordings. Check them out: Eyes in the sky - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca Wireless cameras add to police toolbox - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca The cameras in place... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:46 am

Rank This Week: 411

LawGeek

Covers intellectual property, free speech, privacy rights and other topics. By Jason Schultz.

http://lawgeek.typepad.com/lawgeek/

Jun 7
Facebook v. Power Ventures: Fair use, misuse, and the fight for access to user-generated data

Early last month, federal Judge Jeremy Fogel issued an order in the case of Facebook v. Power Ventures, a lawsuit over a third-party platform that allegedly attempts to "scrape" content for and from users on different social network sites into a single UI. Facebook sued Power, claiming violations of copyright, anti-circumvention regualtions, CAN-SPAM, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. More on the case can be found here. In the ruling, Judge Fogel primarily addressed the copyright and... Posted on June 7, 2009 at 01:24 pm by Jason Schultz
Dec 31
Lobbyist linked by Times to McCain sues paper, claims own denial evidence of defamation

Lobbyist linked by Times to McCain sues paper. The article said that both McCain and Iseman denied any romantic relationship, but the lawsuit says most readers would find that obligatory. "That The New York Times would make such aggressive and sensational allegations and insinuations in the face of on-the-record denials by Ms. Iseman and Senator McCain only reinforced the message to readers that The New York Times in fact believed that Ms. Iseman and Senator McCain had indeed engaged in an... Posted on December 31, 2008 at 12:55 pm by Jason Schultz
Dec 31
Arkansas ACLU Asks Court To Strike Down Arkansas Parenting Ban

Arkansas ACLU Asks Court To Strike Down Arkansas Parenting Ban. In the lawsuit filed today, the ACLU argues that Act 1 violates the federal and state constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. Participating in the case are 29 adults and children from over a dozen different families, including a grandmother who lives with her same-sex partner of nine years and is the only relative able and willing to adopt her grandchild who is now in Arkansas state care, several married... Posted on December 31, 2008 at 12:45 pm by Jason Schultz

Rank This Week: 424

Internet Cases

Legal developments involving the Internet and new technologies. By Evan Brown.

http://www.internetcases.com/

Nov 5
Death scene photos posted on the web did not subject coroner to liability

Werner v. County of Northampton, 2009 WL 3471188 (3rd Cir. October 29, 2009) (Not selected for official publication). Plaintiff's son died in the family home. No one seems to know for sure whether it was an accident or suicide. Even Plaintiff gave conflicting statements to the court - in his complaint he said it was not suicide, but in a later-filed brief he said it was. In any event, on the day the son died, the coroner came to the house to take pictures. Somehow the coroner's son got a hold... Posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:00 am by Evan Brown
Nov 4
Robbery conviction overturned because prosecutor played YouTube video during closing argument

Miller v. State, 2009 WL 3517627 (Ind. App. October 30, 2009) Appellant Miller and his dad robbed Wedge's Liquor Store in Logansport, Indiana back in November 2007. During the robbery Miller pulled out a shotgun and pointed it at the clerk's face. During closing argument at trial, the prosecutor showed the jury a video from YouTube to illustrate "how easy it was to conceal a weapon inside clothing." The video was not admitted as evidence but was used merely as a demonstrative aid. The jury... Posted on November 4, 2009 at 01:43 am by Evan Brown
Nov 3
In New Hampshire, your landlord has to give you free* cable

Hey, let's watch HGTV and get some ideas for the apartment! It's not like we have to pay for it or anything. Anyone who has ever been a landlord will think the New Hampshire Supreme Court may have lost its mind. Those who like TV and broadband access a lot may think otherwise. Here's the story. A tenant told his landlord that he wasn't going to pay rent anymore. So the landlord sued for unpaid rent and to get possession of the apartment back. Six days later the landlord disconnected the cable... Posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:00 am by Evan Brown

Rank This Week: 450

TechnoLlama

Covers copyrights, creative commons, DRM, open source and more. By Andres Guadamuz.

http://technollama.blogspot.com/index.html

Nov 20
Digital Economy Bill and orphan works

So, the Digital Economy Bill has been unleashed upon an unsuspecting public (if we exclude the twittering and blogging classes of course). The Bill is already being scrutinised by various parties, and the veredict seems to be worrying, as it implements three strikes disconnection, as well as other seemingly abusive provisions. I will be going through it in more detail in the next couple of days, but initially I was pleasantly surprised to find that the bill contains a section related to orphan... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:42 am by Andres
Nov 19
Queen announces disconnection for file-sharing

As anticipated, Her Majesty the Queen has announced the implementation of measures against file-sharers, including notices and disconnection. The measures will be part of the Digital Economy Bill, which also proposes tougher classification for video games, and new powers to Ofcom regarding local news services. While the Bill's text is not yet available, Parliament has published both an outline of the Bill's contents, and how the plan fits into the government's legislative strategy for the next... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 01:14 am by Andres
Nov 18
Academia v Business

And while we are talking about academic life, here is the latest xkcd: Posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:17 am by Andres

Rank This Week: 451

The MTTLR Blog

By the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review.

http://blog.mttlr.org/

Mar 2
Migrating the MTTLR Blog

We're moving the MTTLR blog to a new server and a new blogging platform. We hope that this migration will allow us to post more frequently, and to include more timely contributions. Please come join us at [www.mttlrblog.org]. Posted on March 2, 2009 at 03:52 pm by MTTLR Blog Editor
Feb 11
Tiffany v. eBay – Transnational Trademark Problems?

by Jeff Liu , MTTLR Associate Editor Last summer, a federal district court ruled, in Tiffany v. Ebay, that online marketplace eBay was not liable under trademark and unfair competition law for facilitating the sale of counterfeit items on its website. The court noted that it is a "Trademark owner's burden to police its mark, and companies like eBay cannot be held liable for trademark infringement based solely on their generalized knowledge that trademark infringement might be occurring." Some... Posted on February 11, 2009 at 12:21 pm by MTTLR Blog Editor
Feb 10
Testing the Scope of Fuel Economy Standard Preemption: The New York Taxicab Cases

by: Joshua E. Ney, Associate Editor, MTTLR Image Feeding Frenzy by 54east. Used under a Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0 license.Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) prescribes corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks.1 The CAFE standards specify a minimum fleet-wide average fuel economy applicable to manufacturers in a given model year.2 Since the enactment of the EPCA,... Posted on February 10, 2009 at 01:14 am by MTTLR Blog Editor

Rank This Week: 457

Deep Links

Noteworthy news items from around the internet. By the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/

Nov 19
Google Books Settlement 2.0: Evaluating Competition

/**/ This is the third in a series of posts about the proposed Google Book Search settlement. Now that we've described the proposed settlement agreement's biggest potential upside for the public-expanded online access to books, particularly out-of-print books-that benefit must be weighed against the potential down-sides. On that score, the settlement's potential impact on competition in the online book market has loomed large. Critics of the settlement have emphasized two principal dangers: The... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:03 pm by fred
Nov 19
UK Alert: Stop the Pirate-Finder General!

In the UK, the Labour administration's impatience to pass its "Digital Economy" agenda risks throwing balanced, deliberate reform of copyright law utterly out of the window. With no warning or consultation, the draft Digital Economy bill now includes a provision granting the Secretary of State - currently Lord Peter Mandelson - the power to make statutory instruments that can re-write Britain's Copyright, Design and Patents Act with almost no Parliamentary debate. Once the Digital Economy Bill... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:23 pm by richard
Nov 19
A Pirate-Finder General for the UK?

Copyright law involves a delicate balance, made all the more fragile by the number of people who now find their every day actions affected by it. Some people benefit, others find ordinary behaviors made illegal. Reforming copyright in the face of new technology is a vital process, but it needs to be performed carefully, with all affected parties considered in the debate. In the UK, the Labour administration's impatience to pass its "Digital Economy" agenda, risks throwing that balance utterly... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:22 pm by danny

Rank This Week: 466

CYB3RCRIM3

Features observations on technology, law and lawlessness. By University of Dayton Susan Brenner.

http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com

Nov 23
Fail-Safe Argument

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Nov 20
Electronic Indictment Issues

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Nov 18
Evidence of Other Crimes

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Rank This Week: 478

InternetCases.com

Legal developments involving the Internet and new technologies. Published by Evan Brown of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.

http://www.internetcases.com/

Sep 11
Do Twitter’s new terms of service forsake third party developers?

Twitter announced its new Terms of Service yesterday. One big issue deals with copyright ownership. This is one of the perennial questions in the law of social media: "who owns the user-created content?" Twitter nods to this issue when it states that "Twitter is allowed to 'use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute' your tweets because that's what we do. However, they are your tweets and they belong to you." That's all well and good. And by not... Posted on September 11, 2009 at 09:43 am by Evan Brown
Sep 11
Remembering

Posted on September 11, 2009 at 05:42 am by Evan Brown
Aug 31
Email snooping can be intrusion upon seclusion

Analysis could also affect liability of enterprises using cloud computing technologies. Steinbach v. Village of Forest Park, No. 06-4215, 2009 WL 2605283 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 25, 2009) Local elected official Steinbach had an email account that was issued by the municipality. Third party Hostway provided the technology for the account. Steinbach logged in to her Hostway webmail account and noticed eleven messages from constituents had been forwarded by someone else to her political rival. Steinbach... Posted on August 31, 2009 at 08:23 am by Evan Brown

Rank This Week: 485

Tech Law Prof Blog

By Mark Giangrande and Marin Dell.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tech_law_prof/

Aug 16
About Tech Law Prof Blog

The Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog. Mark Giangrande continues to publish on tech law and other developments as co-editor of Law Librarian Blog. Posted on August 16, 2009 at 11:36 am by Joe Hodnicki
Jul 17
My Last Post on the Tech Law Prof Blog

This will be my last post on the Tech Law Prof Blog. I've recently signed on as co-editor of the Law Librarian Blog and I've found it increasingly difficult to contribute to both and provide thoughtful news and commentary. After... Posted on July 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm by Joe Hodnicki
Jul 15
Add Spam to Death and Taxes

What can anyone say about email spam? My eyes glaze over my inbox sometimes because of the huge amount of sexual, pharmaceutical,or banking transaction come-ons. Moreover, they come in languages and alphabets I'll never understand. Sometimes they even purport to... Posted on July 15, 2009 at 10:19 am by Joe Hodnicki

Rank This Week: 486

IMPACT&#xc2&#xae Intellectual property and...

IMPACT® Intellectual property and IT law blog

Covers intellectual property, information technology, data protection and freedom of information from a UK perspective. Published by the Intellectual Property and Technology team at UK law firm Freeth Cartwright LLP.

http://impact.freethcartwright.com/

Oct 16
Facebook Firsht

Creation of a fake profile on Facebook - the popular social networking website - by a former school friend has resulted in an award of &#xc2&#xa322,000 in damages to businessman Matthew Firsht and his company, Applause Store Productions. The case illustrates how a determined claimant can prove the source of internet posts. Background In July 2007 Mr Firsht, the claimant, discovered that somebody had set up a Facebook profile in his name. The profile contained a mixture of true and false private... Posted on October 16, 2008 at 05:54 pm by Ann
Oct 16
Police powers to gather phone and email data.

The Government hasn't exactly had the best record of late when it comes to the way in which it handles personal data. It was in November 2007 that the Chancellor Alastair Darling revealed that two unencrypted CD's containing the personal details of 25 million child benefit claimants and their parents had gone missing. Only a month later the Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly reported that the details of 3 million learner drivers were lost when the hard drive on which they were recorded was... Posted on October 16, 2008 at 05:49 pm by Ann
Oct 6
GOOGLE REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO EUROPE???S DATA PROTECTION REGIME:

The Article 29 Workers Party has stated recently that Google considers that the European law on data protection is not applicable to itself, even though Google has servers and establishments in . It also asserts that Google wishes to retain personal data of users beyond the 6 months period requested by the Article 29 Working Party, without any justification. The dispute centres on records of user's search queries. Google keeps these and uses them, it says, to improve the quality of search... Posted on October 6, 2008 at 03:27 pm by Ann

Rank This Week: 508

ICT for Peacebuilding

Exploring the use of technology for conflict transformation, focusing on the use of information communications technology (ICT) for peacebuilding. From Sanjana Hattotuwa.

http://ict4peace.wordpress.com

Nov 22
A billion for a billion: WFP tackles hunger through the web

You know its bound to fail, but embracing the web and social networking in the manner WFP has needs to be recognised, celebrated and supported as best one can. As reported in UN Dispatch, the World Food Program launched a new campaign, a billion for a billion. The idea is to link the 1 billion internet [...] Posted on November 22, 2009 at 05:30 pm by Sanjana Hattotuwa
Nov 22
Tamil not an official language in some e-gov sites in Sri Lanka?

I wrote in April 2008 that, "You know there's something seriously wrong with e-gov when the humanitarian section of official website of the President of Sri Lanka has only a single mention of a human (though one wonders whether the person mentioned also fell into the animal welfare directives of the Mahinda Chintana)&#xe2€&#xa6. From the non-functional and [...] Posted on November 22, 2009 at 04:23 am by Sanjana Hattotuwa
Nov 13
Moomeo: A perfect site for whistleblowers and anti-corruption initiatives?

Moomeo is a relatively new site based on a powerful, simple idea. It creates a webpage out of any email sent to post@moomeo.com. This website comes with easy links to share it on Facebook, Twitter and anywhere else on the web. Importantly, it does not show the sender of the email, ensuring that her / [...] Posted on November 13, 2009 at 08:46 pm by Sanjana Hattotuwa

Rank This Week: 514

MediaBerkman

Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet & Society Podcast.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman

Nov 19
Radio Berkman 137: Cory Doctorow – In Defense of ©

Is the fate of books a forgone conclusion? Will they just continue to make their way out of print and into digital form? This week's guest, author Cory Doctorow, suggests that we might want to keep books in print for a little while longer. Not just out of nostalgia - but actually to protect the [...] Posted on November 19, 2009 at 02:00 am by crhinesmith@cyber.law.harvard.edu (Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School)
Nov 17
Nathan Eagle on Big Data, Global Development, and Complex Social Systems [Audio]

Nathan Eagle, Omidyar Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, infers behavioral dynamics on a broad spectrum of scales using technology; from risky behavior in a group of MIT freshman, to cholera outbreaks in Rwanda and wealth in the UK, to disease transmission and slum formations in East Africa. Though the analytical techniques are sophisticated, the [...] Posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:26 pm by crhinesmith@cyber.law.harvard.edu (Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School)
Nov 17
Nathan Eagle on Big Data, Global Development, and Complex Social Systems

Nathan Eagle, Omidyar Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, infers behavioral dynamics on a broad spectrum of scales using technology; from risky behavior in a group of MIT freshman, to cholera outbreaks in Rwanda and wealth in the UK, to disease transmission and slum formations in East Africa. Though the analytical techniques are sophisticated, the [...] Posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:24 pm by crhinesmith@cyber.law.harvard.edu (Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School)

Rank This Week: 525

Online Liability Blog&#xe2&#x84&#xa2

Online Liability Blog™

Covers laws and litigation that regulate, challenge and immunize Internet websites and other online services. By Michael H. Erdman.

http://onlineliabilityblog.com

Aug 3
What I’ve been up to – AgentsCompared.com

It's been awhile since I last posted here, and for good reason. Going back to the summer of 2007 I've been developing an idea I've had about helping home buyers and sellers make more informed decisions when selecting a local real estate agent. Last month it came to fruition - AgentsCompared.com. Here's the text [...] Posted on August 3, 2009 at 01:28 pm by Michael Erdman
Sep 12
Bloomberg liable for United Airlines’ stock nosedive?

Interesting post today on one of Wired's blogs (links to a recent post at The Volokh Conspiracy) relating to the potential applicability of Section 230 to Bloomberg's "role" in United's free fall earlier this week. Lots of juicy issues here, but time constraints force me to simply take this opportunity to quickly vent on a longstanding [...] Posted on September 12, 2008 at 02:58 pm by Michael Erdman
Aug 16
Criminal defamation on the Internet

Finally some news out of Green Bay that doesn't involve #4. This one surprised me a bit, although I'm not entirely familiar with all of the relevant facts. Perhaps the defendant had a prior record? Posted on August 16, 2008 at 04:13 pm by Michael Erdman

Rank This Week: 544

Lawgarithms

Issue-spotting the Live Web. Covers blogging, copyright, licenses, privacy, software, syndication and more. By Denise Howell.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howell

Jun 13
Six things to know if your Facebook username has been squatted

Here are some things to bear in mind about username squatting on Facebook. I'm guessing Mike Arrington can get this fixed with a phone call or two. (via Dave Winer) If you're not him&#xe2€&#xa6 You may have missed the fact there was, before username registration opened up, a form to complete for "preventing [your] trademarks from being registered as usernames." That form is now closed, and links off instead to Facebook's non-copyright IP Infringement Form. (Given its wording and stated purpose, I doubt... Posted on June 13, 2009 at 08:34 am by Denise Howell
Jun 11
Napster and the "The more things change" rule

Drew Wilson at Zero Paid points out that Napster celebrates its 10th birthday this month. The Globe and Mail takes a deeper look in its Download Decade series. In the last decade, iTunes, Amazon, and various subscription music services have demonstrated there's a vast audience more than willing to pay for entertainment downloads given the right mix of value and convenience, though pricing and freedom from DRM remain sticking points. At the same time, lawsuits against individual alleged file... Posted on June 11, 2009 at 09:05 am by Denise Howell
Jun 2
Microsoft's Bing playing fast and loose with fair use?

Beet.TV's Andy Plesser asks: is Microsoft's Bing search playing fast and loose with fair use? Specifically, Andy points out that Bing displays "live," or perhaps more accurately "dynamic," thumbnails in its video search results, and users can "watch the entire video an extended excerpt [see below] as a thumbnail, with sound." Andy notes Bing "appears to pull a media RSS feed which is stripped of advertising overlays," but "does provide a link to the original source." "This is the broadest... Posted on June 2, 2009 at 08:53 am by Denise Howell

Rank This Week: 548

Ephemerallaw

Covers the information security and data privacy laws.

http://ephemerallaw.blogspot.com/

Apr 12
Turn on your Syndication

Sadly, my actual job, combined with some personal issues have been taking up essentially all of my time recently, and will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I expect to be able to return to maintaining the blog on a more regular basis at some point in the future. However, at this point, I recommend taking advantage of the feed for the site, since coming back in order to see when I have a new post up is unlikely to result in finding anything. Posted on April 12, 2009 at 12:21 pm by William Morriss
Apr 4
Federal Security Breach Notification is Here

After years of talk, and failed attempts, tucked into a corner of the massive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, we get a federal security breach notification law. Actually, we get a whole chunk of health care related privacy legislation, but what I'm going to focus on is the security breach notification part of it, as there's simply too much there for a single post otherwise. In any case, the relevant provisions are sections 13402 (Notification in the case of breach, starting at page 146... Posted on April 4, 2009 at 12:27 pm by William Morriss
Mar 24
Red Flag Rules - Deadline May 1

My colleagues Jane Shea and Gretchen Ackerman have published a new business advisory on the FTC red flag rules. I am posting it here with permission. The May 1, 2009 deadline for creating and implementing an Identity Theft Protection and Prevention Program required by FTC Rules is fast approaching. The Identity Theft Red Flag Rules apply to all organizations with accounts primarily for personal, family or household purposes that permit multiple payments. Creditors subject to these rules include... Posted on March 24, 2009 at 12:05 pm by William Morriss

Rank This Week: 559

Litigation Blog

Focuses on litigation, interesting lawsuits and legal technology issues. From the Fish Law Firm.

http://fishlawfirm.com/blog

Apr 29
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act —Class Action Lawsuits Over Credit Card Receipts

An astonishing number of class action lawsuits have been filed against local merchants for allegedly violation the The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. The lawsuits are targeting merchants who are disclosing excessive amounts of information on their credit card receipts. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act provides, in part: Truncation of Credit Card and Debit Card Numbers: Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no person that accepts credit cards or debit cards for... Posted on April 29, 2008 at 07:39 pm by Administrator
Apr 3
Google Lawsuit Goes Forward: Court refuses To Dismiss Claims Alleging Google Participated In A “Massive Scheme To Use Deceptive Domain Names” To Generate Billions Of Dollars.

