43(a)? It’s not for me to say
I’m kind of tired of In re Tam also. But I have been a bit surprised that there has not been a more discussion, or as far as I can tell, hardly any, of a proposition pushed by the “amicus” brief filed...
View Article“If you can get away with this, what is left of copyright?”
Stanford Law School professor Paul Goldstein opines on the Graham v. Prince case. “If [Prince is] commenting on social media, let him take things other than copyrighted images,” said Goldstein. “The...
View ArticleNews of Note for the Internet-Minded – 1/7/16
Stories of interest include the return of the bots, an exploration of Facebook’s interest in virtual reality, a host of wearable tech developments, and more. Continue reading →
View ArticleOnline Dating Services Must Give California Users a “Cooling Off”...
California has a statute applicable to dating contracts that gives consumers the right to cancel within 3 days of signing up. Companies must advise clients of this and provide a cancellation mechanism...
View ArticleJudge: Lawyer who filed class-action suit against Apple is “manifestly...
(credit: Alper Çuğun) On Tuesday, a federal judge rejected a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting Apple's extended service plan. US District Judge William Orrick shot down (PDF) all five of the...
View ArticleGovernor declares state of emergency in connection with California methane leak
Governor Brown Visits Aliso Canyon (credit: Governor's Office of Emergency Services) On Wednesday evening, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County in...
View ArticleFriends, Please Tell T-Mobile’s CEO About EFF
In a colorful selfie video released today, John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, got riled up and demanded to know who EFF is. This came in response to questions that EFF submitted during Legere’s Twitter...
View ArticleHolbrook piece on the dangers of 3D printing appears in Scientific American
"The Conversation" segment of Scientific American has a piece by Professor Timothy Holbrook titledHow 3-D Printing Threatens Our Patent SystemHolbrook writes:Technically called “additive...
View ArticleJohn Legere asks EFF, “Who the f**k are you, and who pays you?”
T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere has spent much of today defending the carrier's controversial "Binge On" program, and he didn't hold much back when answering his critics. The Electronic Frontier...
View ArticleMonkey Cannot Own the Copyright to Selfie, Judge Rules
The Guardian is reporting that on Wednesday, a Federal Court in San Francisco, ruled that Naruto the monkey, a then six-year-old-male living in a volcanic tropical forest in Indonesia, cannot be the...
View ArticleSelf-plagiarism: is it ethical, or not?
On the topic of self-plagiarism, IPBiz wrote in 2011:Prior to the Poshard plagiarism matter at SIU, there was the Wendler self-plagiarism matter [Walter Wendler copied material he created while at...
View ArticleThe "pipe dream" defense in trade secrets
In the world of patents, the same invention can have different value to different people. As one example, the mouse invented by Xerox had less value to Xerox than to Steve Jobs and Apple. Invention and...
View ArticleNext week, five states’ IDs will stop working in federal facilities
Lead Transportation Security Officer (TSO) Katrina Callin reviews the identification of a passenger at one of the checkpoints at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)....
View ArticleFederal hacking conviction follows pro baseball scouting scandal
Busch Stadium, home to the St. Louis Cardinals. (credit: Nekonomist) Theft in professional baseball used to be about stealing bases and signs. But not any more—not in the era of big data. The St. Louis...
View ArticleTWiL 332: Drones Without Borders
Hosts: Denise Howell, Sarah Pearson Guests: Miranda Bogen, Brian Focarino The Dutch government's statement on encryption, man who shot a drone over his property gets sued by the drone pilot, modifying...
View ArticleUS Attorneys General say Volkswagen has refused to turn over internal documents
According to reports from the New York Times and Reuters, the Volkswagen Group is refusing to turn over e-mails and correspondence from its top executives to US Attorneys General (AG), citing German...
View ArticleGrumpy Cat Trumps Technoviking: Monetizing Memes
By Robin Hammond How to monetize a meme: Step 1: stumble upon an Internet sensation; Step 2: pursue IP rights immediately and vigilantly. It is clear who would win in a fight between Grumpy Cat and...
View ArticleComputer and Internet Updates for 2016-01-08
TPP is an evolution, not a revolution, in Canada’s journey https://t.co/EF144r79nF -> CES 2016: Hoverboard booth raided following patent complaint https://t.co/6GJDDz69BD -> Cybersecurity – role...
View ArticleNext-generation GPS technologies include ground-based sensors,...
Many of these issues would be addressed by a new ground-based GPS system being developed by an Australian tech firm in collaboration with both NASA and the U.S. Air Force. Locata, headquartered in the...
View ArticleNext-generation GPS technologies include ground-based sensors,...
Many of these issues would be addressed by a new ground-based GPS system being developed by an Australian tech firm in collaboration with both NASA and the U.S. Air Force. Locata, headquartered in the...
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