by keandrab | Nov 12, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Music streaming service, Spotify, has yet again found itself at odds with a creator in the music industry. This time around, the disagreement centers on a more novel question: Does a compilation constitute copyrightable intellectual property? According to U.K. based...
by rniemei | Nov 8, 2013 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Last week on October 31st, a nightmare scenario that Google hoped to avoid came to pass. Attorneys for Rockstar Consortium filed suit in the Eastern District of Texas against Google and seven handheld device makers that employ Google’s Android operating system...
by seanonei | Oct 28, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
How do you buy a car? The answer, with few exceptions (including Ferrari invitation-only sales), is that you go to the dealership. How do you buy Motor Trend’s 2013 Car of the Year, the Tesla Model S? Unfortunately, the answer is, “it depends.” Tesla Motors, operated...
by kanolan | Oct 10, 2013 | Legal/Tech News
Lately there’s been a push to get children involved in not just enjoying technology, but in making technology. Whereas a decade ago there was little available on the market for parents looking to engage their children besides grow-your-own rock crystals, there is now...
by djschaff | Oct 10, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
On September 28 of this year the Federal Trade Commission voted to seek public comments on proposed information requests to better understand patent troll practices. This move by the FTC marks the first step on the road to possibly regulating patent trolls. Patent...
by ypchang | Oct 1, 2013 | Legal/Tech News
On September 3, Microsoft announced that it will purchase Nokia’s Devices & Services business [1]. Nokia’s stock price has risen close to 60% while Microsoft’s has dropped more than 6% as of September 27. Is this a good strategy for Microsoft? Will the acquisition...