Vulcan Golf, LLC filed a putative class action lawsuit against Google, Inc. and other defendants, including Oversee.net, Sedo LLC, Dotster, Inc. a/k/a revenuedirect.com. The Defendants sought to have the case thrown out on a motion to dismiss. Instead, the Court allowed much of the case to proceed and ordered the parties to brief whether the case should proceed as a class action lawsuit. Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc., 2008 WL 818346 (N. D. ILL., March 20, 2008) A copy of the judge's ruling is... Posted on April 3, 2008 at 03:09 pm by Administrator
Jan 26
e360insight v. Comcast, Denial Of Service Attacks May Establish New Legal Precedent

e360Insight, which markets products via e-mail, has filed an interesting lawsuit against Comcast. A copy of the Complaint is available here via SpamSuite. The lawsuit alleges that Comcast unlawfully blocks those e-mails sent to e360Insight's customers (which have e-mail through Comcast). Claims are brought for tortious interference, violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, First Amendment violations, and Unfair Competition and Business Practices. This case will set an interesting legal... Posted on January 26, 2008 at 01:55 pm by Administrator

Rank This Week: 566

Cyberspaces Dot Org

Covers politics, law, and technology. By Rod Dixon.

www.cyberspaces.org/webzine

Mar 14
Cracking techno-conduct

Instead of recommending treatment for drivers who are addicted to Crackberry, the State of Washington is considering criminalizing texting while driving. Of course, drivers should not engage in texting or email reading while driving because in doing so is distracting and dangerous, but the recent trend of some local legislatures to regulate 21st Century behavior is getting absurd. Outlawing texting while driving is the most recent example of how legislatures are increasingly and unreflectively... Posted on March 14, 2007 at 06:24 am
Feb 7
...thoughts on music...

On February 7, 2007, Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, posted a few thoughts on music, including the idea that if the music recording industry would "abolish DRMs entirely," Apple "would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store." Jobs proposes that we imagine "a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded... Posted on February 7, 2007 at 04:55 am
Feb 6
...the iPhone a disruptive technology...

So says Jason Snell on Macworld.com the iPhone is disruptive because it&#xc2&#x92s an extension of Apple&#xc2&#x92s design philosophies. That means it&#xc2&#x92s a tightly integrated package of hardware and software. Apple&#xc2&#x92s consumer-electronics products are meant to be easy to use, to be a pleasure to use &#xc2&#x97 so much so that regular people actually enjoy using them and feel an affinity for them. Snell may be right, but there is another consequence of the June entry of iPhone to the smartphone market: there will be an... Posted on February 6, 2007 at 05:32 am

Rank This Week: 571

DennisKennedy.blog

Covers legal technology, technology law and other musings. From LexThink's Dennis Kennedy.

http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/

Aug 30
Recent Microblog Posts - August 30, 2009

DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here. Here are recent posts from the microblog: Amber Riviere: Your blog is your mothership - [bit.ly] Patrick Lamb on Rob Millard's Insights Into The Future Of Law - [bit.ly] - "vectors" and strategy as ongoing process RT @collabtools: Jon Udell on using FriendFeed for collaboration - [bit.ly] - the potential of... Posted on August 30, 2009 at 07:59 pm
Jul 27
Recent Microblog Posts - July 27, 2009

DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here. Here are recent posts from the microblog. As an aside, it's intriguing to me that any one or all of these would have turned into a blog post with some discussion of the topic several years ago. Om Malik on "The Social Web Prays at Email's Altar" - [bit.ly] - ways to fix email? Here's a great podcast -... Posted on July 27, 2009 at 07:26 pm
Nov 6
Recent Microblog Posts - November 6, 2008

DennisKennedy.Microblog is a supplement to this blog that can be found on Twitter at @dkennedyblog. I invite you to become a follower. An explanation of the microblog can be found here. Here are posts from the microblog for the last week or so: What is the potential of Obama's campaign network in running the government and the country? Rob Paterson on Change.gov - [bit.ly] @matthomann's 10 Rules of Legal Technology - [bit.ly] - a great list, but I still have to talk Matt out of his keyboard... Posted on November 6, 2008 at 06:52 pm

Rank This Week: 591

Freedom to Tinker

Focuses on issues related to legal regulation of technology, and especially on legal attempts to restrict the right of technologists and citizens to tinker with technological devices. From Princeton Computer Science and Public Affairs Professor Ed Felten

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com

Nov 23
Inaccurate Copyright Enforcement: Questionable "best" practices and BitTorrent specification flaws

/**/ [Today we welcome my Princeton Computer Science colleague Mike Freedman. Mike's research areas include computer systems, network software, and security. He writes a technical blog about these topics at the Princeton S* Network Systems -- required reading for serious systems geeks like me. -- Ed Felten] In the past few weeks, Ed has been writing about targeted and inaccurate copyright enforcement. While it may be difficult to quantify the actual extent of inaccurate claims, we can at least... Posted on November 23, 2009 at 05:45 am by Mike Freedman
Nov 16
Robots and the Law

Stanford Law School held a panel Thursday on "Legal Challenges in an Age of Robotics". I happened to be in town so I dropped by and heard an interesting discussion. Here's the official announcement: Once relegated to factories and fiction, robots are rapidly entering the mainstream. Advances in artificial intelligence translate into ever-broadening functionality and autonomy. Recent years have seen an explosion in the use of robotics in warfare, medicine, and exploration. Industry analysts and... Posted on November 16, 2009 at 09:29 am by Ed Felten
Nov 12
Targeted Copyright Enforcement vs. Inaccurate Enforcement

Let's continue our discussion about copyright enforcement against online infringers. I wrote last time about how targeted enforcement can deter many possible violators even if the enforcer can only punish a few violators. Clever targeting of enforcement can destroy the safety-in-numbers effect that might otherwise shelter a crowd of would-be violators. In the online copyright context, the implication is that large copyright owners might be able to use lawsuit threats to deter a huge population... Posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:22 am by Ed Felten

Rank This Week: 599

GrokLaw

Covers the SCO v. IBM and Linux case.

http://www.groklaw.net

Nov 22
More on What Happened at the Nov. 20th SCO Bankruptcy Hearing

I've been listening to the audio of the November 20, 2009 hearing in the SCO bankruptcy, and I'd like to share with you more details and clarifications about what happened, as I said I would. This was the hearing principally about the Wayne Gray motion to lift the stay [PDF]. I thought it would be useful to put everything we have ever collected on Gray and on the UNIX and UnixWare trademarks, all in one place, so you can meaningfully follow the Gray arguments and the counterarguments. When we... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 07:33 pm
Nov 20
The Pelican Case Inches Forward

The Pelican cases inches forward, with Robert V. Brazell, Stephen Norris, Talos Partners, and Rama Ramachandran filing their Answer with Counterclaim [PDF] to Pelican's First Amended Complaint. The counterclaim alleges fraud. Pelican has quickly filed a motion to dismiss the counterclaim [PDF]. And Darl McBride has filed a Reply Memorandum of Law [PDF] in support of his motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. I call it inching forward because it's still in the preliminary maneuvering stage,... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Nov 20
Eyewitness Report From Today's SCO Bankruptcy Hearing Re Wayne Gray and AutoZone

I'm happy to tell you that we did have a reporter, MikeD, at today's SCO bankruptcy hearing. He says Bonnie Glantz Fattel is an awesome attorney. She represents SCO's Chapter 11 Trustee, Edward Cahn. We have the minutes from the hearing too, so we know how it all went. This was the hearing mainly about two things: the AutoZone settlement agreement, the terms of which Cahn and AutoZone wanted to keep confidential, but which Joseph McMahon, the trial attorney from the US Trustee's Office had... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:04 pm

Rank This Week: 610

Futurelawyer

Covers future technology for the lawyer of today. By Richard M. Georges.

http://futurelawyer.typepad.com/futurelawyer/

Nov 22
Robot Polar Bears - You Don't Have To Feed Them And They Won't Eat You

Robot Polar Bears: Less Dangerous Than Real Bears, For Now - Animals - Gizmodo. And, in the technology going too far department, a zoo has replaced its real, but deceased, polar bears, with robots. Yes, you read that right. They figured, I suppose, that a Disney exhibit beat a great view of empty rocks. Didn't any of these guys see Westworld? Posted on November 22, 2009 at 05:30 am by rgeorges
Nov 22
Extra Power For IPhone And Ipod Touch

XPAL Power | Products : AP1000. As I have discussed in recent posts, most of my mobile computing tasks have been transferred to the outstanding Droid phone. It now is my principal calendar, email, instant messaging, SMS messaging, music, twitter, ereading, and online mobile search device. I always get a signal with Verizon Wireless, and have yet to have a dropped call. The battery is long lasting, lasting almost twice as long as my iPod Touch battery. And, I have a spare battery that slips in... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 05:09 am by rgeorges
Nov 21
1-800-GOOG-411: Find and connect with local businesses for free from your phone.

1-800-GOOG-411: Find and connect with local businesses for free from your phone.. One of the things I hate about Verizon (Big Red) (No, I am not a complete fanboy), is that they are always nickel and diming you for services that should be free. One of them is the $1.75 information charge for 411 calls. She Who Must Be Obeyed and They Who Make Too Many 411 Calls, are occasionally doing this, and it drives me crazy. Especially, when you can dial 1-800-4664-411 from any phone, and have voice... Posted on November 21, 2009 at 08:02 am by rgeorges

Rank This Week: 613

Rob Hyndman

Covers technology, intellectual property, media, privacy and security.

http://www.robhyndman.com

Nov 21
“What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI”

/**/ A superb post by Mark Suster on the necessity of committing to your vision and taking action on it. I see so many people who return to me for advice on the essentially the same decisions, or whom I see stuck on the same challenges. BTW, I don't believe this skill is unteachable, but I do believe it can't be learned by everyone. Similar Posts: None Found Posted on November 21, 2009 at 09:02 am by Rob Hyndman
Nov 20
Legal Bootcamp for Startups at Impact ‘09

/**/ I had a great time presenting a short workshop at the Impact 09 Conference today. I started with a short role playing scenario for the students in which they negotiated starting equity interests in a new business. It was a great springboard for a discussion about larger issues. Many thanks to @ray_cao for getting me involved and for the scenario idea. Similar Posts: None Found Posted on November 20, 2009 at 02:23 pm by Rob Hyndman
Nov 18
“The Eight Best Questions We Got While Raising Venture Capital”

/**/ Great post on Techcrunch from the CEO of Redfin. Similar Posts: None Found Posted on November 18, 2009 at 02:26 pm by Rob Hyndman

Rank This Week: 614

Furd Log

Covers intellectual property, technology, culture and policy. By Frank Field.

http://msl1.mit.edu/furdlog

Nov 9
Gaming Regulation and Government Policy

Chinese Agencies Struggle Over Video Game (pdf) On Monday, the Chinese General Administration of Press and Publication ordered the Shanghai-based operator of World of Warcraft, NetEase, to shut down its servers for World of Warcraft. The agency said that it had rejected the company's application to become the new host of the game's four million Chinese players. But by Wednesday, the Ministry of Culture had struck back. "In regards to the World of Warcraft incident, the General Administration of... Posted on November 9, 2009 at 04:32 am by admin
Oct 14
“Ironies” — Riiiight

Pair Plan Venture to Sell Music Subscriptions (pdf) But as CD sales continue to plummet, and the music industry searches for a profitable future, entrepreneurs with various approaches say they believe they can finally make music subscriptions work. Rdio is hoping to introduce a music subscription service by early next year that offers seamless access to music from both PCs and cellphones. The big challenge will be to get licenses from the major music labels, which have not viewed past digital... Posted on October 14, 2009 at 08:21 am by admin
Oct 13
Of Course You Agreed To Participate!

FBI delves into DMV photos in high-tech search for fugitives (pdf) The project in North Carolina has already helped apprehend at least one suspect. Agents are eager to look for more criminals and possibly to expand the effort nationwide. But privacy advocates worry that the method allows authorities to track people who have done nothing wrong. "Everybody's participating, essentially, in a virtual lineup by getting a driver's license,'' said Christopher Calabrese, an attorney who focuses on... Posted on October 13, 2009 at 10:12 am by admin

Rank This Week: 628

Coderights

Covers litigation and legal developments affecting software companies on the West Coast, espeically Seattle. By Michael Rice.

http://coderights.com/

Jun 2
Bilski is not settled law yet

I'm kind of surprised, actually. The Supreme Court "granted cert" in Bilski. This means that the Federal Circuit's decision is far from settled law-and that the debate over the patentability of software is about to reach fever pitch. For more wonkish posts on the subject, see here and here. Posted on June 2, 2009 at 09:53 am by michael
May 26
Sotomayor and software law

I guess I have to jump on the Sotomayor blogwagon, so here goes. What impact would the presumptive associate justice have? The short answer might be "not a whole lot." After all, there are a few other justices on the court too. But over the next couple of days, I'll take a look through Judge Sotomayor's 17 year history and offer you my speculation. Stay tuned. Posted on May 26, 2009 at 10:01 am by michael
May 17
Finally got my Google business cards…

&#xe2€&#xa6no, I didn't get offered the General Counsel position, but I did get these promotional cards from Google for signing up for their profile program. And now I'm acting like a tiny cog in the giant (but subtle) Google marketing machine because I'm blogging about it. Well done, Google. By the way, my profile on Google is at profiles.google.com/michaelrice.me Posted on May 17, 2009 at 10:07 pm by michael

Rank This Week: 635

Law & Life: Silicon Valley

Covers intellectual property law, open source software, and technology. By Mark Radcliffe.

http://lawandlifesiliconvalley.com/blog/

Nov 15
Microsoft and Windows: Lessons on Managing Open Source Software Use

On Friday, Microsoft acknowledged that the code for the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool improperly included GPLv2 licensed code and they did not comply with GPLv2. Like the GPLv2 licensed code found in the Linksys operating system, the software had been written by a consultant. Peter Galli's blog was very frank: we are now able to confirm this (inclusion of improperly licensed GPL v2 code) was indeed the case, although it was not intentional on our part. While we had contracted with a third... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 06:23 pm by Mark Radcliffe
Oct 27
Most Influential People in Open Source

Mindtouch recently named the Most Influential People in Open Source in their blog [www.mindtouch.com]. I think that it is a measure of the health of the industry that it is difficult to identify those people and it is always difficult to choose only five people. Mindtouch deserves the thanks of the industry for the survey and creating an excellent list (in the interest of full disclosure, I was named in the Honorable Mentions category, so how can I disagree?). However, I think that they should... Posted on October 27, 2009 at 02:43 pm by Mark Radcliffe
Oct 15
GPLv2 is Not Legally Unsound, but It Has Challenges

A recent article by the Register incorrectly stated that Karen Copenhaver and I thought that the GPLv2 was "legally unsound" in a recent Black Duck webinar. (you can listen to the webinar if you want to check for yourself [www.blackducksoftware.com]). The article has been changed by the author (apparently some unreviewed editing caused the problem) to read: "Two prominent IP lawyers have warned that the all-pervasive General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) contains legally ambiguous wording... Posted on October 15, 2009 at 01:48 pm by Mark Radcliffe

Rank This Week: 650

Naked Law

UK technology law laid bare by Cambridge lawyers.

http://nakedlaw.typepad.com/naked_law/

Nov 17
Fred: Keene to find out

We have a lot of questions from public authorities and suppliers about the scope of the 'commercial interests' exemption under the Freedom of Information Act, particularly in relation to tenders. A recent Information Tribunal judgment (Fred Keene v Central Office of Information) throws a little more light on things. Fred's business had been one of the unsuccessful bidders when the COI had invited tenders from reprographics businesses several years ago. In January 2007 Fred made a request for... Posted on November 17, 2009 at 04:33 am by Peter
Nov 10
ICO consultation draft guidance

An update on the ICO's monetary penalty consultation - recent draft guidance has set the maximum penalty for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act at &#xc2&#xa3500k. The ICO believes this is a proportionate sanction for serious contraventions of the data protection principles, and has stated that the possibility of a monetary penalty 'should act as an encouragement towards compliance, or at least as a deterrent against non-compliance' on the part of data controllers. The guidance states that,... Posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:45 am by Peter
Nov 3
Good news for disclaimers?

A recent Court of Appeal case may be good authority for saying that website disclaimers can be effective. A husband and wife wanted a swimming pool in their garden. They searched the Swimming Pool & Allied Trade Association ("SPATA") website ([www.spata.co.uk]) in order to find a contractor. The website explained that contractors listed were approved member companies who were fully vetted. Having found their details on SPATA, the claimants engaged Crown Pools Ltd ("Crown") to do the work.... Posted on November 3, 2009 at 02:50 am by Rachel

Rank This Week: 678

Cairns Blog

Covers the First Amendment, democracy and design in the digital age. By New York Law School Professor Beth Simone Noveck and members of the First Amendment in the Digital Age Course at Stanford University.

http://cairns.typepad.com/blog/

Sep 5
Where Have I Been?

I have been on a blogging hiatus since the beginning of the Obama-Biden transition project in the summer of 2008. In addition to the usual policy planning committees on the economy, environment, or education, the Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform (TIGR) team was an unprecedented effort to lay out a strategy for institutional innovation for the new administration while our work on Change.gov began to lay the groundwork for the practice of more transparent and participatory... Posted on September 5, 2009 at 08:40 am by Beth Simone Noveck
Jan 31
Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform (TIGR)

Posted on January 31, 2009 at 10:34 am by Beth Simone Noveck
Oct 13
Food IP: Hummous v. Hummus

New York Times has a story today about the battle between Lebanon and Israel over "Hummus." Here's the story from Ha'Aretz Posted on October 13, 2008 at 07:51 pm by Beth Simone Noveck

Rank This Week: 685

The Mac Lawyer

Covers legal technology with a focus on using Macs in the law office. By attorney Ben Stevens.

http://www.themaclawyer.com/the_mac_lawyer/

Nov 22
Additional Thoughts About "Got Apple Envy"

Last week, I blogged about my presentation from ABA TechShow 2009, "Got Apple Envy? Macs in a PC World". Yesterday, Jeffrey Kabbe of Apple Briefs published the following article, which set forth his thoughts regarding what should be added to my article: I just finished reading through the materials for the presentation by Ben Stevens and David Sparks at the 2009 ABA TechShow called "Got Apple Envy? Macs in a PC World." It's a great introduction to using Macs in any business, but with a special... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:01 pm
Nov 19
FutureLawyer on Wrong Side of iPhone vs. Droid Debate Too

As you may recall, FutureLawyer (Rick Georges) and The Mac Lawyer (Ben Stevens) went head-to-head in the March 2008 ABA Journal (Mac v. PC). By all accounts, the fight had to be stopped early - with Mac being declared the unanimous victor. Hip hip hooray! Now, FutureLawyer seems to be itching for another fight, as he blogged earlier this month "iPhones Are For Sissies". He actually wrote, "This thing feels like a man's phone, and makes the iPhone experience feel more suited to a latte drinking,... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:01 pm
Nov 17
Got Apple Envy? Macs in a PC World (Best of ABA TechShow 2009)

The ABA TechShow blog has a series called "The Best of ABA TechShow 2009", which features some of the best presentations given by past speakers to showcase some of the content available to attendees. I am pleased that "Got Apple Envy? Macs in a PC World", the presentation given by David Sparks and me is one of those featured. The session description is listed below, and you can download a *.pdf version of our materials as well. It used to be the only apples found in the law office were in lunch... Posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:01 pm

Rank This Week: 699

South Carolina Trial Law Blog

Covers trial techniques, including decision making, exhibits, medical information, presentation settlement, themes and arguments. By David Swanner.

http://www.sctriallaw.com/

Nov 19
Adjuster Law: Not Enough Damage to the Car

I sent a demand package to an insurance company on a car wreck case with about $26,000 in bills for medical treatment and two herniated disks. The adjuster wanted us to get information on prior medical treatment because of the severity of the claim, they felt there had to be some pre-existing condition. We complied because that was information that we would need to gather if there was a lawsuit anyways. When that didn't turn up anything, the denied any payment. The reason? Not enough damage to... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 08:19 am
Aug 19
Funny Answer for Request on Information for an Expert

In a recent conversation: Question: Does anyone have any information on expert _______? Answer: You are in trouble. ______ is formidable. I have used the expert myself on several occasions. The expert is well qualified, very articulate, makes a very good witness, quick on his/her feet, and is married to a judge. Good luck. Ouch. Just goes to show that both sides can have good witnesses. Posted on August 19, 2009 at 01:21 pm
May 23
Don Keenan and David Ball Seminar on the Reptilian Brain

I went to their seminare in Atlanta 2 weeks ago. Great, great stuff. Unfortunately, the book was still at the printers and won't be out for another week or so. They conducted a lot of focus groups and studies based on Clotaire Rapaille's work. Here is Rapaille's home page. The basic concept is that we have the modern functioning brain that helps us with decision making and functioning in our current environment. Underneath that is our lizard brain. The reptilian brain. The reptilian brain works... Posted on May 23, 2009 at 05:55 am

Rank This Week: 721

Cyberlaw Central

Covers security, legal cases and internet governance. By Kevin A. Thompson.

http://www.cyberlawcentral.com

Sep 2
Recent @cyberlaw posts on Twitter

I've been much more active lately on Twitter than here on the blog, for a variety of reasons. Most of them are work related, it's nice to be busy! With the limited time I've had, it's been much easier to post quick links to interesting articles on Twitter. For those of you who don't follow me there (here's a link), here are some of the more interesting tweets from the last month: - New WPA encryption hack - To be secure, wifi users should switch to WPA-2 or WPA-AES standards. [is.gd] - RT... Posted on September 2, 2009 at 11:02 am by Kevin A. Thompson
Jun 11
Will Facebook username squatting be a problem?

