by Tracy A. Steindel | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
It is a fair guess that just about anyone uses the Internet regularly has run some kind of search on themselves, a future employer, their co-workers, etc. Reviewing a Facebook profile or Googling a name are two common techniques. Capitalizing on this sleuthing,...
by Grace L. Wang | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to City of Ontario v. Quon on December 14, 2009 (No. 08-1332). Quon was a SWAT member who had sent and received text messages on his work-issued pager. While the city’s written policy was that employees should have no...
by arunap | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary |
As biotechnology continues to expand the boundaries of medical treatment, it is important to protect the traditional medicines used and developed over hundreds of years by communities around the world. To that end, the Indian and U.S. government have recently taken...
by liz | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary |
When AT&T sued Verizon Wireless for its “There’s A Map for That” advertising campaign, AT&T could have brought a dilution claim against Verizon’s use of the slogan, “There’s a map for that,” which is very similar to...
by smsnabb | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
New Jersey senators Joseph Vitale and Sean Kean have proposed legislation that would impose heavy fines on entities that sent unsolicited text message advertisements. Though the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was enacted prior to the advent of text messaging, such...
by jillmcf | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
Cloud computing, though its definition can be expressed in a more detailed manner, is basically the next generation of IT systems organization, where data and applications are centrally accessible through individual portals such as laptops or desktops. Many popular...
