by anickow | Apr 13, 2011 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Norman Leboon was sentenced Thursday to 24 more months of jail, plus three years’ supervised release. His crime? Threatening Congressman Eric Cantor. What makes the case slightly relevant for this blog is the nature of the threat—a Youtube video. Unfortunately his...
by anickow | Jan 18, 2011 | Commentary
European patents are presently granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) under the European Patent Convention (EPC), but they remain expensive for patent seekers, roughly ten times as expensive as an American patent. This expense is due in large part to translation...
by anickow | Dec 13, 2010 | Commentary
Yesterday, Net Neutrality advocates were outraged at accusations levied by Level 3 Communications Inc. against cable giant Comcast. Level 3 Communications Inc., a provider of fiber-based communications services that supports Netflix Inc.’s movie streaming...
by anickow | Nov 3, 2010 | Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (“ACTA”) has long troubled electronic privacy advocates both substantively and because of its secretive negotiating process. After numerous leaks, an official draft was released on April 21, 2010 after the European...
by anickow | Nov 3, 2010 | Commentary
File-sharing on the internet was dealt a huge blow when a federal judge issued an injunction that shut down the file-sharing program LimeWire. LimeWire was a free, peer-to-peer file-sharing program that allowed users to share music, videos, and other files over the...