On June 13th, at Midnight eastern time, the social networking site Facebook will allow users, and administrators of fan pages with more than 1000 fans, to register vanity URLS. Here are links to the announcement and to the FAQ for page administrators about the process. Trademark owners with registrations can register their trademarks with Facebook in order to block potentially infringing URLs from being created. Here is a link to the submission page. We shall see if this actually becomes an... Posted on June 11, 2009 at 07:05 am by Kevin A. Thompson
May 27
Slides from DMCA presentation - and Thanks!

I've been meaning to put these up for a while, here are the slides from the presentation I gave to the Chicago Bar Association's seminar on website operator liability on May 15, 2009. My presentation focused on the DMCA and discussed four recent cases. thompson-presentation-2009-05-15-10-years-of-the-dmca I'd also like to thank those who submitted pictures for the recent Blawg Review, those who "sherpa-ed" behind the scenes (Colin Samuels, Diane Levin, Victoria Pynchon) and to Ed. for giving me... Posted on May 27, 2009 at 07:04 am by Kevin A. Thompson

Rank This Week: 762

PlexLex: The Law of Google

Covers litigation, legislation, and legal news affecting Google.

http://www.lawofgoogle.com/

Jun 27
Senate Committee to Examine Online Behavioral Advertising

The New York Times covers the recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the privacy implications of online advertising. At the hearing, Google and Microsoft advocated for an online privacy law, and the FTC opposed those efforts. The Committee's website had billed the hearing as follows: Individuals and businesses are becoming increasingly dependent upon the Internet for social, entertainment, research and business activities. This has created the... Posted on June 27, 2008 at 02:14 am by Mason
May 26
Use of Competitor's Mark as Metatag Doesn't Confuse Consumers: Syncsort v. Innovative Routines International

Syncsort Inc. v. Innovative Routines International, Inc., 04-cv-3623, 2008 WL 1925304 (D.N.J. April 30, 2008). Plaintiff Syncsort and defendant IRI both sell sorting software. IRI also sells conversion software that is specially made to allow users of Syncsort's software to switch to using IRI's software. IRI put the word "syncsort" into the metadata of one of its webpages, so Syncsort sued IRI, claiming that this metatag constituted trademark infringement. IRI moved for summary judgment. The... Posted on May 26, 2008 at 06:02 pm by Mason
May 20
Court Bars Cybersquatter From Using Disclaimers & Comparative Advertising

Ticketmaster Corp. v. DeVane, 7:07-CV-196-F, 2008 WL 2073914 (E.D.N.C., May 14, 2008). After finding that defendant Daniel DeVane was liable to plaintiff TicketMaster for cybersquatting under 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1125(d), the Court barred him from maintaining his registration of the domain name ticketmasterevents.com and from "using any names, words, designations or symbols consisting of, incorporating in whole or part, or otherwise similar to the TICKETMASTER mark or any other Ticketmaster trademark... Posted on May 20, 2008 at 11:23 am by Mason

Rank This Week: 786

Video Game Law Blog

Covers current Issues in video game law. By Davis LLP.

http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law

Nov 18
Don't You Wish You Were an Activision Shareholder Now?

Set to be the most successful video game of all time (according to press releases anyway), Activision paired up with retailers like Game Stop and Best Buy to ensure that shelves were fully stocked for stores open late to receive the throngs of gamers vying to be among the first to claim the latest version of its earlier hit Call of Duty, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2". If what analysts have been saying has any truth to it, this game should pull in upwards of $700 million U.S. dollars by the... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Nov 18
Modern Censorship in Russia

Folks in Russia weren't impressed with a scene in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 where a Russian terror cell shoots up an airport full of civilians. After threats of government bans or recalls, Activision has reportedly decided to remove the offensive scene from the Russian version of the game. Russia has no formal ratings board for video games, so the approach to game review in Russia is different. Equally effective, though, it would appear... Gamasutra coverage here. Bookmarks: Delicious,... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 05:01 am
Oct 26
"Hot Coffee" Dispute Changes Industry

It has been reported that the class-action lawsuit opposing Take-Two and its shareholders has now been settled for $20 million. The dispute allegedly began when it was discovered that a sexual minigame hidden in the code of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas could be unlocked by a downloaded hack. This discovery reportedly lead to the game being re-rated to "Adults Only", to copies being removed from store shelves and to a drop in stock price for the company. The scandal was allegedly named "Hot... Posted on October 26, 2009 at 08:39 am

Rank This Week: 802

Hearsay Culture

KZSU-FM (Stanford) Tech/Law Talk Show. Hosted by Dave Levine.

http://www.hearsayculture.com

Nov 8
shows #100 and 101 — William Patry and Larry Downes — posted

I am thrilled to post shows #100 and 101! After over three years of shows, a few thank yous are appropriate. While I get into an Oscar-type thank you speech on show #100, I thank my friends at KZSU-FM (especially Mark Lawrence and Kathryn Todd, as well as numerous DJs) and Stanford Law School (especially former Center for Internet and Society colleagues Lauren Gelman, Jennifer Granick and Larry Lessig, as well as Mark Lemley and Joe Neto) for their early, continuing and ongoing support! Of... Posted on November 8, 2009 at 08:09 pm by dave
Oct 23
Shows #98 and 99 — Prof. Jacqui Lipton, Prof. Elizabeth Townsend-Gard and Justin Levy — posted and show #100 — William Patry, Esq. — coming!

I am pleased to post two more new shows. The first is Show # 98, October 14, my interview with Prof. Jacqui Lipton of Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Jacqui is writing a book, Global Real Property: Internet Domain Names, Trademark and Free Speech, examining the intricacies of trademark domain name disputes. These disputes take a number of forms, and have a variety of permutations that require consideration. In the discussion, we dissect these different disputes and discuss how... Posted on October 23, 2009 at 02:39 pm by dave
Oct 23
Letter in support of FCC’s Open Internet Proceeding

I signed on to a letter drafted by Profs. Adam Candeub and Brett Frischmann (Brett has been on the show in the past) in support of the FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") regarding protecting the Internet as a free and open network. As the letter states: We believe the NPRM is a laudatory next step. First, from a legal perspective, it is the appropriate regulatory mechanism to evaluate the central substantive and procedural issues regarding discrimination, network management,... Posted on October 23, 2009 at 08:34 am by dave

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CALI Radio

Podcast from the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. Includes interviews with law professors.

http://cali_radio.classcaster.org/blog/

Mar 1
Contracts: Unconscionability and Reasonable Expectations with Professor Scott Burnham

Guests: Professor Scott Burnham from the University of Montana School of Law Topic: Contracts: Unconscionability and Reasonable Expectations Running Time: 7:28 Click here to download the mp3file: Prof. Burnham: Unconscionability & Reasonable Expectations Professor Scott Burnham discusses unconscionability, the Williams v. Walker-Thomas case, and reasonable expectations. This podcast is a perfect supplement to Professor Burnham's Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) CALI tutorial. Posted on March 1, 2006 at 02:15 pm by AustinGroothuis
Oct 28
EXAM PREPARATION: Conversations With Law Professors About Preparing For and Taking Exams

TOPIC: Exam Taking Skills, Outlines, and Advice for Law Students During the week of Oct. 17, 2005, CALI's Director of Curriculum Development, Deb Quentel, spoke with six law professors about outlines, studying for class, preparing for exams, time management, and how professors grade exams. The conversations were recorded as podcasts. While these podcasts are not intended to take the place of a conversation with your professor, the professors hope that these podcasts give law students additional... Posted on October 28, 2005 at 11:49 am by DebQuentel
Oct 14
PROPERTY/REAL ESTATE: Covenants: Profs. Joe Grohman and Ron Brown

Guests: Professors Ron Brown and Joe Grohman, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center Topic: Property Law/Real Estate Law: Real Covenants and Servitudes of Land Running Time: 13:05 Click here to download the mp3 file:GrohmanBrownCov_2.mp3 Professors Brown and Grohman, authors of several CALI lessons on covenants, give students a framework to approach studying the material and offer real-life applications of the doctrines. They also discuss the interrelatedness of the law and... Posted on October 14, 2005 at 10:33 am by DebQuentel

Rank This Week: 813

RobWebb2k

Covers DMCA, technology and e-commerce issues and litigation.

http://blog.robwebb2k.com

Sep 10
Side Benefit of User Testing: Team Unity

For the last several months, we've been undergoing a large redesign of a critical and complex user flow at Adroll. At this point, several hundred hours of work have gone into the project. Our UX intern started the project with a company-wide customer identification exercise that got everyone focused on who we're targeting with our [...] Posted on September 10, 2009 at 10:18 pm by Rob Webb
Sep 9
Gear Burger: Outdoor gear deals straight to your inbox

My buddy Chad and I launched Gear Burger a while back as a little side project. When you sign up for the service, you select your preferred gear type and gear brand preferences (e.g. men's hiking and skiing gear made by Patagonia, Salomon and Volkl). Gear Burger then monitors one-deal-at-a-time sites like Steep and [...] Posted on September 9, 2009 at 08:24 am by Rob Webb
Sep 2
Better can beat better + cheaper

I recently met a scrappy entrepreneur who is working on some very interesting technology that has potential to help large enterprises. He described his product as "ten times better and ten times cheaper than the competition." It's easy for entrepreneurs to slip into the mindset that their product needs to beat the competition on [...] Posted on September 2, 2009 at 09:49 pm by Rob Webb

Rank This Week: 827

Information Overlord

Information management and librarian blog with a communications media and technology law slant. By Scott Vine.

http://www.informationoverlord.co.uk

Nov 20
Public Lending Right in the new Digital Economy Bill

The Government has published the Digital Economy Bill. It contains lots of interesting things, which I may come back to in further pots, but I thought that as a Librarian (it is easy to forget reading this blog), I should bring people's attention to Section 44 - Public lending right (1) Section 5(2) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979 (interpretation) is amended as follows. (2) Before the definition of "local library authority" insert- ""author", in relation to a work recorded as a sound... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 04:40 am by scott
Nov 5
EU Telecoms package set to pass as EP and Council compromise on internet freedom

Well it happened quicker than I thought, but the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of Ministers reached an agreement on EU Telecoms Reform, by the end of the first day of the conciliation procedure. The two sides reached a quite comprise over the clause to guarantee access to the internet. The newly agreed Article 1(3)a of the new Framework Directive, now reads: "Measures taken by Member States regarding end-users' access to or use of services and applications through electronic... Posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:50 am by scott
Nov 3
TALK to your employees - The radical approach to managing social media usage

Thanks to James Mullan and Headshift for bringing my attention to this must read post of Capgemini's 'Capping IT Off' blog entitled '4 Myths about blocking Internet access in the enterprise' The post echoes comments I made in my post from last week 'Why 'wasted time' is wasted column inches' about just why blocking access to and banning social networking and other sites from the workplace is counterproductive and, frankly, stupid. Rick Mans' 4 myths are: Blocking will increase the productivity... Posted on November 3, 2009 at 03:08 am by scott

Rank This Week: 836

Software Audit Blog

Covers software audits, including Microsoft, BSA, and Adobe audits. By Scott & Scott.

http://www.scottandscottllp.com/main/blogindex.aspx?id=154

Aug 10
When to Seek Help for a BSA Audit

Many companies choose to pursue an internal audit of software systems after receiving a request from the Business Software Alliance (BSA). When it comes to deciding how to proceed with an audit, there are multiple considerations, including, but not limited to, the size of the company, amount of computers, type of software at issue, IT support, and accuracy of a company's records. A small company with few computers is better suited than a larger corporation to conduct its own audit either... Posted on August 10, 2009 at 07:54 am by Marketing Department
Jul 27
Tracking Down Proofs of Purchase for Software Licenses

When a company receives a letter from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) questioning the authenticity of software licensing status and demanding an in-house audit, it is very important to have proofs of purchase for the licenses in question. Absent sufficient proof of purchase, the BSA will assume that the associated software installations are unlicensed and will demand that the company pay a penalty to resolve claims of alleged copyright infringement. It is also important to note that the... Posted on July 27, 2009 at 07:54 am by Marketing Department
Jul 7
Audit Inspections: How to Proceed with Inspecting Computers for Software Installations

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is an organization that represents software companies and prosecutes alleged unlicensed use of those member companies' software products. The BSA generally initially sends a company a letter indicating the company may be out of compliance with applicable software license agreements and demanding that the company investigate and inspect each computer for BSA-member software installations. Then the inspection begins. This process varies depending on the size... Posted on July 7, 2009 at 07:54 am by Mariqus Alexander

Rank This Week: 860

CyberLawg

Comments on intellectual property and information technology law.

http://www.cyberlawonline.com

Nov 16
A Potential New Defense Under UDRP

The recent UDRP decision (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2009/d2009-1139.html) concerning &#xc2&#x93razorbacks.com&#xc2&#x94 caught my eye due to a relatively comprehensive panel discussion on the issue of laches (pronounced: &#xcbˆla-ch&#xc9&#x99z) under the UDRP. Laches in law is a defense that calls into question the complaining party&#xc2&#x92s good faith in bringing its complaint in a untimely manner. A defendant asserting laches argues that a plaintiff that delays in asserting its claims, to the detriment... Posted on November 16, 2009 at 07:43 am
May 23
Eric Menhart Helps Win TCPA Appeal

A recent decision by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals addressed whether a private right of action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) required a separate act of enabling legislation. The Court found that private causes of action may be brought in the D.C. Superior Court under the Act without the need for enabling legislation. CyberLaw PC attorney Eric Menhart was on the brief for the prevailing appellant. Read the full text of the opinion: Portuguese American Leadership... Posted on May 23, 2009 at 09:17 am
Apr 17
Understanding Attorney Hourly Billing and Tips for Saving Money

Everyone wants great value when they spend money. The same is true when it comes to law firms and legal services. Occasionally, clients have questions about hourly billing and want to know how to keep their costs as low as possible without sacrificing the quality professional services to which they are accustomed. This short article is intended to answer some of those questions and offers tips to clients to assist in keeping their costs as low as possible. Remember, this memo is intended to be... Posted on April 17, 2009 at 05:45 am

Rank This Week: 879

tech law advisor

Covers copyright, DMCA and internet regulation. By Kevin Heller.

http://techlawadvisor.com/blog/

Mar 4
Recently Read

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Dec 18
About TechLawAdvisor @kevinhell

Thank you for visiting Tech Law Advisor. @kevinhell This is an example of a twitter landing page. This site is under serious maintenance. Posted on December 18, 2008 at 06:59 pm
Dec 17
Looking Back

The Induce Act Blog was something to be proud of doing http://techlawadvisor.com/induce/ Posted on December 17, 2008 at 07:25 pm

Rank This Week: 887

AS-IS: Ecommerce, Internet,...

AS-IS: Ecommerce, Internet, Software & Technology Law and Contracts

Comments on technology deals and companies. By Harry Boadwee.

http://boadweelaw.com/blog/

Apr 3
Strategy at the Edge of Intellectual Property

Imagine working in an industry with no intellectual property protection at all. Unlike the book, music, and high tech industries, you couldn't use the law to shut down an infringer who was ripping off your products. How would you stay in business? Ask the fashion design business. That's what BusinessWeek did. According to BW, garment designs are not copyrightable (but "counterfeit garments ... right down to the label ... are illegal"). BW found these strategies: 1. Protect what you can under... Posted on April 3, 2008 at 02:03 pm
Jan 7
Data Scraping from Web Services

This month's Wired magazine has a perceptive article about so-called "data scraping" or "screen scraping" practices. It discusses the practical aspects of data scraping (such as IP address banning or blocking as a practical remedy to prevent scraping), use of cease and desist letters, and use of properly-licensed web services application programming interfaces (API's) as a way to control such practices. The article does not provide any detail about underlying legal theories or court cases to... Posted on January 7, 2008 at 03:55 pm
Dec 21
Silicon Valley Micro-Cultures and Industry Clusters

A New York Times article describes where the "niche neighborhoods" and industry clusters are located in Silicon Valley, with web design and online advertising centered in San Francisco, software in the Palo Alto area, and semiconductors, disk drives and and network equipment located in the south Bay near San Jose. No mention of Cupertino, where my office is located, which has an eclectic mix of hardware, software and great design: Apple Computer, Symantec, and the U.S. office of open source... Posted on December 21, 2007 at 09:47 am

Rank This Week: 890

Domain Name Shame

Covers domain name disputes and cybersquatting law.

http://domainnameshame.typepad.com/domain_name_shame/

Nov 10
Brand Name Domain Name

Complainant is a Swiss limited liability company founded in 1866 by Henri Nestle and sells products and services all over the world in various industries, in particular the food industry, including baby foods, breakfast cereals, chocolate and confectionary, beverages, bottled water, dairy products, ice cream, prepared foods and food services. It is the owner of over 100,000 international and national trademark registrations worldwide, consisting in or including "NESTLE". Complainant has also... Posted on November 10, 2009 at 06:56 am by Terese Arenth
Nov 2
No Double Jeopardy for Domain Name Dispute

Complainant, Ashley Judd, is a famous actor who has appeared in multiple television series and films. The Respondent, Jeff Burgar, carries on activities under the name "Alberta Hot Rods" and various other names. He registered the disputed domain name, "ashleyjudd.com", in 1996 and has a history of registering domain names consisting of the name of a famous actor, celebrity or company followed by the generic ".com" top level domain suffix. Complainant alleged to have taken immediate steps to... Posted on November 2, 2009 at 02:55 pm by Terese Arenth
Oct 26
Domain Dispute for Sport

Complainant is one of six major American film studios. It is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch, and was founded in 1934 as the result of a merger between Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures. Complainant owns over 500 active worldwide registrations in over 80 countries for its FOX and FOX SPORTS marks, dating back to 1995. Among others, Complainant offers online sports entertainment, including news, information, up-to-date scores,... Posted on October 26, 2009 at 11:31 am by Terese Arenth

Rank This Week: 914

Lex Ferenda

Cover cyberlaw, libraries, media and higher education. By Daithí Mac Síthigh.

http://www.lexferenda.com

Nov 4
Do we now have a law of privacy?

