by jmorga | Nov 29, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
Last week, Google entered the fashion world with their announcement of Boutiques.com, a fashion e-commerce site. Recognizing that the Web is not as suited to finding and buying soft goods like clothing and accessories as it is to hard goods, Google created a fashion...
by anickow | Nov 3, 2010 | Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (“ACTA”) has long troubled electronic privacy advocates both substantively and because of its secretive negotiating process. After numerous leaks, an official draft was released on April 21, 2010 after the European...
by jacobbal | Oct 11, 2010 | Legal/Tech News, Technology
A premise of our patent system lies in striking a bargain with the public. A monopoly of limited duration is granted in return for an invention’s disclosure. The hope is that patent publication will “promote the progress of science and the useful arts” by publicizing...
by jillmcf | Feb 8, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
Microsoft’s long awaited cloud computing platform, Azure, opened for business this week. Now available in 21 countries, the platform comes with a flexible and transparent payment schedule. This might not sound as nifty as the iPad, but startups with small budgets...
by sternmj | Jan 25, 2010 | Legal/Tech News, Technology |
From a technical/efficiency standpoint, it’s hard to imagine solar energy not becoming a significant contributor to our national grid. Unlike conventional energy sources, photovoltaic cells contain no moving parts, produce minimal waste heat, and have no...
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...
