by amalson | Oct 1, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
On Monday, September 23, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 568 into law. SB 568 requires “the operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application to permit a minor who is a registered user of the operator’s...
by burnsce | Sep 25, 2013 | Legal/Tech News
In 2009, Blackberry dominated 47% of the US market. Today, it has barely over 2% of the US market. Its stock market value has fallen from $55 billion to less than 10% of that number, $4.6 billion. Last Friday, Blackberry announced an almost $1 billion loss for the...
by MTTLR ADMIN | Sep 22, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations
The legendary Patent Troll Wars will not see much of a theater in New Zealand, after Parliament just this month determined that software is no longer able to be patented in New Zealand. New Zealand’s Patent Act 2013 seeks to clean up the patent process by no...
by bjunter | Sep 11, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
In case you haven’t seen it, WIPO has an interesting tool that allows you look at patent data for different years and different countries. I thought it might be interesting to look at how the industries receiving patents have changed over the last 30 years. The...
by pratter | Apr 5, 2013 | Cases, Legal/Tech News
Family law is an area of law that is not typically mentioned in the same breath as technology. However, as internet use becomes increasingly pervasive, the separation between family law and technology is rapidly shrinking. Internet use, and social media use more...
by mxliu | Mar 10, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
In an interesting twist to the ongoing saga between Apple and Samsung, Judge Lucy Koh cut the damage award to Apple by over four hundred million dollars, reducing total recovery from 1.05 billion to 599 million. As a quick background, Apple sued Samsung for patent...
