by jmorga | Nov 13, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in U.S. v. Jones, where the Court considered whether tracking a vehicle on public streets with an affixed GPS device and without a warrant violates the vehicle owner’s Fourth Amendment rights. This question has...
by alyssaca | Nov 7, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News
On Monday, October 31, 2011, the Supreme Court denied the first of three petitions this Term – Doninger v. Niehoff, et al (11-113) – requesting the court to rule on the whether public school officials may discipline students for online comments or postings made on...
by Suman Tatpudy | Oct 9, 2011 | Cases, Commentary
Last Wednesday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments concerning Golan v. Holder, potentially one of the most influential copyright cases in United States history. This case centers around whether Congress has the power to restore copyright protection to works whose...
by bfin | Oct 7, 2011 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Borders has gained final court approval for its $13.9 million intellectual property sale to former competitor Barnes & Noble. Borders was once the second-largest bookstore chain after Barnes & Noble. So after being the...
by nsehic | Oct 1, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
In a little under two months, the United States Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in United States v. Antoine Jones, regarding the government’s ability to perform warrantless GPS tracking of a criminal suspect’s vehicle. Although the case addresses...
by kristliu | Sep 28, 2011 | Cases, Legal/Tech News
R&B hit artist Usher is currently the subject of a copyright infringement suit. Last year, songwriter Ernest Lee Straughter filed suit in the Central District of California alleging that Usher’s number one hit song “Burn,” released in July 2004,...