The annual Norfolk Law Lecture takes place here at UEA on Thursday 26th November at 6.30pm, in the shiny new Thomas Paine Study Centre (so new that I don't even have a picture of it yet, but it's very nice). The speaker is the honourable Mr. Justice David Eady of the High Court of England & Wales, and his topic is the above question. He's known to many of you for his decisions in the areas of libel law and the development of the law of privacy in the UK. It's fair to say that Eady is a... Posted on November 4, 2009 at 03:33 am by Daithí
Oct 24
A guest Sidekick: Oisin Tobin

I'm delighted to present a guest post here - first time I'm doing this, but a very appropriate choice of topic. Ois&#xc3&#xadn Tobin (who will start his own blog soon!) is a scholar and PhD Candidate in the Law School in Trinity College Dublin, where his work focuses on the legal regulation of &#xca&#xbbthe cloud&#xca&#xbc. He recently completed his BCL, with distinction, in Merton College, Oxford. Cloud computing is, of course, one of the most interesting legal and technical issues, and Ois&#xc3&#xadn's new blog will no... Posted on October 24, 2009 at 01:52 pm by Daithí
Oct 19
This is it!

Or thesis, to be more accurate&#xe2€&#xa6 Convergence and the right to communicate: assessing the application of media law to the Internet My PhD thesis is now completed, printed, bound and ready to be submitted to Trinity College Dublin. (There will of course be a defence or viva voce examination at a date to be determined, so this is not the end of the road, but somewhere on the final furlong, to mix my metaphors). I'm very grateful to Lex Ferenda readers for comments and feedback and for tolerating... Posted on October 19, 2009 at 07:24 am by Daithí

Rank This Week: 916

California Biotech Law Blog

Covers biotech dealmaking, disputes, and patents. By the Prinz Law Office.

http://www.californiabiotechlaw.com/

Mar 27
Genetic Engineering & Biotechology News Interviews Kristie Prinz

Following up on our recent coverage of the patent reform debate, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News recently interviewed me for their article Patent Reform Battle Pits Biotech against High-Tech. The interview addressed the competing perspectives of the biotech and high tech industries on the issue of patent reform. Related postings on patent reform: Patent Reform Debate Revived in Congress Patent Reform Bill Stalled in Senate Patent Reform Bill Passed in House Kristie Prinz Interview... Posted on March 27, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Mar 26
Patent Reform Debate Revived in Congress

Here we go again. . . .Patent reform is back on the table: two bills have been introduced and are again being debated in Congress. The first of the two bills, the Leahy-Hatch bill, S. 515, was introduced on March 3, 2009. According to a summary by the Congressional Research Service, the key points of this patent bill, also known as The Patent Reform Act of 2009, are as follows: Defines "effective filing date of a claimed invention" as the filing date of the patent or the application for patent... Posted on March 26, 2009 at 09:49 pm
Mar 23
Federal Circuit Rules on Case Involving New USPTO Patent Rules

The Federal Circuit issued a long-awaited decision late last week in the case of Tafas v. Doll. At issue in this case was whether or not the USPTO had the authority to adopt a set of rules in 2007, which were aimed at reducing the backlog of unexamined patent applications and also at addressing the USPTO's difficult in examining applications that contained a large number of claims. The Federal Circuit held in its decision that the rules at issue were procedural in nature, and that they... Posted on March 23, 2009 at 05:24 pm

Rank This Week: 934

Fios, Inc.: Electronic Discovery...

Fios, Inc.: Electronic Discovery Podcasts

Covers electronic discovery . From Fios, Inc.

http://www.fiosinc.com/events/podcasts.html

Jun 13
Bridging the Gap: How lawyers and IT professionals work together for ED success

Conrad Jacoby, Esq. presented this webcast on Wednesday, 07 June 2006 | Description: Lawyers must increasingly rely on IT professionals to help them identify potentially relevant data repositories and implement collection strategies. However, effective communication can be a challenge, especially when each discipline attaches different meanings to the same words. This presentation reviews common communication bottlenecks and suggests ways to proactively build solid working relationships across... Posted on June 13, 2006 at 01:59 pm
Jun 13
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model: A Practical Framework for Dealing with the Demands of Digital Discovery

George Socha | Socha Consulting LLC presented this webcast on Wednesday, 17 May 2006 | Description: Launched in May 2005, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project was created to address the lack of standards and guidelines in the electronic discovery market-a problem identified in the 2003 and 2004 Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery surveys as a major concern for vendors and consumers alike. The completed reference model will provide a common, flexible and extensible framework... Posted on June 13, 2006 at 01:57 pm
May 10
How to Manage Emails in Accordance with Your Company's Records Management Program

Bruce A. Radke, Esq. and Timothy J. Carroll, Esq. | Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. presented this webcast on Tuesday, 09 May 2006 | Description: This webcast will feature two of the nation's leading attorneys with respect to records management, e-discovery and email management issues, and will provide practical and proven strategies for: Best practices for creating, implementing and monitoring an effective records retention program; Extending the records management program to... Posted on May 10, 2006 at 12:09 pm

Rank This Week: 951

UsefulArts.us

Covers online branding and the law.

http://usefularts.us

Nov 21
Drug Makers Beg for FDA Regulations to Allow Them to Twitter and Blog

In April, the FDA sent warning letters to 14 companies, including Eli Lilly and Co and Merck & Co Inc., about their drug marketing online, saying that ads for certain products were misleading and did not contain any risk information. But it's hard to include risk information when your Twitter post is limited to 140 characters. So the FDA called a hearing. More than 800 people attempted to attend the event, which had seating for only 350. Fortunately, proceedings were streamed on video, so... Posted on November 21, 2009 at 03:35 am by Dave Wieneke
Nov 20
Litl Computer: Meet the Next Apple Computer While It Still has 40 Staff

Litl Computer is to netbooks as iPods were to MP3 players. The beauty of the iPod was that it was designed to fit people's worlds. It fit physically and it conceptually allowed users to find and get music from the web without being transfixed by technology. Imagine a laptop built from its roots to be an easy, maintenance-free interface to the web. That's what Litl does. Like the iPod, it has its own OS and unique hardware design to be an interface between your home life and the web. So what... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 04:25 am by Dave Wieneke
Nov 18
The Truth Hurts: ATT Looses Ridiculous Lawsuit to Verizon

Verizon's defense against ATT's request for a temporary restraining order was blazing, and a fantastic read. Its like they let their savage ad team help write the brief. ATT demanded that Verizon pull five disputed ads from the air as they were "misleading". Verizon's defense was, literally, "the truth hurts." Defense's introduction nails its theme in the opening sentence: "AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon's 'There's A Map For That' advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:14 pm by Dave Wieneke

Rank This Week: 965

Mediation Channel

Information, news, and commentary on mediation, negotiation, law, and conflict management. By Diane Levin.

http://mediationchannel.com/

Nov 20
For mediators, negotiators: recommended social and brain sciences blogs

If you're fascinated by the role that science plays in exploring and illuminating human behavior and decision making, the internet offers outstanding choices for the discerning reader and dedicated negotiator. I highly recommend the following sites: Brains on Purpose. Lawyer and mediator Stephanie West Allen discusses the insights neuroscience offers into the resolution of conflict. Cognitive Daily. This engaging and informative blog reports on the latest research on cognition, and also invites... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:29 pm by Diane Levin
Nov 20
One reason why mediation trainers should use Twitter

For those of you still on the fence about whether or not to join Twitter, the popular social media and networking site, there's one reason why you might want to sign up, at least if you're a mediation trainer: you'll find out what the participants really think about the program. Twitter conveniently allows users to search for updates containing particular words or phrases - a good way to monitor your brand, or get candid feedback about a program or services. Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:43 pm by Diane Levin
Nov 17
Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogging: 3 mistakes to avoid as you negotiate social media

A compellingly attractive aspect of all forms of social media - whether blogging, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or others - is their relative ease of use. Within moments, anyone with internet access and no technological ability whatsoever can leap confidently into the driver's seat of social media. Thanks to user-friendly platforms like Twitter, Wordpress, or Blogger, social interaction online is a mere click of the mouse away. This is not to say that social media is without difficulty or... Posted on November 17, 2009 at 01:06 pm by Diane Levin

Rank This Week: 969

iAbogado.com

Covers law and technology in Spain and the EU. Javier Muñoz.

http://www.iabogado.com/esp/blogcfm

Nov 20
Señoría, mi coartada está en Facebook

Un joven usuario de Facebook, Rodney Bradford, se ha librado de un l&#xc3&#xado judicial de ag&#xc3&#xa1rrate gracias a una sola actualizaci&#xc3&#xb3n en su perfil. El bueno de Rodney escribi&#xc3&#xb3 a las 11:49 h. del 17 de octubre una frase insustancial ("&#xc2&#xbfD&#xc3&#xb3nde est&#xc3&#xa1n mis tortitas?") desde el ordenador de su padre en su piso de Harlem. Al d&#xc3&#xada siguiente fue detenido como sospechoso de un robo en una tienda sucedido justo a esa hora. Rodney se acord&#xc3&#xb3 de su mensaje en Facebook, avis&#xc3&#xb3 a su abogado, &#xc3&#xa9ste al fiscal, y... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:02 am
Nov 19
Los extremos del low-cost jurídico

Los autores del popular blog jur&#xc3&#xaddico Above the Law se llevan las manos a la cabeza, no sin raz&#xc3&#xb3n, al ver este despacho de abogados incrustado en un Walmart cualquiera (el equivalente a un Carrefour de aqu&#xc3&#xad). Una cosa es que la cultura del bajo coste deba llegar tambi&#xc3&#xa9n alg&#xc3&#xban d&#xc3&#xada a los bufetes, y otra cosa es que los clientes vengan a consultarte un delicado problema hereditario o patrimonial en ch&#xc3&#xa1ndal (ah, esa prenda posmoderna) y con los cartones de leche asomando por los lados del... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 01:30 am
Nov 17
Un despacho bajo en calorías

&#xc2&#xbfLa etiqueta informativa de un yogur? No, amigos. Se trata de un anuncio publicitario del despacho americano Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, que promete una mezcla de especialidades jur&#xc3&#xaddicas de lo m&#xc3&#xa1s equilibrada y nutritiva. [Gracias por la pista, Hugo.] Posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:03 am

Rank This Week: 976

panGloss

Covers cyberlaw. By Lilian Edwards

http://blogscript.blogspot.com/index.html

Nov 19
Incredulity

.. is my new middle name. The Digital Economy Bill will be released at 7.30am tomorrow and will, it seems, include not only the anticipated disconnection provisions, but also a clause to allow the Secretary of State to basically change copyright law at will in order to stop filesharing, without primary legislation and without proper public debate and democratic oversight. Why is this? It's reflecting the fact that technology is changing very fast," said Timms. "The existing [method] is quite... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:48 pm
Nov 18
here we go, here we go..

The Digital Economy Bill is nigh: "Digital economy bill Ensuring a world-class digital future following the Digital Britain White Paper , published on 16 June 2009, setting out the Government's ambition to secure the UK's position as one of the world's leading digital knowledge economies and take forward a new, more active industrial policy to maximise the benefits from the digital revolution by: delivering a universally available broadband in the UK by 2012 through a public fund, including... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 04:07 pm
Nov 18
Privacy and Facebook, IGF style

My esteemed colleague Ian Brown of the OII has been off presenting our joint research on privacy and saocial networking sites at the IGF in Egypt (lucky dog!) The updated powerpoint can be found here. Posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:07 am

Rank This Week: 984

IT Law in Ireland

Covers information technology law issues with a focus on freedom of expression, privacy and other fundamental rights. By TJ McIntyre.

http://www.tjmcintyre.com

Nov 19
Telenor Pirate Bay blocking decision - English translation

In an important (but surprisingly poorly publicised) decision two weeks ago a Norwegian court dealt a blow to music industry attempts to force ISPs to police their users, holding that Telenor was under no obligation to block access to The Pirate Bay. An English translation of that decision is now available (PDF link) and makes interesting reading. One particularly significant portion of the ruling stresses that it is not appropriate to assign a censorship function to private entities, and that... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 03:17 am
Nov 15
That Sean Dunne case and the interception offence

There's a very well-informed piece in the Sunday Times today about the Garda investigation into allegations that developer Sean Dunne illegally accessed voicemail. The whole piece has a good deal of detail about the investigation and is well worth a read. The particular aspect I found most interesting - shedding some light on interception laws - is this portion: Farrell made a statement to gardai alleging that Dunne and his wife, Gayle Killilea, a newspaper gossip columnist, had gained... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 02:44 pm
Nov 14
BT Ireland caves in on "three strikes" demands?

According to today's Irish Times the music industry's litigation against BT Ireland has been settled. Terms of the agreement weren't revealed, but my assumption would be that BT have agreed to implement a three strikes system for disconnecting users accused of filesharing, following the Eircom model. Surprisingly however there hasn't yet been a press release from IRMA or BT. Does anyone have more information? Edited to add: Thanks to the anonymous commenter for pointing out that this simply... Posted on November 14, 2009 at 06:31 am

Rank This Week: 991

Cyber Crime Lawyer Blog

Cyber Crime Lawyer Blog covers topics such as technology and the law, computer forensics and cyber crime defense. By Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney, David S. Seltzer.

http://www.cybercrimelawyerblog.com/

Nov 18
IRS Announces Unprecedented Settlements Under Voluntary Disclosure Program as UBS Prepares to Disclose More Names

I have written here about the IRS voluntary disclosure program several times in the past. As a Miami-Dade tax evasion criminal defense attorney, I was extremely interested in the opportunity it offered taxpayers to avoid harsh penalties from the IRS crackdown on taxpayers who, through innocent mistakes or deceit, failed to declare their income from overseas bank accounts. The voluntary disclosure program ended Oct. 15, and according to the Associated Press, it helped more than 14,700 U.S.... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:00 am by David S. Seltzer
Nov 16
Candidate Tells Legislature to Make Professional Licensing Harder for Former Felons

As a South Florida criminal defense attorney, I was disappointed to see comments from our state's attorney general suggesting that he'd like to make professional licenses tougher to get for convicted felons. According to a Nov. 3 article from the Associated Press, Attorney General Bill McCollum, who is running for governor, objects to a law requiring Florida licensing agencies to grant licenses to former felons who had their civil rights restored and have completed a three-year waiting period.... Posted on November 16, 2009 at 04:00 pm by David S. Seltzer
Nov 10
Investigation Finds Multiple Cases of Viruses Downloading Child Pornography

As a Miami-Dade child pornography possession criminal defense attorney, I have known for years that viruses can silently download child pornography, exposing the computer's owner to life-altering criminal charges and personal consequences. That's why I was very pleased to see an Associated Press report Nov. 9 confirming that these cases are real -- and that prosecutors aren't always willing to listen. The AP reviewed court records and interviewed defendants, attorneys and computer forensic... Posted on November 10, 2009 at 02:47 pm by David S. Seltzer

Rank This Week: 995

TechKnowledgy Blog

Covers law and technology, including eCommerce, trademarks, software licensing, privacy, copyright, domain names and open source. By Tim Feathers and Steve Cosentino.

http://techknowledgyblog.squarespace.com/techknowledgy-blog/

Oct 23
FCC Shuns ISP's to Embrace Net Neutrality

A little over two plus years after the FTC took a pass on jumping into the net neutrality battle, the FCC has decided to carry the net neutrality banner. The Wall Street Journal reported that the FCC is proposing new rules embracing equal treatment for all types of internet content. Under the proposed rules, ISPS would be prohibited from blocking or slowing content based on its type or profitability. Winners in this battle would be entrepreneurs who look for fast growth in users but typically... Posted on October 23, 2009 at 07:46 pm by Steve Cosentino
Aug 21
Peeking Behind the Google Shield

Criticism of a Vogue magazine cover model isn't exactly ground breaking legal news. A judge ruling requiring Google to turn over the name of the defaming blogger may be. ABC News reports that the New York State Supreme Court did not buy a blogger's argument that the Internet is a place for ranting, notwithstanding the facts. The court forced Google to turn over the name of the blogger. Even though a defamation action by model Liskula Cohen might be an uphill battle, her success in peeking... Posted on August 21, 2009 at 12:02 pm by Steve Cosentino
Jul 23
Posner Proposal to Save Newspapers: Prohibit Linking/Paraphrasing

Judge Richard Posner of the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (and renown legal scholar and blogger) has recently proposed a solution to the decline of newspapers in the U.S. - change the law (specifically copyright law) to prohibit linking, copying small parts of news articles, and paraphrasing online. Such an approach would prohibit me from inserting the following excerpt from Posners blog: Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright... Posted on July 23, 2009 at 02:20 pm by Tim Feathers

Rank This Week: 1051

DTM

Covers civil liberties, cybercrime, cyberlaw, DMCA IP, privacy, spam, technlogy, VoIP and eVoting. By Dan Fingerman.

http://www.danfingerman.com/dtm/

May 10
How Inventive! (No. 15)

Horses run, right? That means they move in three dimensions. In 1891, William Cronin and Cyril Adams of Philadelphia patented an improved merry-go-round that incorporates this three-dimensional movement into a classical children's play apparatus. U.S. Patent 445,134 claims a merry-go-round in "which the animals, in addition to their movement of rotation about the axis of the machine, will be given a movement perpendicular to the floor of the machine. &#xe2€&#xa6 The animals carried by platform A have... Posted on May 10, 2009 at 12:41 am by Dan
May 3
How Inventive! (No. 14)

The Egptian Pharaohs famously wanted to preserve their bodies forever, after death. If only Joseph Karwowski had lived 3,000 years earlier! In 1903, this inventive Russian received U.S. Patent No. 748,284, entitled "Method Of Preserving The Dead". Preserving a body by mummification requires laborious preparation and drying of the body, then entombment and isolation in a favorable environment. Mr. Karwowski had a simplier idea: "a corpse may be hermetically incased within a block of transparent... Posted on May 3, 2009 at 08:43 pm by Dan
May 3
How Inventive! (No. 13)

When was the helicopter invented? Setting aside the classic example of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings (because he apparently never attempted to make a working device?), how long ago was the helicopter patented? In 1907, J.N. Williams applied for his "Flying Machine" patent, U.S. Patent 1,023,233. The following year, the venerable Thomas Edison applied for U.S. Patent 970,616, also titled "Flying Machine". Figure 1 from U.S. Patent 1,023,233: Figure 1 from U.S. Patent 970,616: Posted on May 3, 2009 at 05:48 pm by Dan

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Human Law

Covers law, technology and people. By Justin Patten.

http://www.human-law.org/humanlaw/

Jan 22
Regulation is the air within the mediation profession - We should welcome it

As was reported in the Law Society Gazette last month, "Proposals for a regulation regime for mediation faltered last week when mediators told the Civil Mediation Council (CMC) they need more time to consider 'ambitious' plans. However members of the organisation, which represents civil and commercial mediators, approved a scheme to register workplace mediators to meet the needs of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. The scheme will go live early in the new year and... Posted on January 22, 2009 at 05:43 am by human-law
Jan 22
Conflict rises in Euro zones - Can lawyers and institutions hone their skills?

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writes of conflict in the Euro zone: "Workers are already rising up against the ruling socialists. An angry march by trade unions in Zaragoza on Sunday is the first shot across the bows. As yet, no Spanish heavyweight has questioned the orthodoxy of EMU membership. That may change, as it is changing in Ireland. The euro system is starting to inflict very grave hardship on ordinary people. This is exactly what critics always feared. In the end, it will breed conflict. "... Posted on January 22, 2009 at 05:30 am by human-law
Dec 16
Picking the right solution for conflicts at work

Interest in using mediation to resolve conflict at work continues to grow as HR professionals and business managers face the challenges of keeping staff motivated (if not happy) as well as satisfying shareholders desire for profits or growth. Human Law Mediation is encouraged to see such interest but also concerned. Concerned that for those inexperienced in mediation mistakes could be made unless some of the finer details of mediation are understood. I've written before (Mediation, not for the... Posted on December 16, 2008 at 09:38 am by human-law

Rank This Week: 1126

Technology & Marketing Law...

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Covers adware/spyware, content regulation, copyright, domain names, e-commerce, marketing, privacy, serach engines, spam, trade secrets and trademark. By Eric Goldman.

