Freshman kicked out of school for posting false-alarm threat on Yik Yak
On Wednesday, a freshman student at Florida Atlantic University found himself kicked out of his school and given a trespass warning after talking about a possible gun-attack threat online—in spite of...
View ArticleMore Closed-Door Meetings, a New Chief Transparency Officer, and Growing...
Over the past month, trade officials have been frantically working to resolve outstanding disagreements over provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the midst of speculation that the deal...
View ArticleFirst library to support anonymous Internet browsing effort stops after DHS...
Since Edward Snowden exposed the extent of online surveillance by the US government, there has been a surge of initiatives to protect users' privacy. But it hasn't taken long for one of these efforts—a...
View ArticleStudent charged with endangerment after drone crashes into football stadium
A University of Kentucky law student was charged with wanton endangerment after a drone the authorities said he was flying crashed into the campus' crowded stadium ahead of the school's season-opening...
View ArticleMedia Rights Technologies v. Capital One: Williamson v. Citrix applied
By Jason Rantanen Media Rights Technologies, Inc. v. Capital One Financial Corporation (Fed. Cir. 2015) Download opinionPanel: O’Malley (author), Plager and Taranto Earlier this summer, the Federal...
View ArticleTrademark Infringement in the Fashion World: Aesthetic Functionality and...
It is a truism that a fashion company is nothing more than its brand, it is an identity affixed to clothing so the purchaser may adopt by osmosis the brand’s genre.[1] The brand, the trademark,...
View ArticleApple and Samsung will try to avoid fourth California patent trial:...
A little over a year ago, Apple and Samsung withdrew their pending claims against each other everywhere but in the United States. Now there is more hope than ever that even the U.S. part of their...
View ArticleDivided Infringement: A Stronger Sword for Plaintiffs
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has established a new test for “divided” patent infringement. Direct infringement of a method patent exists when a single party performs all of the steps of the...
View ArticleOKCupid Still Dragging Its Heels On HTTPS
Popular Dating Site Has No Love for Strong Security Back in 2012, EFF first called out OKCupid for failing to safeguard user data by not implementing HTTPS site-wide. Three years later, OKCupid still...
View ArticleEFF Provides Evidence to Courts of Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T...
This week EFF presented evidence in two of its NSA cases confirming the participation of Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T in the NSA's mass telephone records collection under the Patriot Act....
View ArticleTWiL 319: Dude Dinged My Death Star
Hosts: Denise Howell, Sarah Pearson Who owns inventions made in outer space? Determining legal jurisdiction on the ISS, how does whiskey from space taste, and more! Photo credit: Ryan Vaarsi Download...
View ArticleSegway vs. Inventist: The Patent Battle Marty McFly Missed in 2015
The trendy hands-free scooters has prompted a new lawsuit.read more
View ArticleComputer and Internet Updates for 2015-09-11
Employee keystroke logging offside says BC Privacy Commissioner Saanich (District) (Re), 2015 BCIPC 15 http://t.co/kLYjUgA7WJ -> Moschino designer Jeremy Scott served with copyright lawsuit...
View ArticleFacebook’s social networking patents focuses on e-commerce platforms, virtual...
Anyone who already feels like social networks collect too much personal data may not be happy to find out about the invention protected by U.S. Patent No. 9118725, issued under the title User Activity...
View ArticleFacebook’s social networking patents focuses on e-commerce platforms, virtual...
Anyone who already feels like social networks collect too much personal data may not be happy to find out about the invention protected by U.S. Patent No. 9118725, issued under the title User Activity...
View ArticleHonda to test self-driving cars, manufacturers pledge auto-breaking for the...
The autonomous vehicle has had a very good year, with Google’s cars logging 1.8 million miles, Delphi’s system completing a first-ever autonomous cross-country trip, and just under a dozen...
View ArticlePatent Drafting 101: Beware Background Pitfalls When Drafting a Patent...
Pitfalls to be on the lookout for when you are preparing the Background of the Invention. First and foremost it is critical to remember that your patent application is about your invention, not the...
View ArticlePatent Drafting 101: Beware Background Pitfalls When Drafting a Patent...
Pitfalls to be on the lookout for when you are preparing the Background of the Invention. First and foremost it is critical to remember that your patent application is about your invention, not the...
View ArticleJudge Robinson Denies Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue of Patent...
By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Sue L. Robinson in Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., et al. v. Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 15-486-SLR (D.Del., September 10, 2015),...
View ArticleBig Fee Shift in Unsuccessful Copyright Lawsuit To Suppress Unflattering...
Photo credit: “An eraser from a pencil is starting to erase the word data” // ShutterStockThis is the latest update in the long-running case involving a real estate mogul, Raanan Katz, who didn’t like...
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