by hartwelr | Mar 12, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
On Wednesday February 15th, 2011 JotForm.com had its domain name removed from the Internet by its hosting company, GoDaddy. It appears that site came down at the request of the U.S. Secret Service, possibly due to a form on the site being used in connection with a...
by anickow | Feb 19, 2012 | Commentary
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA).[1] In response to a sluggish drug approval process and inadequate congressional funding of the FDA’s research and development arms, Congress passed the PDUFA to create an additional...
by zzolling | Feb 12, 2012 | Commentary
These Are My Followers Well, I think they are, anyway. Litigation over the ownership of a Twitter account is pending in the Northern District of California right now. Here are the facts of PhoneDog v. Kravitz. Noah Kravitz was hired as an independent contractor to...
by lkoskey | Feb 12, 2012 | Commentary
In the days leading up to the Super Bowl the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized $4.86 million worth of counterfeit merchandise and 307 websites. 291 of those sites were engaged in selling counterfeits, and the other 16 were set to stream...
by tashaf | Feb 12, 2012 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
The America Invents Act (AIA) was passed in September 2011, bringing with it many changes to patent law. The most noteworthy change was the shift from inventorship being granted on a first to invent system to a first to file system. However, there were many...
by ericajan | Feb 4, 2012 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
The people have spoken—and the people want their digital freedom! As the 112th Congress found out just last week, the prospect of the federal government infringing on the open and free Internet has been both politically tumultuous as well as philosophically unpopular...