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Nov 20
A Look at Twitter's Updated Privacy Policy (November 19, 2009)

[Post by Venkat] As noted on Twitter's blog, Twitter refreshed its privacy policy yesterday. Given that virtually everything Twitter does... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Jan 20
Outdated Whois Information Might Lead to False Light Tort--Meyerkord v. Zipatoni

By Eric Goldman Meyerkord v. The Zipatoni Co., 2008 WL 5455718 (Mo. App. Ct. Dec. 23, 2008) It's a late... Posted on January 20, 2009 at 07:08 am
Jun 8
Vacation and Guest Bloggers

By Eric Goldman For the next two weeks, I will be enjoying a celebratory river-rafting trip on the Hulahula River... Posted on June 8, 2008 at 05:55 am

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theWHIR - David Snead Web Hosting...

theWHIR - David Snead Web Hosting Legal Blog

Presents a legal perspective on both specific actions in the Web hosting business, as well as general developments. Published by David Snead and hosted by theWHIR.

http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/david-snead/index.cfm

Dec 10
Legal Issues in Virtualization

I'll be giving an online presentation on legal issues related to virtualization today at 2:45 PST. The presentation will cover three different virtualization topics: server virtualization, application virtualization and virtualization of the desktop. In the talk I'll break down the components of virtualization, analyze the activities of the main participants in the virtualization process (customer, application provider, and virtualization software provider); isolate the risks inherent with... Posted on December 10, 2008 at 05:01 pm
Nov 21
Own your own jet

Today at the Virtualization and Cloud Computing Expo, Songnian Zhou made the analogy that traditional server allocation is like owning your own jet: traditionally, each company owns its own servers, because every once in a while, they need the full capacity; similarly, you can own your own jet, because every once in a while you need to go somewhere. Each may be an example of poor resource allocation. This is a great analogy. I spoke yesterday on the topic of legal risks inherent in... Posted on November 21, 2008 at 01:49 am
Nov 13
Happy Birthday DMCA

The DMCA has been around for 10 years now. It remains as controversial as it has ever been. The most controversial aspects of the Act, the anti-circumvention provisions, don't generally apply to hosts. The "notice and takedown" aspects of the Act do. In spades.The DMCA, for all its flaws,has made life a bit easier for hosts. Prior to the DMCA, hosts were often faced with lawsuits arguing that they were liable as third party infringers for the content of their customers. With the DMCA, as long... Posted on November 13, 2008 at 08:12 pm

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iCANN Blog

Features audio, news and commentary on Internet policy, governance and legal issues. By Bret Fausett.

http://blog.lextext.com/blog

Jul 31
New NTIA Letter Worth Reading

This new letter from the NTIA to ICANN is worth reading (and worthy of dusting off the ol' ICANN.blog for a quick post). The letter, dated yesterday, essentially says that whatever happens with the JPA and ICANN's existential internal examinations, it won't affect the authority of the United States over the root zone. Here at Lextext Central, we've known this forever, and people close to the ICANN process have known it too. On one level, the letter is a little bit like stating that the sky is... Posted on July 31, 2008 at 04:54 pm by Bret Fausett
Apr 24
Greedy Domainer Slime

New post over on Name Brief, which was getting sort of dusty. Watch this carefully because it's a small version of the debate that will ensue if ICANN auctions TLDs and then proposes to do good deeds with the proceeds. Posted on April 24, 2008 at 02:23 pm by Bret Fausett
Apr 3
Revisiting the Registry-Registrar Split?

I found this bit from the most recent Board minutes intriguing: "Charles River Associates has been commissioned to undertake a study on....the market of maintaining or not maintaining the separation between registrars and registries." I didn't think the issue of "not maintaining" the registry-registrar split was even on the table for discussion. This comment came up in the context of a very interesting Board discussion on the staff's progress developing an implementation plan for new gTLDs, and... Posted on April 3, 2008 at 09:22 am by Bret Fausett

Rank This Week: 1141

eLegal Canton

Technology law blog covering software, copyright, privacy, the Internet, electronic commerce, and computers. By David Canton.

http://www.canton.elegal.ca/

Jul 22
Copyright bill C-61 is environmentally unfriendly

Its what? That was my reaction when I read the headline to Michael Geist's latest column - but he makes a valid point. It builds on the notion I expressed a while back that the bill is a backwards step and out of touch with the reality of today's technology, marketplace, and consumer rights and expectations. Read Michael's column Posted on July 22, 2008 at 12:42 pm by David Canton
Jul 21
Body of evidence courts embracing technology

For the London Free Press - July 21, 2008 Read this on Canoe The image of lawyers going to court carrying boxes of paper is slowly becoming obsolete. That paper is being replaced by electronic files. To encourage the use of electronic documents in court, the Canadian Judicial Council recently published a document drafted by the judges technology advisory committee entitled National Model Practice Direction for the Use of Technology in Civil Litigation. It's available online at... Posted on July 21, 2008 at 11:44 am by David Canton
Jul 18
Privacy Commissioner commissions research into public surveillance

The Federal Privacy Commissioner has initiated some research into public surveillance. From the Privacy commissioner's blog: We've decided to commission research into how developments in public surveillance techniques and technology are affecting Canadians, individually and as a society. First off, Queen's University will be examining the proliferation of surveillance cameras across the country, and report on the trends in the use of public surveillance - although it seems as if we are seeing... Posted on July 18, 2008 at 01:18 pm by David Canton

Rank This Week: 1142

Politics of Privacy Blog

Covers privacy, liberty, security, economy and their interaction. By Andreas Busch.

http://politicsofprivacy.blogspot.com

Jan 18
Again: loss of personal data by public officials in the UK

/**/ Less than two months after the loss of the personal details of 25 million people by the UK's tax authorities (see this blog entry), another substantial loss of personal data has occurred in Britain. As the BBC website writes, a laptop containing personal details of 600.000 people has been stolen from a Royal Navy officer in the Birmingham area. The data are from people who have expressed an interest in, or joined, the Royal Navy, Marines, or Air Force, and they are the more detailed the... Posted on January 18, 2008 at 01:26 pm
Jan 7
Jeremy Clarkson and identity theft

Well, first of all, a happy new year to my readers! And I am glad to be able to report that page visits to this blog more than doubled in 2007 over 2006, to well over 5000 pageviews. I am very happy about this and will take it as a reminder to update this blog more often than I have recently done (take that with a grain of salt, like all new year's resolutions...). Another reason to be upbeat is a story reported by the BBC today. It concerns Jeremy Clarkson, a British TV presenter specialising... Posted on January 7, 2008 at 06:05 am
Nov 20
British tax authorities lose personal details of 25 million people

A crass case of neglect and breach of data protection legislation has led to the loss of discs containing the names, addresses, dates of birth, bank account details and National Insurance numbers of 25 million people in the United Kingdom, it was revealed today (see reports by the BBC, the Financial Times, the Guardian and The Times). The data (they are the complete records of all 7.25 million families in the UK with a child under 16 years of age) were on two CD-ROMS which the tax authority... Posted on November 20, 2007 at 01:54 pm

Rank This Week: 1161

Chris Blog

Covers privacy, telemarketing, identity theft, direct marketing and more. By Chris Hoofnagle.

http://chrishoofnagle.com/blog

Jan 3
ALI-ABA on Privacy Risks

The American Law Institute and American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) are hosting a two-day program titled Privacy Law: Developments, Planning, and Litigation, focusing on important privacy risks facing companies and governments. Featured topics include security breaches, investigations, handling outsourcing, and responding to government subpoenas for customer data. I'm moderating two panels with Carol DiBattiste, general counsel of Choicepoint, on security breach notification issues. Panelists... Posted on January 3, 2008 at 07:23 pm by Chris
Dec 14
Who is Ron Paul?

Whenever I see this: I think of this: It's just as silly. Just as unrealistic. And Ron Paul is just as much of a selfish moron as Master Shake. His supporters are in transmit-only mode, and don't understand that the world under Ron Paul would be a scary place. Posted on December 14, 2007 at 08:22 am by Chris
Oct 17
Anna Rexia Costume

Ouch! Found somewhere in New York. Posted on October 17, 2007 at 06:33 pm by Chris

Rank This Week: 1163

Privacy Spot

Covers privacy law and data protection. Sponsored by Hughes & Luce.

http://privacyspot.com

Aug 7
Testing the Boundaries of FERPA

Citing the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Houston Independent School District has refused a request for baseball statistics it gathers during publicly attended baseball games. FERPA prohibits a federally funded educational institution from allowing the disclosure of students' educational records without each student's parent's consent. A straight reading of the statute suggests that any student information regularly maintained by the school qualifies as education... Posted on August 7, 2007 at 07:57 am
Jul 19
New Laws Introduced to Protect SSNs, Reduce ID Theft

Sources are reporting that an SSN protection bill has been proposed in the House. The bill would attempt to limit the use of SSNs by government and private entities. New criminal and civil penalties, including prison time, are included in the bill along with higher penalties for repeat offenders. Law enforcement and emergency services exceptions are granted, but the government will be prevented from using SSNs on checks, Medicare cards and government ID cards. See the related stories here and... Posted on July 19, 2007 at 02:08 pm
Jul 19
No Expectation of Privacy in IP Addresses, to/from Addresses of Emails

The government can legally obtain IP addresses of websites a person has visited and to/from addresses from a person's emails without a warrant according to a new Ninth Circuit ruling. The case, United States v. Forrester, is the first to hold that unlike the content of those communications, the header information does not violate a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment. Posted on July 19, 2007 at 09:02 am

Rank This Week: 1175

Law under the Microscope

News, updates and ruminations on legal and regulatory developments related to the life sciences, bioagriculture and nanotechnology. By Cece Gassner.

http://lifetech.blogs.com/bionanoblawg/

Aug 19
Jury Awards Blockbuster Damages in Vioxx Lawsuit

Last year saw the beginning of grumblings that drug companies may be keeping certain trial results out of the public, and that the FDA may also not be getting out cautions when needed. Merck had been accused of hiding research that showed that its blockbuster arthritis drug, Vioxx, could cause heart problems. One of the first liability suits filed against Merck just came out with the verdict - an award against Merck for $253 million to the widow of a marathon runner and Wal-Mart worker in Texas... Posted on August 19, 2005 at 12:46 pm by Cece Gassner
Jul 26
Nanotech Cure for Cancer?

I'll be posting more later today on some regulatory/legal developments in the bioscience world, but wanted to pass along this article from Wired online. This could be a great development in treatment for various diseases - using nifty little nanoscale molecules that have tiny tendrils on them to administer vaccines and other medicines. Cheery news like this is always necessary to counter so much of the negative results and news we get inundated with these days. Posted on July 26, 2005 at 08:59 am by Cece Gassner
Jun 21
Patent Backlog

One tidbit from the BIO 2005 sessions that really stuck in my mind - the PTO now faces a backlog of 500,000 patent applications. With the rate of growth in patent filings, they foresee having a backlog of a million applications within the next 10 years. The speaker, Dr. Jasemine Chambers, Director of Technology Center 1600 at the PTO, said that despite the increased filing fees, there has been little to no slowdown in the filings. The PTO is hoping that some of the patent reform initiative and... Posted on June 21, 2005 at 05:11 am by Cece Gassner

Rank This Week: 1203

Gahtan's Technology and Internet...

Gahtan's Technology and Internet Law Blog

Covers law, technology, VoIP, wireless, security and the Internet. By Alan Gahtan.

http://www.gahtan.com/techlawblog

Oct 15
Aegis Mobility’s DriveAssistT software to disable cellphones while driving

A Canadian software company, Aegis Mobility, apparently has a software program, called DriveAssistT, that can be loaded into Windows Mobile or Symbian smartphones and will disable the phone when the software senses that the phone is moving at a speed that suggests the user is in a car. The purpose of doing [...] Posted on October 15, 2008 at 01:11 am by agahtan
Oct 8
Celio’s Redfly Mobile Companion

I recently acquired a Redfly Mobile Companion from Celio. This device provides much (but not all) of the functionality previously promised by Palm for its never-released FOLIO. The Redfly, the size of a very small laptop, provides a larger screen and keyboard for using a mobile phone. It is ideal [...] Posted on October 8, 2008 at 11:43 am by agahtan
Oct 7
Class action against Rogers, Telus and Bell re system access fee

In case you missed it, last month a class action lawsuit against Rogers, Telus and Bell was certified. The suit claims that Canadian cellphone subscribers were misled about the $6.95 to $8.95 monthly so called "system access fees" or "license fees". See CTV. Posted on October 7, 2007 at 08:24 am by agahtan

Rank This Week: 1222

Zeugma

Covers legal education, technology, rhetoric and legal theory. By Lancaster University's Sefton Bloxham, University of Warwick's Patricia McKellar, University of Strathclyde's Karen Barton and Glasgow Graduate School of Law's Paul Maharg.

http://zeugma.typepad.com/zeugma/

Nov 13
Meta-analysis of early childhood interventions

In my last but one post I mentioned the importance of meta-reviews. Just came across a preview of a great one on the Columbia University Teachers College site, here (excellent site by the way -- well worth signing up for). Camilli, G., Vargas, S., Ryan, S. Barnett, W.S. (2010, forthcoming) Meta-analysis of the effects of early education interventions on cognitive and social development, Teachers College Record, 112, 3. The authors reviewed 123 comparative studies of early childhood... Posted on November 13, 2009 at 09:18 am by Paul Maharg
Nov 13
SSRN iPhone app

Since mentioning Arterian & Paul's legal ed summaries from SSRN in the last posting I've downloaded & used the iPhone app for SSRN (iTunes Store, free, here). Great. Also wanted to prove I can blog in less than 1500 words... Posted on November 13, 2009 at 07:17 am by Paul Maharg
Nov 13
What will enhance legal education in Scotland?

Was live-blogging Enhancing Legal Education in Scotland, a legal ed conference hosted by UKCLE last week -- kudos to Julian Webb and his team for organising it, for it's difficult to bring together the disparate elements of Scots legal education -- but my own afternoon session and then many other thoughts intervened, so I've delayed this posting. Account of the day and reflections on Scottish legal education below the fold... Julian kicked off proceedings, and introduced the new Scotland... Posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:33 am by Paul Maharg

Rank This Week: 1226

CALIopolis PodCast Feed

Research, random thoughts, and slightly articulate ideas on legal education, technology and the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction.

http://caliopolis.classcaster.org/blog/

Mar 13
Just A Podcasting Test

Here is my test podcast. Click to listen or right-click to download - JustATest4Podcasting.mp3 Posted on March 13, 2009 at 01:33 pm by JohnPMayer
Mar 13
New Podcast Launched - PLEASE PAY ATTENTION

"Please Pay Attention" is the working title of the new podcast series. We would love to get suggestions from listeners to name this podcast. Elmer Masters and I talk about legal education-related IT topics several times a week and we have threatened in the past to turn some of those conversations into podcasts because we believe that others might benefit. Alternatively, others might listen and set us straight. So we have followed up on our threat and recorded the first in a series of podcasts.... Posted on March 13, 2008 at 01:22 am by JohnPMayer
Jan 9
2008 Annual CALI Members Meeting - Screencast Version

Here is the link to the screencast version of my talk at the 2008 Annual CALI Members Meeting held on Friday, January 5, 2008 in New York during AALS. I had previously posted the podcast/audio recording and Powerpoint slides. Posted on January 9, 2008 at 11:36 am by JohnPMayer

Rank This Week: 1231

this WEEK in LAW

Denise Howell and guests discuss technology law. From the TWiT netcast network.

http://twit.tv/twil

Nov 17
TWiL 38: Don't Swallow That Phone

Hosts: Denise Howell, Colette Vogele, Evan Brown, and Ernie Svenson DWI La-Z-Boys, Murdoch and Google, no tweeting in court, police searching cell phones, and more. Talking points: [delicious.com] TWiL shownotes TWiL on Friendfeed For a free audiobook, visit AudiblePodcast.com/twil. Special thanks to Nigel Clutterbuck for the TWiL theme music. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:09:38 Posted on November 17, 2009 at 08:40 am
Nov 12
TWiL 37: Copyright In Extremis

Hosts: Denise Howell, Colette Vogele, Evan Brown, and Ernie Svenson AT&T vs Verizon, MPAA to the FCC, robots, copyright, and more. Talking points: [delicious.com] TWiL shownotes TWiL on Friendfeed For a free audiobook, visit AudiblePodcast.com/twil. Special thanks to Nigel Clutterbuck for the TWiL theme music. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:38:08 Posted on November 12, 2009 at 02:08 am
Nov 3
TWiL 36: Mars Needs Lawyers

Hosts: Denise Howell, Colette Vogele, Evan Brown, and Ernie Svenson Facebook Spammers, Windows 7 Upgrade tricks, Net Neutrality, and more. Talking points: http://delicious.com/thisweekinlaw/35 TWiL shownotes TWiL on Friendfeed For a free audiobook, visit AudiblePodcast.com/twil. Special thanks to Nigel Clutterbuck for the TWiL theme music. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:41:50 Posted on November 3, 2009 at 02:15 pm

Rank This Week: 1239

Science & Law Blog

Covers science and technology. By Professors David L. Faigman, David H. Kaye, Michael J. Saks, Joseph Sanders, and Edward K. Cheng.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/science_law/

Aug 16
About Science & Law Blog

The Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog. Posted on August 16, 2009 at 11:15 am by Joe Hodnicki
Jun 21
Osborne and the Right to Post-conviction DNA Testing (II)

On November 8, 2008, I outlined the issues in the Osborne case that the Supreme Court decided a few days ago (June 18, 2009). The Court avoided the core issue of whether a prisoner has a right to be released... Posted on June 21, 2009 at 07:56 pm by Science Guy
Apr 18
Taking Liberties with the Numbers

This month's issue of the California Lawyer perpetuates the confusion in the media about DNA database trawls. In an article entitled "Guilt by the Numbers: How Fuzzy is the Math that Makes DNA Evidence Look So Compelling to Jurors?," award-winning... Posted on April 18, 2009 at 04:54 pm by Science Guy

Rank This Week: 1248

bIPlog UC Berkeley Intellectual...

bIPlog UC Berkeley Intellectual Property Weblog

Covers technology, media, communications and the law. From UC Berkeley's Boalt.org student group working for the public interest in technology law.

http://boalt.org/biplog

May 7
09 f9 and Statutory Interpretation

Cross posted to Substantial Similarity. The 09 f9 story is practically geriatric in internet age, but after reading Fred's legal primer and Ed's reductio, I had a couple of thoughts. First, does the posting of a key really violate 1201? And if so, which part? Section 1201(a)(2) provides: ((The text of 1201(b) sets out an equivalent test for copy controls. The occasionally nonsensical line drawing between access and copy controls is a topic for another day.)) No person shall manufacture, import,... Posted on May 7, 2007 at 06:48 pm by Aaron Perzanowski
May 5
DRM as Flux Capacitor

Cross posted to Substantial Similarity. Forbes has a short article up (flash-free and ad-free printable version here) wherein executives from two major labels, Sony BMG and Warner, make clear that if there is to be a DRM-less future for online music downloads, they shall not go gentle into that good night. According to Michael Nash, Warner's senior vice president of digital strategy: "No intellectual property business is going to cross the digital divide without figuring out how to protect its... Posted on May 5, 2007 at 08:36 pm by Aaron Perzanowski
Mar 19
RIAA makes offer you can’t refuse.. maybe..

