by Daniel Prieve | Sep 21, 2010 | Commentary |
About a year ago, a study by University of California Berkeley researchers found that many websites were using so-called “zombie” cookies that re-spawn even when a user tries to delete them. This issue is not unique to computer based browsers; similar...
by ghans | Jul 28, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
The recent controversy over Wikilinks’ online posting of internal war documents (aka the Afghan War Diary) pertaining to the Afghan War have reminded some commentators of the similar debate surrounding Daniel Ellsberg’s leaking of the Pentagon Papers. Last...
by En Hong | Jul 3, 2010 | Cases, Commentary |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), on October 30, 2008, decided In re Bilski (545 F.3d 943), which had serious implications for the future of business method patents. The eleven members of that court found that a method of hedging risk...
by Stephen Rooke | Jun 28, 2010 | Commentary |
Much has been written about the enforcement of trademarks in cyberspace. The rationale behind trademarks is to allow companies to protect their identifiable brand names and goodwill developed through investing in service, quality, etc. Traditionally the geographic...
by Ashley Tan | Jun 5, 2010 | Commentary |
Google AdWords is a juggernaut of online advertising, generating huge amounts of revenue for both Google and for AdWords account holders. It has revolutionized the way advertisers and consumers connect with each other online—and lately, it has also strained the...
by Nick Misek | Apr 26, 2010 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the FCC was not authorized to prohibit Comcast from interfering with P2P networking applications, erecting what appears to be a large roadblock on the FCC’s path to net neutrality. The court held that the...
