by jonallen | Sep 12, 2012 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
Although the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals brought Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Basset to a long-overdue end this week, the decision’s reasoning create a perplexing set of incentives for individuals who reflect on copyright jurisprudence before deciding whether...
by anickow | Jul 15, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Yahoo’s digital publishing platform, Yahoo! Voices, was the latest major website to fell prey to a cyberattack. A group called ‘D33Ds Company’ stole over 450,000 usernames and passwords from the site (fortunately, less than 5% were still valid) and...
by fqin | May 30, 2012 | Cases, Legal/Tech News |
A New Jersey judge recently held that a person who sends a text message to a driver cannot be held liable if the driver causes an accident due to the text message. While most states have laws banning text messaging while driving and it is well settled that a driver is...
by petermag | May 27, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
On April 24, Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender of the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Apple was in violation of infringement of a Motorola patent on 3G wireless technology. The violation is in regards to the use of the 3G wireless technology in...
by kevanv | May 16, 2012 | Legal/Tech News |
Just over a month after Facebook’s widely-reported acquisition of Instagram for one billion dollars, there are strong signals that the purchase may be delayed by the FTC. Although Facebook’s CEO (and majority shareholder) Mark Zuckerberg was able to...
by aperl | May 9, 2012 | Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
Planetary Resources, a company backed by investors such as Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and director James Cameron, has announced a plan to mine asteroids. The company says it will initially mine water and platinum, hoping to “provide stability on Earth, increase...