Recently the Recording Industry Association of America offered a "deal" to college students on 13 campuses whom they suspect of illegally downloading copyrighted music: "pay us off now, and we'll give you a discount on what you'll be hit with after we take you to Federal court." But what is the basis of this deal? First: there are many examples of uploading/downloading music that are completely legal - if the copyright holder has given permission, if the music is in the public domain or... Posted on March 19, 2007 at 07:49 pm by Larisa Mann

Rank This Week: 1260

Blawg IT

Covers patent, copyright, trademark and Internet related legal issues. By Patent Attorney Brett Trout.

http://blog.bretttrout.com/

Nov 17
Luddite Patent Attorneys Are More Expensive Than You Think

Is Your Attorney as Tech Savvy as You Are? You go to great lengths to protect your computer from hackers. But does your attorney? Hackers know all of your most important documents reside on your attorney's computer. If your attorney is not as tech savvy as your company, who is a seasoned hacker going to target? The scariest part is that if a hacker does steal from your attorney, your attorney, and you, may be none the wiser. Taking Candy From a Baby Charged with protecting your most sensitive... Posted on November 17, 2009 at 07:22 am by Brett Trout
Nov 10
Bilski Oral Argument

Bilski Yesterday oral argument took place in the Supreme Court in what could be the most pivotal patent ruling of our time. The case revolves around Bilski's patent application for a method of hedging the risk of fuel price fluctuations associated with bad weather. State Street Back in 1998, the Supreme Court ruled in State Street that a computer programmed with novel software is patentable even if the output is merely numbers. The State Street ruling led to a deluge of business method patent... Posted on November 10, 2009 at 08:24 am by Brett Trout
Nov 6
The Farnsworth Invention

The play The Farnsworth Invention begins tonight at the Des Moines Community Playhouse. Why would a patent blog write about a play? Well, unbeknownst to me before last night, The Farnsworth Invention is a play about patents. It explores patentability, infringement, enablement, interference, licensing and litigation. It even pastes parts of actual patents right into the script. You simply could not ask for any more patent and invention in a single play. Now I realize the foregoing description... Posted on November 6, 2009 at 09:17 am by Brett Trout

Rank This Week: 1281

ICANN Watch

Covers the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

http://www.icannwatch.org/

Nov 6
.INFO to Allocate Names to Those Who Enhance its Brand

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:19 am by michael
Nov 6
Accountability?

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:16 am by michael
Oct 22
Is the rug to be pulled out from under registrants?

Posted on October 22, 2009 at 08:22 am by michael

Rank This Week: 1293

KM Space

Covers knowledge management, technology and the practice of law. By Doug Cornelius.

http://kmspace.blogspot.com/

Nov 4
Social Media: Policy Formation & Risk Management

Today, I am in San Francisco at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference at the Moscone Center, speaking on a panel about social media policies. I gave a presentation on Cloud Computing at the 2009 version of the Conference in Boston: Evening in the Cloud and Compliance and a presentation on blogging at the 2008 version of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston: What Blogging Brings to Business. I was happy to hear that the conference was still interested in having me, even though I have been moving away... Posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:05 am
Nov 1
FINRA and Social Networking

Wall Street bankers and analysts increasingly want to use social networking to connect and interact with customers. But financial services companies have a hard time trying to comply with the compliance and regulatory requirements. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn provide new ways for financial service firms to connect, inform and interact with their customers. They also raise new compliance challenges. As currently designed these sites may not allow you to archive... Posted on November 1, 2009 at 04:00 am
Oct 31
Happy Halloween!

Image is by 3268zauber: K&#xc3&#xbcrbis Fratze.jpg licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Posted on October 31, 2009 at 04:00 am

Rank This Week: 1294

The Privacy Law Site

Covers privacy laws and regulations.

http://privacy-law.blogspot.com

Oct 28
Judge Excludes Tannin E-Mail

The U.S. District Court Judge presiding over the Bear Stearns Asset Management fraud case (U.S. v. Cioffi) has excluded from evidence an e-mail written by Matthew Tannin using his personal account because "the warrant did not, on its face, limit the items to be seized from Tannin's personal email account to emails containing evidence of the crimes charged in the indictment, or, indeed, any crime at all. It was, therefore, unconstitutionally broad under George." (United States v. George, 975... Posted on October 28, 2009 at 08:08 am by Culture of Truth
Oct 27
$37,500 for Cell Phone Calls

Magistrate judge orders judgment of $37,500 for 75 unsolicited marketing calls made to plaintiff's cell phone. LAWRENCE M. SCLAFANI v. I.C. System Posted on October 27, 2009 at 01:10 pm by Culture of Truth
Oct 26
Court rejects TD Ameritrade class-action settlement

Omaha, Neb. (AP) -- A federal judge has refused to approve a class-action settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco says the deal offers little significant benefit to the more than 6 million current and former customers affected. Posted on October 26, 2009 at 12:04 pm by Culture of Truth

Rank This Week: 1296

practice management blog

From the law practice management (lpm) committee of the DuPage County Bar Association.

http://dcbalpm.wordpress.com

Jul 14
Remember – we’re now at www.practicehac…

Remember - we're now at www.practicehacker.com Posted in Uncategorized Posted on July 14, 2009 at 08:15 pm by mhedayat
Jun 7
Law Clerk Connection – Legal Work Marketplace

Recently I ran accross Law Clerk Connection - a marketplace in which "clerks" (and presumably paralegals and maybe lawyers) can connect with "lawyers" (and perhaps small law firms or small companies) that need work done. In other words, those who need work connect with those who need work done. Readers will remember that I've documented attempts [...] Posted on June 7, 2009 at 10:30 am by mhedayat
Jun 5
matrix of e-discovery software

Greg Buckles of the EDRM Project has created an easy to use, expandable matrix of e-discovery specific applications. This is not the only legal software list (litigation support firm lexbe has one here, and Findlawhas long had some level of software listings) this one should make it easy to sort through the veritable forest [...] Posted on June 5, 2009 at 07:42 am by mhedayat

Rank This Week: 1309

Stanford Center for Internet and...

Stanford Center for Internet and Society Podcasts

Audio from various conferences, classes and radio shows (KZSU Hearsay Culture Show) of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.

http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/

Rank This Week: 1325

The Substantially Similar Weblog

Covers intellectual property and technology, law. Published by Fish & Richardson attorney Adam J. Kessel.

http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog

Nov 19
Algorithmic Glitch

How did Facebook come up with this? Posted on November 19, 2009 at 05:54 pm by adam
Nov 14
Comcast Upgrade

Not bad! Posted on November 14, 2009 at 04:39 am by adam
Jul 20
Dismantle Storrow Drive

Most brilliant idea so far this year. In brief, Storrow Drive was never supposed to exist. Now it needs massive repairs, which will be both expensive and disruptive. Rather than fix it, some are calling to simply remove it, similar to when San Francisco decided to tear down its elevated highway after it was severely damaged in an earthquake. Proponents of dismantling Storrow Drive include former Secretary of Transportation Fred Salvucci and former DPW associate commissioner Ken Kruckemeyer. Not... Posted on July 20, 2009 at 06:12 am by adam

Rank This Week: 1329

Stanford Center for Internet and...

Stanford Center for Internet and Society Blogs

Covers civil rights and technological innovation.

http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/

Nov 18
ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights

The ACLU of Northern California has officially launched dotRights, a comprehensive set of materials and tools to learn about, and act upon, privacy and free speech on the Internet. Complete with an interactive village covering topics from cloud computing to e-book privacy, this website and campaign represent a game-changing resource for anyone (company, activist, regulator, or consumer) who cares about privacy and free speech on the Internet. Congratulations and great work! PS: You can follow... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 01:42 pm by Ryan Calo
Nov 16
An Unpoular View of Google Books

I'm starting to feel like the only person who thinks the Google Books settlement with authors and publishers is a good deal. One voice that seems not to be heard, however, over the din of Google competitors, panicky law professors, and regulators who wouldn't know a workable solution to a copyright problem (created by regulators) if it bit them, is anyone speaking for consumers. My opinion piece today on CNET (see http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10398838-93.html?tag=mncol;title) argues that... Posted on November 16, 2009 at 06:24 pm by Larry Downes
Nov 16
These Hobbyists Add to Calculators, Multiplying Their Fun

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and I are mentioned in this Wall Street Journal article about TI calculator hackers and the law. Posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:25 am by Jennifer Granick

Rank This Week: 1332

Digital Rights Ireland

Covers data retention, defamation, DRI, DRM, ID cards, intellectual property, mass surveillance and more.

http://www.digitalrights.ie

Nov 11
Data Retention Bill at Committee Stage

The Data Retention Bill goes to Committee Stage before the D&#xc3&#xa1il today. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties have put together some excellent submissions on how the Bill should be amended to protect fundamental rights - we've uploaded a copy here. S&#xc3&#xa9an Sherlock (Lab.) is also on top of this issue and has put forward extremely desirable amendments designed to reduce the retention period and to establish greater transparency in the oversight of data retention - these are available on the... Posted on November 11, 2009 at 06:44 am by Administrator
Oct 9
Romanian Constitutional Court finds data retention law unconstitutional

From an email by Bogdan Manolea: The Romanian Constitutional Court declared, yesterday afternoon, the data retention law (law 298/2008) as unconstitutional, as it breaches art 28 of the Romanian Constitution which provides that secrecy of the letters, telegrams and other postal communications, of telephone conversations, and of any other legal means of communication is inviolable. So far there is no press release of the Court and the decision has not been published yet, there are only press... Posted on October 9, 2009 at 02:38 am by Administrator
Sep 25
JC Decaux should backpedal on iPhone app threat

[Cross-posted from IT Law in Ireland] I'm quoted in today's Irish Times on the threats made by JC Decaux against Fusio resulting in their taking down their Dublin Bikes App. Leave aside for a moment the PR stupidity of this strategy. Ignore if you will the dubious legal basis of their claim. (Without going into the finer points of copyright in facts, database rights, clickwrap agreements or possible passing off, the vague nature of their complaint - "Following our conversion, I confirm that you... Posted on September 25, 2009 at 06:19 am by Administrator

Rank This Week: 1337

The Law of the Game

Covers video games, gambling and other legal discussions. By Mark Methenitis.

http://lawofthegame.blogspot.com/

Oct 24
LGJ: Revenge of the Regulators

This week's LGJ dissects 'ecogenerism' as it applies to regulating video games based on a new paper from Michigan State University School of Law. Read on!Disclaimer The content of this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, and is for educational and informational purposes only. Reading this blog, replying to its posts, or any other interaction on this site does not create an attorney-client privilege between you and the author. The opinions expressed on this... Posted on October 24, 2009 at 08:38 am by Mark Methenitis
Oct 23
LGJ: 3D Dot Game Infringement

In this LGJ, I talk about the allegations of 'copyright infringement' in 3D Dot Game Heroes. Read on!Disclaimer The content of this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, and is for educational and informational purposes only. Reading this blog, replying to its posts, or any other interaction on this site does not create an attorney-client privilege between you and the author. The opinions expressed on this site are not the opinions of The Vernon Law Group,... Posted on October 23, 2009 at 08:41 am by Mark Methenitis
Oct 5
Game::Business::Law 2010 is Official

I wanted to take a moment to post the following press release. Last year's event was outstanding, and I think the upcoming conference will be even better. I will be a speaker again this year, and hope to see some readers in the audience. Registration is limited, so be sure to secure a spot soon. News Release Registration for 2010 Game::Business:: Law Summit Now Open via game-business-law.com 2nd Annual International Summit on the Law and Business of Video Games to be Held January 27-28, 2010 at... Posted on October 5, 2009 at 10:56 am by Mark Methenitis

Rank This Week: 1343

TeleFrieden

Covers legal, regulatory, marketplace and cultural issues affecting the information, communications and entertainment industries. By Rob Frieden.

http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/

Oct 23
Summary of FCC's Rulemaking on Net Neutrality and Preserving the Open Internet

Posted on October 23, 2009 at 09:01 am
Oct 15
New Pub: Lock Down on the Third Screen: How Wireless Carriers Evade Regulation of Their Video Services

Posted on October 15, 2009 at 11:23 am
Oct 14
WSJ’s Misinformation Agenda

Posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:31 am

Rank This Week: 1345

Panzer on Point

Covers the areas and intersections of technology and intellectual property law. By Doug Panzer.

http://law.96exposures.com/index.html

Oct 23
The Internet Turns 40

Oliver Burkeman of The Guardian has written a great article looking forward to next week's 40th birthday of the Internet. It really needs no commentary. Just give it a look for an interesting read, including the following "wow" realization: Unless you are 15 years old or younger, you have lived through the dotcom bubble and bust, the birth of Friends Reunited and Craigslist and eBay and Facebook and Twitter, blogging, the browser wars, Google Earth, filesharing controversies, the transformation... Posted on October 23, 2009 at 03:42 am by Doug Panzer, Esq.
Oct 19
The Discerning Downloader

Those who have read this blog before know that I strongly believe that the Big Content industries' major weakness in the fight against file sharing is that they lag behind consumers in their exploration and exploitation of new technologies. A recent survey from TorrentFreak seems to confirm that. The survey shows that uTorrent has made massive gains in market share among file sharers (now enjoying over 60% share), primarily at the expense of Vuze, the second most popular Bit Torrent client (now... Posted on October 19, 2009 at 04:29 am by Doug Panzer, Esq.
Oct 9
Japanese Court's Reversal in File-Sharing Case is a Clear Win for Software Innovators

A Japanese appeals court yesterday reversed a lower court ruling against file-sharing software developer Isamu Kaneko related to his "Winny" program. This ruling is a departure from recent rulings in both the US and Sweden, and clearly demonstrates that Japan's courts have an eye toward fostering innovation rather than protecting the status quo on behalf of content owners. The criminal proceeding against Kaneko turned on the issue of whether the Winny program "encouraged" file-sharing and... Posted on October 9, 2009 at 03:40 am by Doug Panzer, Esq.

Rank This Week: 1346

Lessig Blog

Covers copyright, creative commons, politics, telecom, good/bad code and good/bad laws. By Stanford University Law Professor Lawrence Lessig.

http://www.lessig.org/

Aug 20
Announcing the hibernation of lessig.org/blog (from the blogs-deserve-a-sabbatical-too department)

So my blog turns seven today. On August 20, 2002, while hiding north of San Francisco working on the Eldred appeal, I penned my first (wildly and embarrassingly defensive) missive to Dave. Some 1753 entries later, I'm letting the blog rest. This will be the last post in this frame. Who knows what the future will bring, but in the near term, it won't bring more in lessig.org/blog. The reasons are many. First, as I peer over the abyss of child number 3 (expected in a couple weeks), I can't begin... Posted on August 20, 2009 at 03:15 am
Aug 20
Remix supporting a Medieval world (as critics have insisted)

Five-year old Felix's mom, Kierstin, sent me this image a bit ago. "I thought you would get a laugh out of these photos where your Remix became a crucial supporting wall for a Medieval Castle, manned by Playmobile guards and a plastic dinosaur." Indeed. Posted on August 20, 2009 at 03:09 am
Aug 20
REMIX unmixed

Dave Wiley has an interesting idea he calls unmixing (in contrast to remixing), which he demonstrates with the first bit of REMIX. Basically, using Yahoo's BOSS, he reassociates every three words to another text on the web. Give it a look. (I think I'd call it re-remixing). Posted on August 20, 2009 at 03:06 am

Rank This Week: 1356

Saunders & Silverstein Blog

Comments on copyright, trademark, Internet and media law. By Saunders & Silverstein.

http://massiplaw.com/massiplaw/blog/

May 30
Use of Color in Branding

This link has been on my "to blog" list for far too long. Steven Snell over at Smashing Magazine published this great article about the use of colors in corporate branding and design back in January. The piece is geared toward designers, but is also interesting from a trademark perspective. The four points at the end of the article are powerful points to keep in mind when thinking about trademark protection and good will. Posted on May 30, 2009 at 06:08 am by Aaron Silverstein
May 29
Hot Logo Action

A great collection of airline logos. And now I'm regretting that I did not attend the INTA annual meeting finale at the Musuem of Flight. (HT @vidiot_) Posted on May 29, 2009 at 09:06 am by Aaron Silverstein
Apr 25
Hasbro’s Hollywood Master Plan

Hasbro is agressively licensing it's famous game brands for film adaptations. William Morris Agency brokered a six-year deal between Hasbro and Universal. Hasbro properties currently in development at Universal include: Battleship; Ouija; Stretch Armstrong; Candy Land; Monopoly; and Clue. "I think what were seeing in the world at large is the power of brands distinguishing themselves," said Universal Pictures Chairman Marc Shmuger, who was previously the studio's marketing capo. "As we're... Posted on April 25, 2009 at 10:30 am by Aaron Silverstein

Rank This Week: 1364

A Copyfighter's Musings

Discuss current copyright/internet law issues. By Derek Slater.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings

May 17
Homes with very messy tails

In Bucharest, neighborhoods formed their own networks in order to bypass incumbents and meet their own needs. Later, these networks transformed into small businesses. My understanding is that the state of affairs is a bit different now, but these networks were quite normal 5 years ago. Posted on May 17, 2009 at 07:28 pm by Derek Slater
May 17
Homes with incredibly short tails

Not quite the same as what Tim Wu and I proposed. But this is a neat demonstration of why ownership is attractive to consumers, and could be attractive to carriers. "In addition to entering an area with tremendous support already lined up, Lyse also does something innovative: it allows prospective customers to dig their own fiber trenches from the street to their homes. In return, customers can save about $400. "They can arrange things just the way they want," says Herbj&#xc3&#xb8rn Tjeltveit of Lyse,... Posted on May 17, 2009 at 07:18 pm by Derek Slater
Feb 24
Freedom to Connect 2009: The Emerging Internet Economy

I'll be speaking on Homes with Tails, or Measurement Lab, or something else. In any case, I'll be there, and you should too. F2C: Who, What, When, Where, Why [www.freedom-to-connect.net] WHO: F2C is a meeting of people engaged with Internet connectivity and all that it enables, including * vendors, * customers, * regulators, * legislators, * analysts, * financiers, * citizens and * co-creators. F2C is shaped by universal connectivity and the plunging capital requirements of information... Posted on February 24, 2009 at 11:14 am by Derek Slater

Rank This Week: 1365

Displacement of Concepts

Thoughts on technology, innovation, law, legal education, economics, cyberspace, and intellectual property. By Professor Robert Heverly.

http://lawblog.uea.ac.uk/

Mar 4
We've moved . . .

Okay, so it's only me now, but still, I've moved. To here. If for some reason you've still been visiting here, well then, please update your links. If you're visiting looking for something, then pay me a visit at my new location.... Posted on March 4, 2008 at 08:47 am by RHeverly
Oct 14
Return of the Trusted Technology Fallacy and Film Distribution

I've written before about the trusted technology fallacy, the policy-making and problem-solving position often taken by governments and businesses that technology, or more particularly, a particular technology can "solve" a particular problem. This is simply never the case. Problems are complex, and simple or "silver bullet" solutions do not work. There are many reasons for this, but primary among them... Posted on October 14, 2006 at 03:36 am by Rob Heverly
Oct 14
Back

I've not posted here in quite some time. An embarassingly long time, in all honesty. I'm hoping to start again, though this is a particularly busy time for me. That said, a news story I read this morning moved me to start again. Posts will probably be shorter than in the past, and probably with fewer links. But hopefully they'll... Posted on October 14, 2006 at 01:19 am by Rob Heverly

Rank This Week: 1385

Defending SIIA Audits

Discusses how businesses should respond to software audits by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). By Robert J. Scott.

http://blawg.scottandscottllp.com/defendingsiiaaudits/

Jan 29
Testing

Technorati Profile Posted on January 29, 2008 at 01:03 pm
Jan 15
Eight Software Asset Management Predictions for 2008

2007 was an exciting and dynamic year for the software asset management industry. As we enter a new year, the software industry will continue to evolve. Here are my predictions for what will happen in 2008. 1. BSA expands its "no-fine" self-audit program I will remember 2007 as the year that the BSA increased its reward program for "anti-piracy" leads to up to $1,000,000. With approximately fifty-five million dollars in global revenue showing on its most recent tax return, BSA will continue to... Posted on January 15, 2008 at 09:35 am
Jun 27
Intellectual Property Enforcement or Witch-hunt?

