by jhevey | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
On Black Friday, a day known to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year, the U.S. government seized the Web addresses of over 70 websites involved in alleged counterfeit good sales and copyright infringement. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
by kevanv | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary
The Wall Street Journal recently announced that two U.S. companies are once again exploring a technology called “deep packet inspection” (DPI) as a means to specifically target online ads at consumers. The technology, which has come under fire in the past...
by jmorga | Nov 29, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Last week, Google entered the fashion world with their announcement of Boutiques.com, a fashion e-commerce site. Recognizing that the Web is not as suited to finding and buying soft goods like clothing and accessories as it is to hard goods, Google created a fashion...
by jimhunt | Nov 16, 2010 | Commentary
The National Labor Relations Act gives employees the right to “engage in … concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.” The rise of social networking is now asking a new question: should employees be allowed...
by emajchrz | Nov 9, 2010 | Cases, Commentary
Last Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted an amicus curiae brief in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office case (the “Myriad genes case”), which is currently before the Federal Circuit. Commentators,...
by marysw | Nov 3, 2010 | Commentary
The Federal Communications Commission announced on Thursday, October 28, 2010 that it had reached a record settlement with Verizon Wireless over the telecommunications giant’s so-called “mystery fees.” Verizon has agreed to pay a staggering $25 million to the U.S....
