by chadray | Oct 4, 2009 | Commentary |
The patent in question was filed by WhoGlue on May 9, 2002 and granted on July 17, 2007. The patent very broadly covers “an information management system, method and computer program code and means for facilitating communications between user members of an...
by Joshua Ney | Sep 14, 2009 | Cases, Commentary |
In Diamond v. Diehr, the Supreme Court held that a process claim is not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 if the claim preempts a “fundamental principle,” such as a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea. On the other hand, a claim is...
by Daniel Warsh | Sep 11, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Law firms have empirically been a pretty conservative group, and they are not usually known for embracing technological fads very quickly, if at all. This is why it is all the more surprising that Bloomberg reported yesterday that social networking sites, including...
by Ashley Tan | Sep 4, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
The New York Times reported today that Amazon has changed its mind yet again about deleting Kindle copies of Orwell works, due to it lacking the rights to them. Amazon is now offering affected customers a free upload of a different, legally authorized...
by jjoerudd | Aug 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
Speaking of destroying the internet, CBSNews.com reporter Declan McCullagh reports Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) recently introduced legislation that would give the president the authority to seize control of the Internet and order a...
by En Hong | Aug 19, 2009 | Commentary |
Richard Posner, 7th circuit appellate judge and expert on all things law and economics, recently commented on the impending death of newspapers. His post blames the “free riding” of blogs and other websites for the year-over-year decline of newspaper...