Recently, the Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (CACP), a group consisting of heavy-hitting IP stakeholders, such as the Recording Industry Association of America, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced its intent to push for rapid improvements in what it perceives to be universally lax enforcement of U.S. laws protecting IP rights. At a news conference on Thursday, June 14, the CACP,... Posted on June 27, 2007 at 10:14 am

Rank This Week: 1389

LawMeme

Focuses on law, technology and policy. From Yale Law School.

http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme

Feb 14
Designing Cyberinfrastructure for Collaboration and Innovation: Conference Notes

Recently, I atteded U Mich's conference on Designing Cyberinfrastructure for Collaboration and Innovation. The conference website is here: http://cyberinfrastructure.us/. Below are blogging notes graciously provided by Nick Bartine of University of Michigan's School of Information. Posted on February 14, 2007 at 09:36 am
Jan 26
Review: Patry on Copyright

Sometime typically in the fall of the first year of law school, every larval lawyer discovers Treatises. In my case, it was for a memo assignment involving standards for a preliminary injunction. I'd been flailing for several days, trying to figure out how to understand the impossibly large morass of the law. Then, someone in my small group sent around an email pointing out that Moore's Federal Practice discussed such things and--better yet--cited cases! The details and the subject matter vary,... Posted on January 26, 2007 at 02:20 pm
Jan 21
Fall issue of YJOLT now online

The Fall 2006-2007 issue of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology is now online at: YJOLT: Yale Journal of Law & Technology Abstracts are provided on the webpage, along with links to 3 of the 4 articles; our 4th article is unfortunately still in the editing process, and will be published when it is ready. Posted on January 21, 2007 at 10:19 am

Rank This Week: 1409

GrepLaw

Covers news, commentary, and discussion about Internet and computer law and policy. From Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

http://grep.law.harvard.edu/

Jul 10
Piracy in the Video Game Industry

Posted on July 10, 2005 at 07:46 pm by shwang
Jun 7
GNU compiling on Mac OS X legal issues?

Posted on June 7, 2005 at 06:04 pm by scubacuda
Jun 7
Code theft, License Agreements

Posted on June 7, 2005 at 06:01 pm by scubacuda

Rank This Week: 1416

California Stem Cell Report

Covers public policy and business issues involving he California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

http://californiastemcellreport.blogspot.com/

Nov 20
ACT Seeks hESC Clinical Trial

Advanced Cell Technology has become the second U.S. company to seek permission to begin clinical trials for a therapy based on human embryonic stem cells.The Santa Monica, Ca., firm said yesterday that it has applied to the FDA to start trials aimed at reversing vision loss with retinal cells created from the stem cells.The firm, which has labs in Massachusetts, is only the second business to Posted on November 20, 2009 at 08:07 am by California Stem Cell Report
Nov 19
Scripps' Loring Teams with International Stem Cell Corp.

The Scripps Research Institute and scientist Jeanne Loring are collaborating with International Stem Cell Corp. of Oceanside, Ca., to study parthenogenic stem cells and their potential therapeutic use, it was announced today.In a news release from the company, Loring, director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Scripps, said, ""Parthenogenetic cell lines are uniquely valuable for our Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:51 am by California Stem Cell Report
Nov 18
Biotech Firms: The Undead of Capitalism?

The Wall Street Journal today did not describe biotech companies as zombies but it might as well have.That, despite an increasingly brighter financial picture for the biotech business.All this was contained in a piece by Brett Arends. He said the good news - the brighter picture - is the bad news. He wrote that the biotech industry, which includes stem cells, is "incredibly popular with many Posted on November 18, 2009 at 01:16 pm by California Stem Cell Report

Rank This Week: 1436

The Shout

Covers wiretaps, privacy, copyright, and free speech. By Jennifer Granick.

http://www.granick.com/blog

Nov 16
These Hobbyists Add to Calculators, Multiplying Their Fun | Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and I are mentioned in this Wall Street Journal article about TI calculator hackers and the law. Posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:24 am by jennifer
Nov 10
Convicted Murderer To Wikipedia: Shhh!

In Germany, you can't publish the names of murderers after some years have passed since the crime. So a convicted murderer's lawyers wrote to Wikipedia and asked them to take his name off of the webpage about his victim. Read my take on this First Amendment issue on the EFF blog. Posted on November 10, 2009 at 09:18 pm by jennifer
Nov 4
November 3, 2009 Election Results

Department of Elections Official Results Hello, Friends, Romans, Republicans: Here are the election results for yesterday's balloting, with 15% of the electorate weighing in. Dennis Herrera is City Attorney Jose Cisneros is Treasurer PROPOSITION A: Two Year Budget Cycle: Yes PROPOSITION B: Board of Supervisor Aides: Yes PROPOSITION C: Candlestick Park Naming Rights: Yes PROPOSITION D: Mid-Market Special Sign District: No PROPOSITION E: Advertisements on City Property: Yes That is all until next... Posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:56 am by jennifer

Rank This Week: 1461

Walter Hutchens' Blog

Writing about China, law and technology. By University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business Professor Walter Hutchens.

http://www.walterhutchens.net/blog

Nov 15
Weekly Twitter Updates

Mainland property co. IPO (real estate dev.) in Hong Kong, 20th HK listing of mainland prop. co since 2003: China Daily http://bit.ly/2C6Sfp # Editor Hu Shuli quits Caijing, mainland China media brightspot, amid squabbles re ed policy, power, $ http://tinyurl.com/ybnsn7n via @rmack # "Firm Sues Fired Associate Who Launched Firm Gripe Site" Claims cybersquatting not defamation. Solid [...] Posted on November 15, 2009 at 10:59 pm by Walter Hutchens
Nov 15
Weekly Twitter Updates

Mainland property co. IPO (real estate dev.) in Hong Kong, 20th HK listing of mainland prop. co since 2003: China Daily http://bit.ly/2C6Sfp # Editor Hu Shuli quits Caijing, mainland China media brightspot, amid squabbles re ed policy, power, $ http://tinyurl.com/ybnsn7n via @rmack # "Firm Sues Fired Associate Who Launched Firm Gripe Site" Claims cybersquatting not defamation. Solid [...] Posted on November 15, 2009 at 10:59 pm by Walter Hutchens
Nov 15
Weekly Twitter Updates

Mainland property co. IPO (real estate dev.) in Hong Kong, 20th HK listing of mainland prop. co since 2003: China Daily http://bit.ly/2C6Sfp # Editor Hu Shuli quits Caijing, mainland China media brightspot, amid squabbles re ed policy, power, $ http://tinyurl.com/ybnsn7n via @rmack # "Firm Sues Fired Associate Who Launched Firm Gripe Site" Claims cybersquatting not defamation. Solid [...] Posted on November 15, 2009 at 10:59 pm by Walter Hutchens

Rank This Week: 1465

Info/Law

Covers information, law, and the law of information. By Professors William McGeveran, Derek Bambauer and Tim Armstrong.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw

Nov 15
“Yankees Suck” Trademarked

&#xe2€&#xa6 according to The Onion. If my calculations are correct, I owe the Evil Empire approximately $9268.65 plus statutory interest. Coincidentally, this is roughly the same amount as an order of nachos and a domestic beer costs at the new Yankee Stadium. "Interactive media is the next wave," Cashman said. "With our upcoming mobile phone apps and web integration, we'll soon be able to charge millions more people for using 'Yankees suck' in the privacy of their daily lives." In related news, you... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:52 am by Derek Bambauer
Oct 26
Defining Network Neutrality

The net neutrality fight is on, as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal for new rules moved on to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Now, the two sides are digging in: AT&T, telcos, and unions on one side; Google and content providers on the other. I tend to favor protecting end-to-end in the Internet context, but I'm a bit worried about what the net neutrality rules will look like in practice. There are two ways to think of this problem. First, who is the target of regulatory action?... Posted on October 26, 2009 at 04:01 pm by Derek Bambauer
Oct 18
The Fight to Free Subway Data

Chris Schoenfeld of StationStops has a post up about his battle to get the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to let him use its schedule data in his iPhone app. Brooklyn's Law Incubator and Policy Clinic (BLIP) played a big role in Chris's successful battle, and I'm very proud of the work that the BLIP students and their mentor, Professor Jonathan Askin, did here. It's a great example of how law students can translate their classroom learning into helping clients in the Web 2.0 world. Posted on October 18, 2009 at 03:05 pm by Derek Bambauer

Rank This Week: 1466

BioLaw

Covers law and the life sciences.

http://biolaw.blogspot.com

Nov 4
IUCN Red List Update

IUCN has released its annual update to the Red List. Of the nearly 50,000 species surveyed, close to 20,000 are threatened. In other words, more than 1/3 of the species evaluated by IUCN are vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. It is high time that biodiversity loss receive at least the level of international attention that has recently been paid to climate change. As I have noted many times on this blog and elsewhere, perhaps linking those two issues will offer an opportunity for... Posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:57 am by Andrew Long
Oct 10
A Broad Challenge to the FDA's Regulations: Botox Manufacturer Sues Asserting First Amendment Protection for Off Label Drug Claims

In a move that could undermine the FDA's premarket approval process for all health care products, the maker of Botox has filed a legal action against the government claiming first amendment protection for the distribution of "truthful, relevant information" to doctors regarding off-label uses of its drugs. As Natasha Singer of the New York Times reports: The Food and Drug Administration approves medicines for specific therapeutic indications. Once a drug is approved for a specific use, doctors... Posted on October 10, 2009 at 12:09 am by Katharine Van Tassel
Sep 28
Part Three: The Relationship Between the Level of Regulation under the FDCA and the Health Status of a Product’s Targeted Population

An Introduction to the History of Quack Medicine In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there was a remarkable growth in the marketing of sham products to treat and cure disease. At that time, the rate at which quack medicines were being introduced into the market far outpaced the development of the science necessary to establish the efficacy and identify the risks associated with each new product. This scientific lag time created a period when there was an information void that... Posted on September 28, 2009 at 01:15 am by Katharine Van Tassel

Rank This Week: 1488

Freedom Now

Reports From the Legal Side of the Free Software Movement. By Professor Eben Moglen.

http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/blog

Nov 3
Bilski

SFLC and I recently filed a brief in Bilski v. Kappos, along with plenty of other lawyers, and I gave a talk about the case, and the future of patent law, at Cardozo Law School yesterday. The outpouring of amicus briefs in this case, which will be heard by the Court on November 9, must be particularly noticeable to the Justices and their law clerks: a stack of dozens of third-party briefs seeking attention would have been the lunchtime talk of that inner core of the Court back when I worked... Posted on November 3, 2009 at 03:00 am
Sep 9
Microsoft Feeds the Trolls

An announcement by the Open Invention Network has disclosed publicly for the first time another, previously-secret front in our community's efforts to protect itself against anti-competitive aggression by Microsoft. OIN's transaction with Allied Security Trust to buy patents, supposedly reading on free software, offered to the troll market by Microsoft prevented what could have been a very unpleasant experience for the whole free software ecosystem. Selling patents to organizations that have no... Posted on September 9, 2009 at 09:16 am
Aug 10
On Wikis in Teaching Law

Over the last two years I have built the wiki-based platform for teaching law school courses that I, as one particular teacher, need. Because it was built out of free software tools that are simple, general and flexible, anyone could at no cost adopt mine as is, change them to suit her own needs, or start again to build something more appropriate to different styles of instruction. But I'm intentionally not talking about technology choices now. Anyone who looks at the courses herself can learn... Posted on August 10, 2009 at 11:00 pm

Rank This Week: 1491

Standards Law

Unoffical Standards Law Blog. By David Rudin, an Official Microsoft Standards Attorney.

http://standardslaw.com/wordpress

Nov 2
Nokia vs. Apple: the in-depth analysis

Engadget recently posted an interesting article that gives a lot of good background on patent issues in standards setting organizations. Wireless standards like GSM are developed by a standards-setting body with the cooperation of its members - in the case of GSM and UMTS, it's the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and with WiFi it's the familiar IEEE. These organizations aren't blind to the fact that its members invest billions into R&D and have lots of patents, but... Posted on November 2, 2009 at 05:02 pm by David Rudin
Sep 12
A Few Standards Resources

Here's a few resources that might come in handy if you're interested in standards. http://www.standardslearn.org/ - standards e-learning. [xml.coverpages.org] - standards news and background. [www.talkstandards.com] - standards background and analysis. Posted on September 12, 2009 at 11:00 pm by David Rudin
Aug 6
Patent Licensing Assurances in Standards Organizations

From a patent licensing perspective, most standards organizations are based on RAND principals. In other words, members are required to make their patents that are required to implement a specification available on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. Most standard organizations permit patent holders to charge royalties for their patents. Some, like W3C, require that those required patents be made available under RAND terms without royalty. This is often referred to as RAND-z (RAND with... Posted on August 6, 2007 at 05:40 pm by David Rudin

Rank This Week: 1492

Colin Rule's blog

Covers online dispute resolution and political and legal commentary. Published by Colin Rule is Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal.

http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/colin-rule

Oct 20
Voting with the remote

Jacob Weisberg in Newsweek: "Any news organization that took its responsibilities seriously would take pains to cover presidential criticism fairly. It would regard doing so as itself a test of integrity. At Fox, by contrast, complaints of unfairness prompt only hoots of derision and demands for "evidence" that, when presented, is brushed off and ignored... Fox's model has invaded the bloodstream of the American media. By showing that ideologically distorted news can drive ratings, Ailes has... Posted on October 20, 2009 at 09:59 am by Colin Rule
Oct 18
Don't Blow It

Bono in the NYT today: "The Nobel Peace Prize is the rest of the world saying, "Don't blow it." But that's not just directed at Mr. Obama. It's directed at all of us. What the president promised was a "global plan," not an American plan. The same is true on all the other issues that the Nobel committee cited, from nuclear disarmament to climate change - none of these things will yield to unilateral approaches. They'll take international cooperation and American leadership. The president has set... Posted on October 18, 2009 at 06:15 pm by Colin Rule
Oct 16
Dealing with FOX News as a political enemy

Gene Lyons on Salon: "Appearing on CNN's "Reliable Sources," the White House's Dunn made it clear that the Obama administration intends to deal with the network as a political enemy. "We're going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent," she subsequently told The New York Times. "As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don't need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave." {...} Providentially, the Obama administration... Posted on October 16, 2009 at 09:18 am by Colin Rule

Rank This Week: 1504

Teknoids - Supporting the...

Teknoids - Supporting the Unsupported

Teknoids are in legal academia, non-profits, the judiciary, and law firms plus others with interests in this area.

http://www.teknoids.net

Dec 31
links for 2008-12-31

The Law Pod - Legal References for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Safari browser - WelcomeThe Law Pod(tags: ipod iphone itouch law)ReviewBasics &#xef&#xbf&#xbd?? Homeupload docs and invite folks to review. See reviews in real time.(tags: web2.0 collaboration education annotation reviewbasics)Reversing Everything: Hacking the Kindle part 3: root shell and runtime system(tags: kindle ebook [...] Posted on December 31, 2008 at 01:46 pm
Dec 31
What does everyone think about free tuition and other early UC-Irvine innovations?

Last week the AP had this story, headlined "SoCal law school tempts students with free tuition," about the efforts by UC-Irvine to get a flying start with top students in its first class. Here are snippets from the story: A... Posted on December 31, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Dec 31
emasters: Trying to explain the difference between chat and twitter to the boss. He took a long time to get blogs too.

emasters: Trying to explain the difference between chat and twitter to the boss. He took a long time to get blogs too. Posted on December 31, 2008 at 12:37 pm

Rank This Week: 1552

Supreme Court Tech Law

Covers developments in computer law and cyberlaw issues that receive attention in federal court litigation, particularly those issues that reach the US Supreme Court. By Rod Dixon.

http://www.cyberspaces.org/index.php

Nov 19
NEW ABA SURVEY OF LAWYERS

How is the recession affecting the legal profession? We recently received notice that the ABA Journal is surveying lawyers about the job market and the current state of the economy. The survey takes only two minutes to complete; Click HERE to begin. Survey results will be published in the January ABA Journal. Posted on November 19, 2008 at 12:32 am
Jan 26
Quanta v. LG Electronics

Patents The import of technology lies not simply in its immediate pragmatic solutions and identifiable improvements to our quality of life. What is also of profound significance are the ways in which technology may begat new technology and new types of commercial relationships, which keeps the cycle of innovation open and robust. Although conceptually intellectual property law offers creators and inventors legal protections for their innovations, as a practical matter, law both advances and... Posted on January 26, 2008 at 04:19 pm
Oct 1
THE LAW IS (becoming) FLAT

Update: The New York Times revisits - today - the rule of law by noting that: "the Supreme Court...has become a battleground for...two worldviews. The justices are split on whether it is a more accurate "conception of law" that "demands that American law be pictured alongside international law and other (legitimate) national constitutions" or rather "any interpretation of the Constitution that restricts the nation's security or sovereignty - for example, by extending constitutional rights to... Posted on October 1, 2007 at 09:41 pm

Rank This Week: 1556

Tablet PC Lawyer Blog

Offers news about the Tablet PC and the experiences of a Georgia family law attorney using one. By Stephen Worrall.

http://www.tabletpclawyer.com/

Feb 15
Microsoft Invents a Reason to Buy a Tablet

Why would anyone want to buy a Tablet PC? Tablet devices are perceived as little more than heavy and slow laptops with small screens and large price tags. The payoff? You get to write on them with a stylus and take notes as if you're writing on paper. Wake me when you're done. Poor sales prove that the costs exceed the benefits in the minds of most potential buyers. All that may start to change tomorrow, when a prototype application called InkSeine -- which is, essentially, a digital notebook... Posted on February 15, 2008 at 05:12 am by Stephen Worrall
Dec 31
Series of Videos on Using Tablet PC's

Here is a series of video tutorials on using a tablet pc: Tutorial Part 1: This is the first video from ICON Pareto showing you how to use the basic functions of your tablet PC. Tutorial Part 2: In this video Starla shows you how to use Ink Pen Notation Tool for Windows Tablet Edition PCs. Tutorial Part 3: In this tutorial Starla teaches us how to use tablet specific programs such as Journal Note Writer, Microsoft Office OneNote and Sticky Notes. Tutorial Part 4: In this video Starla shows us... Posted on December 31, 2007 at 10:19 am by Stephen Worrall
Dec 31
Series of Microsoft Videos on OneNote

Here is a series of funny commercials by Microsoft about OneNote 2003, found now on YouTube: Let's face it. Stationery isn't very good. And when it comes to note taking, it just isn't up to the job. That's why we created Microsoft&#xc2&#xae Office OneNote&#xc2&#xae 2003 - the note taking application that combines the freedom and flexibility of pen and paper with the power and efficiency of digital tools. With OneNote you can take, organize and share your notes easily and intuitively on your laptop, desktop or... Posted on December 31, 2007 at 09:55 am by Stephen Worrall

Rank This Week: 1594

Attorney-Tech.com

Covers legal technology of interest to lawyers and law firms. Published by Nelson Ireson.

http://attorney-tech.com

Oct 9
10 tools to save your computing bacon

The list of tools is, for the most part, Windows-specific, but that's no surprise: Mac and Linux users either don't need or already know how to do such things. Without doubt, the very best piece of advice - and actually, one that's true across all OS platforms - is the power-supply testing. A flaky power supply can seem like a dozen other computer ailments, from bad ram to a corrupt hard drive to an overheating video card. The rest of the tools in the article are more or less right down main... Posted on October 9, 2007 at 07:34 am by Nelson
Oct 8
Web Worker Daily has a great list of...

Web Worker Daily has a great list of web tools for the technological traveler. Everything from a cellphone service locator to Google's Ride Finder, this DIY dozen will help any traveler keep ahead of the curve. Of particular use are the FlightAware system, which directly monitors your plan through air traffic control, and the Wi-Fi hostpot locator. Never waste hours in an airport - or do it without wireless - again. WWD's Dozen Tips for the Tech Traveler Uncategorized Posted on October 8, 2007 at 10:07 am by Nelson
Oct 8
The future is here…Minority Report style

University of Buffalo scientists are working on a system that tracks volumes of biometric data, such as face, voice, and body type - to generate a statistical score of the likelihood of that person committing a terrorist act. Of course, the people responsible for the plot say it's all for the best interests of the public. But that's what totalitarian regimes always say, isn't it? Big Brother knows best. The real scary part about the system is that it is designed to be entirley... Posted on October 8, 2007 at 08:12 am by Nelson

Rank This Week: 1612

ByteLawyer Briefings

Covers current law and technology developments affecting business and society. By Nanyang Business School Professor Harry SK Tan.

http://bytelawyer.blogspot.com

Aug 24
Odex fails action against PacNet for disclosure of identity of downloaders

In what appears to be a straightforward case of licensors of Animeware - ODEX - for illegal downloading of pirated copies by thousands, Odex filed suits against all the local commercial ISPs to obtain the identities of those who downloaded the pirated Anime. Odex was able to obtain orders against Singnet and Starhub but not against Pacific Internet. According to the Straits Times report, District Judge Ernest Lau gave a 14 page judgment explaining his grounds for his refusal to allow for the... Posted on August 24, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Aug 19
How would the Singapore regulatory framework treat Eros LLC?

Day 1 of State of Play Conference. Interestingly the latest case reported of the synthetic worlds is the case of EROS LLC suing Volkov Catteneo" who broke the sex program's copy protection and sold unauthorized copies. So naturally Alderman (owner of ErosLLC) filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court (real court not Second Life court) in Tampa, Fla., last month for the alleged copyright breach. For me, the interesting question is not about copyrightability of the software but whether... Posted on August 19, 2007 at 09:04 pm
Aug 19
State of Play Conference BEGINS

Finally the long awaited conference has begun. Last night at the opening dinner for participants, meeting all the thought leaders, academics and businesses involved in the building and use of synthetic environments is exciting. There was a great presentation by IDA on the INSIGHT 2015 and how Singapore is going to adapt and capitalise the interactive digital technologies. Also there was a great prelaunch viewing of the movie "IdealWorld" that is a documentary of Second Life activities and... Posted on August 19, 2007 at 07:44 pm

Rank This Week: 1618

The Kennedy-Mighell Report

A Legal Technology Podcast, with an Internet Focus. From Dennis Kennedy & Tom Mighell.

http://tkmr.libsyn.com

Aug 18
Episode #6: Facebook for Lawyers?

/**/ Dennis and I are pleased to be back with another podcast &#xc3&#xa2 in this episode, we discuss Facebook and its growing popularity among lawyers, our new affection for the Google Reader, and we take a fresh look at Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Finally, we answer a listener question: what podcasts do we listen to? 1. Facebook for Lawyers -- Facebook 2. Tools We Use -- Google Reader -- FeedDemon 3. Collaboration Tools -- Google Docs & Spreadsheets 4. What Podcasts Do We Listen To? -- NPR... Posted on August 18, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Apr 8
Episode #5: A Legal Technology Grab Bag

/**/ We're back! Dennis and Tom discuss a wide range of legal technology topics in this new episode. Links to the sites, articles, and products mentioned in the podcast are included below. 1. ABA TECHSHOW Update: Tom discusses his insights and impressions on ABA TECHSHOW 2007, which recently concluded in Chicago. 2. Legal Technology Trends: Learn more about Dennis's yearly article on legal technology trends, and what's ahead in the industry in 2007. &#xc3&#x82 Dennis Kennedy's 2007 Legal Technology... Posted on April 8, 2007 at 01:55 pm
Jun 27
Episode #4: A Web 2.0 Primer for Lawyers

In episode #4, Dennis and Tom cover the hot topic of Web 2.0. They begin by trying to reach a solid definition and giving a few examples to illustrate the concept. They move on to talk about a good number of categories of Web 2.0 sites and applications,and then discuss some of our favorites. They then talk a bit about how lawyers might use Web 2.0 and the idea of Law 2.0. They end with a list of good starter resources if you want to learn more and a few thoughts on why they are excited by this... Posted on June 27, 2006 at 10:21 am

Rank This Week: 1620

Cybercrime Law

Covers information security and privacy, computer crime prevention, detection, and prosecution. By Dimo Michailov.

http://www.cybercrimelaw.org/

Jul 26
Cybercrime Law Feed Moved - Please Update Your RSS Reader

Please update your RSS reader to reflect the new feed. Posted on July 26, 2007 at 01:17 pm
May 22
Another wifi freeloader in trouble

There is another recent case of a person getting in hot water for using freely available wireless Internet. We reported on similar cases in the past. This time Posted on May 22, 2007 at 11:16 am
May 21
Cost of insecurity

Many information security professionals find it difficult to put a number on the cost of a breach and thus justify requesting more funds in their budget. Here's a useful piece of information for them - the TJX companies reported that in the first qua Posted on May 21, 2007 at 11:02 am

Rank This Week: 1624

The Bag and Baggage Podcast

Bag and Baggage podcast. By Denise Howell.

http://bgbg.blogspot.com/bgbgcast/

Mar 9
Bag and Baggage Podcast #17

Conference call with Mike Madison in anticipation of our Community 2.0 session on the legal implications of engaging outsiders in business communities Posted on March 9, 2007 at 01:00 pm
Jan 8
Bag and Baggage Podcast #16

Interview with Bill Murray, USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future and formerly MPA Posted on January 8, 2006 at 03:00 pm
Aug 5
Bag and Baggage Podcast #15

BlogHer, Speaker Wiki, RSS and OPML, Blawgs.com, and Bob Wyman Posted on August 5, 2005 at 10:00 pm

Rank This Week: 1640

PDA Lawyer

Reports on the PDA revolution in the practice of law. By Grant D. Griffiths.

http://gdgrifflaw.typepad.com/pda_lawyer/

Dec 12
Palm & PalmOS Together Again

What does it mean. Does it mean that the PalmOS will not face the imminent demise so many said would take place? Does it mean that Palm will continue to use the OS that every competing smartphone manufacturer envies? Or does it mean that Apple is going to finally do what everyone has suspected for a number of years, buy Palm and the PalmOS. We will have to watch and see what all of this means over the next few weeks and months. Posted on December 12, 2006 at 05:15 am by Grant Griffiths
Dec 8
Blackberry caused traffic pile-up

In Seattle, a 53-year-old was looking down at his Blackberry and caused a five car pile-up. Ooops!!! Statistics on 57,000 vehicle collision during the first six months of 2006 show that drunken driving, drug use and excessive speeds contributed to 92.5 percent of collisions in the state. But state officials also have started tracking accidents caused by any of 12 driver distractions, such as using handheld computers and cell phones, that account for the remaining 7.5 percent. I would like to... Posted on December 8, 2006 at 02:21 pm by Grant Griffiths
Dec 6
YourCall for Palm OS version 1.51 has been released

YourCall for Palm OS version 1.51 has been released. Improvements and Functionality Refinements include: &#xe2€&#xa2 Treo 680: added support for the native Phone Application &#xe2€&#xa2 Implemented various improvements to the TakePhone dialer support &#xe2€&#xa2 Optimized contact lookup logic to better deal with large addressbooks &#xe2€&#xa2 Addressed stability issue occurring on Treo 650 when attempting to add attendees to a Journal entries created from YourCall &#xe2€&#xa2 Treo 650 / 700p: addressed problem with YourCall dialog... Posted on December 6, 2006 at 04:46 am by Grant Griffiths

Rank This Week: 1651

Netlawblog

Internet Tools for Lawyers. By Jerry Lawson.

http://www.netlawblog.com/

Jul 31
Those Ignorant Bloggers, At It Again

Here's a great example of the phenomenon I wrote about recently--the blogger network being more knowledgeable about many subjects than the old media "experts." Juan Cole is a professor at the University of Michigan, an expert on the Middle East and is fluent in Persian, the language of Iran. He recently reported on an instructive encounter with a member of the "old media" in his Informed Comment blog: I had a very disturbing short email correspondence with a reporter of a major national... Posted on July 31, 2006 at 04:54 pm by Jerry Lawson
May 29
Blogging Leads to Trouble for Prosecutor

Law.com reports on a California case where a judge reprimanded a part time prosecutor for blogging about a misdemeanor prosecution. As noted in the article: Prosecutors carry extra duties when it comes to writing about an ongoing proceeding, said John Steele, who teaches legal ethics at Boalt Hall School of Law. "They have to 'do justice,'" he said. "Criminal defense attorneys are allowed to just win, as long as they don't break the rules. ... And virtually all the ethics rules acknowledge that... Posted on May 29, 2006 at 05:12 pm by Jerry Lawson
May 27
The Future of Lawyer Referral Services

In the course of delivering a well-deserved bashing to obstructionist bar associations that don't seem all that concerned about clients, My Shingle takes time to point out that a brighter future is on the way: In time, however, I'm guessing that referral services and state bar listings will be rendered obsolete by the Internet and the web. More and more generations of potential clients are growing up using search engines like Google and reading weblogs. When these future clients go to search... Posted on May 27, 2006 at 01:02 pm by Jerry Lawson

Rank This Week: 1667

Legal Geekery

Covers the shenanigans of some geeks stuck in law school.

http://legalgeekery.com

Nov 23
What Does YOUR Exam Playlist Look Like?

As law students all across the country prepare to barricade themselves in their respective study holes and mainline Red Bull and Coffee to keep their eyes open while rereading their commercial outlines for the 8th time, I can't help but wonder what all those playlists look like. I mean this is the 21st century, right? We take class notes on our laptops (in between status updates and looking for couches on craigslist) and we keep our Ipods running on a constant basis. I know people aren't... Posted on November 23, 2009 at 02:30 am by Sean McGilvray
Nov 19
More Tales from the 1L Underbelly

This week's post is: Midterms, Study Groups, Outlines, and Drama Comparable to High School. Midterms Depending on how your school works you're going to have midterms. For me this meant one midterm for a semester long class and 2 finals that are effectively midterms for my year long classes. This midterm is probably going to be the most stressful thing you will face until you reach your bar exam. Not because your particular midterm will be exceptionally difficult, but because of the... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:35 pm by Christopher Wright
Nov 19
Future You Will Be Smarter than Present You

Introduction - Wherein Laura wants to know if a smartphone will improve her life. Yes, says Josh, at least until the apocalypse. - There's some disagreement as to the origin of the Island of Misfit Toys in the ad at issue in this silly lawsuit against Verizon. Unfortunately, Josh wins this one. - Be warned this episode is dedicated to Our Geeks! In The News - Why volunteering to help prepare other people's taxes just got a bit more interesting: "Making Work Pay" credit recipients might have to... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:53 am by Laura Bergus

Rank This Week: 1690

The Many Faces of Mike McBride

Covers software, hardware and electronic evidence for litigation support professionals.

http://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/labels/LitigationSupport.html

Nov 23
Links for 2009-11-22 [del.icio.us]

Herb Roitblat On Search: Part 2 Posted on November 23, 2009 at 12:00 am by Mike McBride
Nov 22
Links for 2009-11-21 [del.icio.us]

State court practitioners beware: sanctions can be entered against your clients for failing to preserve emails, even if your state has not adopted a set of ediscovery rules Helpful Tips for ESI Data Mapping to Reduce E-Discovery Costs Posted on November 22, 2009 at 12:00 am by Mike McBride
Nov 21
Links for 2009-11-20 [del.icio.us]

BlackBerrys Make Legal Holds Tougher Posted on November 21, 2009 at 12:00 am by Mike McBride

Rank This Week: 1694

3D Internet Law Blog

Covers intellectual property and contracts in virtual worlds and multiuser online games. By Stephen Wu.

http://www.3dinternetlaw.com/index.html

Nov 22
Controversy About Marketing Practices

On my Facebook page, I recently wrote about a New York Times article on the booming market for virtual goods, but now others have written that game companies are using unsavory methods for obtaining sales leads. Now the lead generation practices have triggered a lawsuit in the Northern District of California. Posted on November 22, 2009 at 10:41 pm by Stephen Wu
Nov 16
SL Bar Association Holds Mini-Conference on "Practicing Law in a Virtual World"

On Saturday, November 14, 2009, the SL Bar Association held a mini-conference entitled "Practicing Law in a Virtual World" hosted by the University of Florida's Fredric G. Levin College of Law on Gator Island in the Second Life&#xc2&#xae virtual world The speakers included leaders within the SL Bar Association. The purpose of the confefrence was to introduce both practice issues and substantivie issues of practicing law in a virtual world, in the context of discussing career paths for law students. For... Posted on November 16, 2009 at 07:22 am by Stephen Wu
Nov 10
Playfish to be Acquired by Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts announced that it will acquire Playfish, which has been pursuing a suit against San Antonio-based hosting company Rackspace Hosting, Inc. and GosuMall Digital Entertainment, a Singapore company. Playfish alleges that GosuMall is selling in-game items in an alleged violation of the Playfish terms of service, and that Rackspace is liable as well for hosting the GosuMall website at which it is selling the products. Posted on November 10, 2009 at 01:31 pm by Stephen Wu

Rank This Week: 1697

Esquire | Mac

Covers Macs in the law office. By Adam Greivell.

http://www.esquiremac.com

Nov 22
Convert WordPerfect Docs to Word Docs in Bulk

A couple of months ago, I shared an AppleScript/Folder Action that enables you to convert Pages documents to Word documents, whether one at a time or in bulk. I now present you with a script I put together that will convert those pesky Word Perfect documents to Word documents. As you know, I have joined a firm that runs primarily on Windows. I'm the only Mac in the place, and pretty much everyone there uses WordPerfect. Of course, simply opening and/or editing WordPerfect docs on a Mac is no... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:47 pm by EsquireMac
Sep 28
Convert Pages Docs to Word Docs En Masse

After I started at my new firm last month, I decided to rethink my workflow. I began working with Pages (the '08 version), and have found it to be much faster than Word for Mac: 2008. The main problem for me is that I need to save everything as a .doc file so that the others in my office can use them. As I noted earlier, I am the only Mac in this firm, and there is no way for a PC to use the .pages file format (except for doing something crazy like getting iWork '09 and sending everything to... Posted on September 28, 2009 at 08:56 pm by EsquireMac
Sep 26
New Job: Only Mac In The Shop

Last month, I started a new job at a new firm. I spent nearly three years at my old firm, and most of what I have written on this blog to date has been related to my experiences there. If you read my Personal Update last fall, you know that last year I moved back to the town where I grew up - Hagerstown, Maryland. Long story short: The 3.5 hours of driving every day got old and a position at a well respected Hagerstown firm opened up due to one of its (now former) partners being appointed... Posted on September 26, 2009 at 10:39 am by EsquireMac

Rank This Week: 1699

The Law Professor

Covers social networks, user generated content , Internet law and intellectual property law. By Michael Wechsler.

http://www.thelawprofessor.com

Nov 22
Facebook Used to Prove Cure for Depression

A 29 year old Quebec woman claims to have lost her health benefits due to photos posted on Facebook showing her having fun frolicking on the beach, enjoying a birthday party, and having a good time at Chippendales. After being diagnosed with depression approximately a year and a half ago, the Manulife insurance company reportedly sent an ex-IBM employee monthly payments for an extended sick leave to help her cope with her illness. Am I the only one who thinks that using Facebook to question an... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 04:54 pm by thelawprofessor
Nov 2
Oops, I Did It Again! Potential vBulletin Class Action?

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Is it possible that management of a public company could be less familiar with its own products than its customers? At the conclusion of Internet Brands' surprise two week pre-sale of its early beta vBulletin forum software, the company could not restrain enthusiasm and sent out another ostensibly flawed October 30 press release proclaiming superhuman success. In this article (and feel free to suggest any corrections), I will try to... Posted on November 2, 2009 at 12:31 am by thelawprofessor
Oct 30
vBulletin 4 Forum – The Controversial Upgrade Offer

For almost a decade, Jelsoft's vBulletin software dominated the software market for online discussion forums. It was the quintessential example of how an enthusiastic customer base can extend a product and grow the base business exponentially. In 2007, Jelsoft and its potential was sold to Internet Brands, a public company, for an undisclosed sum and moved forward with few changes and little fanfare. In October 2009, everything changed in just two short weeks. The recent customer revolt against... Posted on October 30, 2009 at 07:26 pm by thelawprofessor

Rank This Week: 1715

Gamers Rights Law

Covers virtual worlds law, MMO game law and video game law. By Jay Moffitt.

http://gamersrightslawyer.com

Nov 22
Banned in Videogames – a Brief History

Today's article is MAINLY about lifetime, universal, or at last long-term banning. Let's break down the component parts first of all. No discussion of legal terms is complete without a glossary, so I'm going to give you the abridged version. There will also be a referral for outside reading to understand the history of community in video games. Universal banning - A pipe dream. Not yet technologically possible from an economic standpoint. For example, that would be Sony (or Activision) or... Posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:33 am by jaymoffitt
Nov 19
Your avatar and your identity?

A lot of thoughts lately from various sites about the role of your avatar and your identity. From Pixels and Policy, a great article about the attractiveness of avatars, and how it influences your popularity in virtual worlds. From a site focusing on gender, gender equality, and other issues, a great article entitled "Real World Beauty Pressures in Second Life." A great article on body-concept in Second Life, with a long string of comments. And another worry (or perhaps laugh?), Virtual Worlds... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 08:14 pm by jaymoffitt
Nov 17
Gamers Rights News

A listing of Gamers Rights articles in the gaming media. An article on Skewed and Reviewed with ECA president Hal Halpin. I'm not familiar with this Website but the article seemed to be balanced and informative. Nearly a Million X-box users banned from X-box Live, according to an article on Redorbit.com Excellent article about a Facebook group advocating the Gamer's Voice Is Easy Play an Entitlement? asks Game by Night. Please feel free to contribute any other articles on this subject via... Posted on November 17, 2009 at 07:29 pm by jaymoffitt

Rank This Week: 1729

Internet Television Law Blog

Covers the interaction between the law and the rise of internet television.

http://internet-televisionlaw.blogspot.com/

Nov 22
Look Who's Twittering Us Now

It's always nice to see that people out there are paying attention to this fledgling enterprise! Here are some of the people and posts that are attracting attention: http://twitter.com/moviepiracy/status/4512234751 http://twitter.com/moviepiracy http://friendfeed.com/davisfreeberg/f0890ad7/internet-television-law-blog-fm-im-not [friendfeed.com] Posted on November 22, 2009 at 07:24 am by devalera01
Nov 5
(FM) Google Books - Satan's Library...

...or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet. The Google Book Project has been controversial since it first began in October, 2004. My intention with this post, my last guest blawging here, is to give a very brief synopsis of the issues that are causing such consternation and to point out some of the more interesting arguments that are being presented. If it seems that I am in anyway biased towards Google that's because I am, I'd love to work in Google's legal department, and I... Posted on November 5, 2009 at 10:36 am by devalera01
Nov 1
(FM) Meanwhile, Somewhere Over the Atlantic Ocean...

"The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen -- a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a [person's] life."(1) If a police officer were to come to your house and ask to come in and conduct a search without a warrant most people, assured of their rights from... Posted on November 1, 2009 at 06:17 am by devalera01

Rank This Week: 1735

Dozier Internet Law

Comments on Internet law issues including hacking, intellectual property infringment, spam, free speech and regulatory matters. By John W. Dozier, Jr.

http://johndozierjr.typepad.com/dozierinternetlaw/

Nov 21
Google Launches Law Search Engine

Wow is all we can say at Dozier Internet Law. Google has just launched a robust index and search engine for legal decisions in the US. You can search by jurisdiction, subject, etc. and it will return results by relevance. It's called Google Scholar. Law firms have paid for research tools that generate this information over the years. Now everyone can research in a quality way the court decisions and other legal commentaries on the issue you face in the locality you live. This is groundbreaking... Posted on November 21, 2009 at 07:47 pm by Dozier Internet Law
Nov 20
Competitor Keys AdWords Off Lawyer Partner Name

The Dozier Internet Law Federal Court Report is the monthly report of key Internet lawsuits filed each month. Plenty of AdWords trademark infringement lawsuits have been filed each month. Now one comes with a slight twist. Cannon and Dunphy, a personal injury law firm, starting keying its adds off the personal names of the very unique name partners of a big competing law firm. The firm targeted was Habush, Habush and Rottier. Cannon is alleged to have keyed ads on Google off of each personal... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:43 pm by Dozier Internet Law
Nov 20
Dozier Internet Law: Section 230 Protections Eroding

First, we previously commented on the suggestion by a Harvard professor that Section 230 changes should be considered. Then, Dozier Internet Law ran headlong into a free speech debate about whether the new Federal Trade Commission guidelines creating liability for false advertising could be an exception to Section 230 immunity. The fact that Section 230 "scholars" disagree is enough to convince me that the FTC may just not like the limitations it arguably (albeit not convincingly) must abide by... Posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:00 am by Dozier Internet Law

Rank This Week: 1764

JOLT Blog

Highlights and analyzes developments in law and technology. By the North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology.

http://jolt.unc.edu </

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